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Back to SearchSahil’s Monthly Idea Drop: July 2025
Episode 350
If you read (or listen) to this newsletter, you know that I’m obsessed with interesting ideas.
Here are 5 ideas I can’t stop thinking about this month…
(P.S. This may become a regular monthly segment i…
Published on 3 months ago
The Cheshire Cat Principle: How to Create Clarity
Episode 349
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, there’s a scene in which Alice reaches a fork in the road and has a simple exchange with the Cheshire Cat:
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from…Published on 3 months ago
The Empty Boat Mindset
Episode 348
There’s a story I come back to when I’m feeling stressed or frustrated...
A monk is meditating alone on a lake when another boat crashes into his. Anger rises—until he opens his eyes and realizes the …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
The Arrival Fallacy: Why Success Is Never Enough
Episode 347
Last week, the world's top-ranked golfer, Scottie Scheffler, went viral for something completely unrelated to golf.
During his pre-tournament interview at The Open Championship, one of four annual maj…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
The Poem I Wish I Read 10 Years Ago
Episode 346
Last week, a reader sent me a poem that stopped me in my tracks.
To live content with small means.To seek elegance rather than luxury,
and refinement rather than fashion.
To be worthy not respectable,
an…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
The Poison Arrow Principle: How to Stop Overthinking
Episode 345
Here's an old Buddhist story I think about often:
Imagine someone is struck by a poisoned arrow. A doctor is called to remove the arrow, but the man stops him. 'Not so fast! Before you remove it, I wa…Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
22 Pieces of Career Advice They Don't Teach You in School
Episode 344
I get a lot of messages asking for career advice.
The following is my attempt to synthesize my responses from the last few years into a series of short, valuable lessons.
Behind each of these is a much…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Question That Haunts High Achievers
Episode 343
Last week, I was speaking to a group of entrepreneurs when one of them admitted he'd been struggling.
He's dealing with a challenging family health situation and feeling like he isn't doing enough to …
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
The Artful Life: Ars Longa, Vita Brevis
Episode 342
In the 4th century B.C., the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, wrote in his Aphorisms (translated into Latin here):
Vita brevis, ars longa, occasio praeceps, experimentum periculosum, iudicium diff…Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
The Jonah Complex: How to Stop Running From Your Own Light
Episode 341
On a windy pier in the ancient city of Joppa, a young man buys a one-way ticket to sail in the opposite direction of his destiny...
The young man, Jonah, had been called upon by God to travel to the c…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago