Category: Personal

Written on May 13, 2024

To exercise prudence was my grandfather’s advice to me before leaving for University. It took 23 years before I met him again. Now that I’m older and with my own family, I think I’ve exercised too much caution in life.

Prudence is defined as the ability to exercise careful judgment in decision-making, but certain meaningful pursuits can only be done with some amount of risk that I’ve been avoiding.

Every single thing you want in life is on the other side of something that sucks. That suck might be 100 hard workouts, 100 bland meals, 100 hours of focused work, or 100 hard conversations. Embrace it as the cost of entry. The answers you seek are found in the actions you avoid.

— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom) March 5, 2025