Our upcoming Candlelight Chat, with mega-bestselling author Sahil Bloom

Plus, excerpts from Sahil's new book

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“‘You’re going to see your parents fifteen more times before they die.’

All of what follows is the story of how those simple words changed my life—and how they may change yours.

On a warm California evening in May 2021, I sat down for a drink with an old friend. As we settled in at our table, he asked how I was doing. At first, I gave him the standard response that we’ve all grown so accustomed to: ‘I’m good. Busy!’ I said it with all the unintended irony of the modern era, where busy is a badge of honor, as if being more stressed is something to be proud of. When I asked the same of him, instead of replying with typical busyness one-upmanship, he replied that he was ‘making time for the important things,’ since his father had gotten sick the prior year. The unexpected vulnerability in his words knocked me off the typical conversation track that defines these ‘catch-up’ encounters. He had opened a new track, and rather than rest, I walked down it, adding that living in California had begun to wear on me, it being so far from my aging parents on the East Coast.

This rare emotional honesty sparked the interaction that altered the course of my life…”

Sahil Bloom

So begins Sahil Bloom’s mega-bestselling new book, “The Five Types of Wealth.” He’ll tell you the rest of this story, at our next Candlelight Chat, this Sunday, February 23, at 1 pm, where he will be our guest!

We’ll talk about transcending the culture of busy-ness; what it means to be a “Time Billionaire”; Sahil’s concept of “Anti-Goals”; and more.

As usual, Sahil and I will chat for a while, and then you’ll have a chance to ask your own questions. For now, please mark your calendars; we’ll send out log-in and other info to all our scholarship and paid members on Saturday, the day before the event.

In the meantime, if you’d like to read more from Sahil, I shared this exclusive excerpt from his book — How Many Moments Do You Have Left With Your Loved Ones?— a couple of weeks ago, before it was published. (Remember how I predicted that it would be a bestseller, possibly #1? Well, it debuted last Wednesday at #2 on the NY Times list; Amazon has to keep restocking the book.) Congrats to Sahil!

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Also! Here’s the lineup for our next two Candlelight Chats, following the one with Sahil:

*On Sunday April 6, we’ll be hosting Ethan Kross, one of the world’s leading experts on controlling the conscious mind and managing emotions. An award-winning professor in the University of Michigan’s top-ranked Psychology Department and its Ross School of Business, he is the director of the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory. We’ll be talking about Ethan’s latest bestselling book, SHIFT - a guide to mastering your emotions.

Ethan Kross

*On Sunday May 4 (date to be confirmed), we’re hosting Annaka Harris, The NY Times bestselling author and host of LIGHTS ON, a dazzling new audio series on the mysteries of consciousness. We’ll be talking about consciousness generally — what is it? Is consciousness a fundamental building block of the universe, like gravity? Can AI ever truly replicate the subjective experience of being conscious? And how does understanding consciousness change our own lives?

Annaka Harris

I’m very excited to bring these amazing people to you—and you, to them.

And I hope you can join us,

xoxo Susan

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