
7 Questions to Make 2025 Your Best Year Yet
01/01/25 • 60 min
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#208: Learn the 7-step framework for a personal annual review that will help you reflect on last year and plan to make this year your best one yet. Together with Sahil Bloom, we discuss insights for setting meaningful goals across personal growth, relationships, and career, along with tactics to track progress and improve next year’s review.
Sahil Bloom is the author of 5 Types of Wealth and the creator of The Curiosity Chronicle, a widely-read weekly newsletter that offers actionable insights for cultivating a high-performing, healthy, and wealthy life. He is also an investor and runs a venture fund called SRB Ventures.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://chrishutchins.com/personal-annual-review-2024-sahil-bloom
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Episodes
- #99: Top Ways to Make This Year Amazing and Seven Simple Questions for Your Annual Review with Sahil Bloom
- #52: Dial In Your Health (While Still Enjoying Life) with Liz Moody
- #178: How a Simple Change Can Improve Your Health, Sleep and More with James Nestor
- #170: Cash Back vs. Points: Are We Doing It All Wrong?
- #68: Hosting Cocktail Parties, Building Relationships, Museum Strategies and Friends Newsletters with Nick Gray
- #97: Optimizing Your Health: Diagnostic Tests, Choosing a Doctor, Sleep, Longevity, Inflammation and More with Dr. Jordan Shlain
Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:48) New Year's Resolutions: Planning vs. Reflecting
(03:38) How to Structure Your Personal Annual Review
(04:45) Q1: What Did You Change Your Mind About This Year?
(07:53) Documenting Monthly Experiences
(09:08) Biggest Changes in Chris and Sahil's Life
(14:29) 2024 Recap: Things Chris Changed His Mind About
(21:51) Q2: What Created Energy for You This Year?
(25:00) 2024 Recap: Things That Created Energy for Chris
(26:55) Q3: What Drained Your Energy This Year?
(31:25) 2024 Recap: Things That Drained Chris' Energy
(34:16) Q4: What (or Who) Were the Boat Anchors in Your Life?
(39:01) 2024 Recap: The Biggest Boat Anchor in Chris' Life
(41:01) Q5: What Did You Not Do Because of Fear?
(46:23) 2024 Recap: Things That Chris Didn't Do Out of Fear
(48:36) Q6: What Were Your Greatest Hits and Worst Misses?
(50:58) 2024 Recap: Chris’ Biggest Hits and Misses
(52:21) Q7: ...
#208: Learn the 7-step framework for a personal annual review that will help you reflect on last year and plan to make this year your best one yet. Together with Sahil Bloom, we discuss insights for setting meaningful goals across personal growth, relationships, and career, along with tactics to track progress and improve next year’s review.
Sahil Bloom is the author of 5 Types of Wealth and the creator of The Curiosity Chronicle, a widely-read weekly newsletter that offers actionable insights for cultivating a high-performing, healthy, and wealthy life. He is also an investor and runs a venture fund called SRB Ventures.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://chrishutchins.com/personal-annual-review-2024-sahil-bloom
Partner Deals
Copilot: Free 2 months access to my favorite personal finance app with code HACKS2
DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web
Bilt Rewards: Earn the most valuable points when you pay rent
MasterClass: Learn from the world's best with 15% off
LMNT: Free sample pack of my favorite electrolyte drink mix
For all the deals, discounts and promo codes from our partners, go to: chrishutchins.com/deals
Resources Mentioned
Sahil Bloom: Website | Newsletter | X
U.S. Bank Smartly Visa Signature Credit Card
Notion: Try Notion AI free to automate tedious tasks and streamline your work
ATH Podcast
Iceland Trip 2025: Sign Up Here
Episodes
- #99: Top Ways to Make This Year Amazing and Seven Simple Questions for Your Annual Review with Sahil Bloom
- #52: Dial In Your Health (While Still Enjoying Life) with Liz Moody
- #178: How a Simple Change Can Improve Your Health, Sleep and More with James Nestor
- #170: Cash Back vs. Points: Are We Doing It All Wrong?
- #68: Hosting Cocktail Parties, Building Relationships, Museum Strategies and Friends Newsletters with Nick Gray
- #97: Optimizing Your Health: Diagnostic Tests, Choosing a Doctor, Sleep, Longevity, Inflammation and More with Dr. Jordan Shlain
Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:48) New Year's Resolutions: Planning vs. Reflecting
(03:38) How to Structure Your Personal Annual Review
(04:45) Q1: What Did You Change Your Mind About This Year?
(07:53) Documenting Monthly Experiences
(09:08) Biggest Changes in Chris and Sahil's Life
(14:29) 2024 Recap: Things Chris Changed His Mind About
(21:51) Q2: What Created Energy for You This Year?
(25:00) 2024 Recap: Things That Created Energy for Chris
(26:55) Q3: What Drained Your Energy This Year?
(31:25) 2024 Recap: Things That Drained Chris' Energy
(34:16) Q4: What (or Who) Were the Boat Anchors in Your Life?
(39:01) 2024 Recap: The Biggest Boat Anchor in Chris' Life
(41:01) Q5: What Did You Not Do Because of Fear?
(46:23) 2024 Recap: Things That Chris Didn't Do Out of Fear
(48:36) Q6: What Were Your Greatest Hits and Worst Misses?
(50:58) 2024 Recap: Chris’ Biggest Hits and Misses
(52:21) Q7: ...
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15 Tactics to Break Free from Distraction with Nate Klemp
#207: Actionable strategies to overcome distraction and reclaim your focus with insights from Nate Klemp. He addresses the negative impact of screen addiction on mental health and shares practical tactics for reducing distractions. We also explore how cultivating openness and curiosity can strengthen relationships and help combat polarization.
Nate Klemp is a thought leader in mindfulness and personal development, leveraging his background in philosophy to explore the intersection of technology and well-being. He’s the author of Open, The 80/80 Marriage and NY Times Best Seller, Start Here.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://chrishutchins.com/digital-distractions-nate-klemp
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Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(01:57) Why Today's Society Is in a Constant State of Distraction
(03:57) Shocking Statistics Around Phone Usage
(05:29) The Impact and Cost of Living with Digital Distractions
(08:24) Internal vs. External Distraction
(11:24) Indulgence-Based Tactics for Less Distractions
(18:19) Chris' Experience with Binging on TikTok
(22:12) Self-Binding Tactics to Reduce Phone Addiction
(26:04) Restraint-Based Tools and Tactics
(30:27) How Being Open Affects Human Relationships
(35:31) Ways to Be More Open to Other Perspectives
(39:47) The Connection Between Political Polarization and Screen Addiction
(45:19) The Impact and End Goal of Being Open
(47:24) Nate's Final Piece of Advice
(48:47) Ways to Assess Different Levels of Screen Addiction
(50:47) Where to Find Nate and His Work
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5 Resets to Reduce Stress and Burnout with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar
#209: Science-backed strategies to manage stress, build resilience, and reclaim your energy. Harvard physician and stress expert Dr. Aditi Nerurkar shares how to recognize stress and distinguish between healthy and unhealthy stress and her five-reset approach to rewire the brain and body for less stress and burnout.
Dr. Aditi Nerurkar is a Harvard-trained physician, television correspondent, and speaker with over 20 years of clinical experience. She developed a science-backed approach to managing stress and burnout, which has reached global audiences through over 300 appearances on MSNBC and NBC News.
Link to Full Show Notes: https://chrishutchins.com/5-resets-to-reduce-stress-burnout-aditi-nerurkar
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Full Show Notes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:06) The Impact of Increased Stress and Burnout
(06:16) Defining Healthy vs. Unhealthy Stress
(08:27) The Biggest Reason People Have Chronic Stress
(11:00) A Simple Way to Diagnose Stress Levels
(15:10) How Stress Impacts Sleep
(19:06) Common Signs and Symptoms of Stress
(21:21) The 5 Resets
(22:45) Reset 1: Get Clear on What Matters Most
(24:42) How the Amygdala Influences Stress
(27:19) Reset 2: Create Digital Boundaries
(30:28) Reset 3: Sync Your Brain and Your Body
(34:39) The Role of Movement in the Mind-Body Connection
(39:25) Reset 4: Come Up for Air to Create Mental Bandwidth
(42:39) Reset 5: Bring Your Best Self Forward
(45:46) The Rule of Two: The Most Efficient Way to Approach the 5 Resets
(48:18) The Results and Impact of Tackling Stress
(48:58) Where to Find Dr. Aditi
Connect with Chris
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