The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life

by Sahil Bloom

Close your eyes and imagine your ideal day at eighty years old (or one hundred, in the case of the ninety-year-old!). Vividly imagine it. What are you doing? Who are you with? Where are you? How do you feel? The exercise forces you to begin with the ideal future end in mind—it establishes a personal definition of a successful life that can be used to reverse-engineer the actions in the present to achieve that desired end.

We all want the same thing—and it has very little to do with money. From the young entrepreneur to the old retiree, from the new mother to the empty nester, from the rich attorney to the middle-class teacher, the ideal future end looks remarkably aligned: Time, people, purpose, health.

In that moment, I had a profound sensation: I had arrived, but for the first time in my life, there was nothing more that I wanted. This was enough. Never let the quest for more distract you from the beauty of enough.

Your wealthy life may be enabled by money, but in the end, it will be defined by everything else.

Here are six key lessons for life: Family time is finite—cherish it. Children time is precious—be present. Friend time is limited—prioritize the real friends. Partner time is meaningful—never settle. Coworker time is significant—find energy. Alone time is abundant—love yourself.

Close your eyes and take three deep breaths. Imagine you’re dead. You’re at your funeral. People are walking in, crying, hugging each other. Everyone sits down. Who is sitting in the front row? Imagine their faces. These people—your Front-Row People—are the ones who truly matter. Open your eyes and think about them. What are you doing to cherish the people who hold those special seats in your world? How are you letting those people know what they mean to you? Are you prioritizing time with them or letting it float by and disappear?

You will have a deep, loving, supportive relationship with someone you haven’t even met yet.

Space is personal and can take many different forms: Fifteen-minute technology-free walk in the morning Daily prayer practice or reading from a favored religious text Free-flow journaling in the evening before bed Five-minute breaks between meetings to move around Daily cold plunge or sauna to focus on breathing and the internal voice Workouts, runs, or bike rides with light music Active or passive meditation rituals A spiritual gathering

regularly embrace a childlike curiosity. I have a clear purpose that provides daily meaning and aligns short- and long-term decision making. I pursue growth and consistently chase my full potential. I have a fundamental belief that I am able to continuously change, develop, and adapt. I have regular rituals that allow me to create space to think, reset, wrestle with questions, and recharge.

At school you might have been prodded to come out of your shell, a noxious expression that fails to appreciate that some animals naturally carry shelter everywhere they go and some humans are just the same.

You will never have true Financial Wealth if you allow your expectations—your definition of enough—to grow faster than your assets.