Sahil Bloom's The 5 Types of Wealth promises that "through powerful storytelling, science-backed practices, and actionable insights, in The 5 Types of Wealth, you’ll learn:

• How to prioritize energy-creating tasks to unlock more time in your day
• How to create deeper bonds and build a powerful network
• How to engage your purpose to spark continuous growth
• How to maximize health and vitality through three simple principles
• How to achieve financial independence and define your version of “enough”

No matter where you are on your path—a recent graduate, new parent, midlife warrior, retiree, or anything in between—The 5 Types of Wealth will help you act on your priorities to create an instant positive impact in your daily life, make better decisions, and design the life you’ve always dreamed of."

With a focus on regarding your time, the building of trusted and valued social relationships, maintaining mental and physical health, and managing finances, Bloom teaches one how to ask the right questions in order to find balance and live a healthier, happier, and more fulfilled life. Although the information contained in it's pages isn't new, The 5 Types of Wealth gives a fresh take, and some excellent examples, of how reframing your life, creating a vision, and taking small, incremental steps can lead to positive change. Bloom skillfully reminds us that we are only as "stuck" as we choose to be.

Powerful and practical. What is the point of wealth if it doesn't make you happy? What would be the point of it all if you didn't feel successful at the end? It wouldn't be worth it, and it was a fear I had when I set goals. What if I got it wrong? This book wasn't just a self-help, it was a handbook that I'm going to continue to refer to often. I think every high schooler should read it. I wish I had when I was younger. It would have made a difference! 4.7!

There is a lot of nonsense in the self-help category of publishing. This isn’t nonsense, but none of it is really new, nor is it particularly well put together. I picked up the book because it is getting a lot of attention. Sadly, that attention is vastly underserved. Bloom has taken the dimensions of wellness, added in a few commonly available exercises, and called it a book. When I compare this to Ali Abdaal’s Feel Good Productivity - a book I went into with a similar amount of skepticism about whether it would be worth my time - there is no comparison. Abdaal came up with his own framework, thought through a structure that was useful and made the ideas easier to remember, and overall put together more new thinking and solid research. Bloom’s book is nothing more than a reorganization of a bunch of other people’s thinking.

Nothing here that hasn't been said in a thousand (short, more to-the-point) books. Not applicable to those of us who don't have the freedom to schedule our own days.

This book is great in that it sums up so many years of wisdom about time and money management. It divides your life into five areas/kinds of wealth: Time, Social, Mental, Physical, and Financial. I have seen many books over the years that talk about some of these things, but this book clearly brings all of these areas together in focus for you. You are asked big questions but in a way that breaks down your answers into meaningful chunks. Full of steps, personal quizzes/questions, etc. Overall a great "self help" book for someone wanting to really make sure they are living the life they want with intention.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC. #sponsored

Really enjoyed the author’s take on the five types of wealth and how important time wealth is. I also liked how this book read as a blue print of a compilation of success stories and tips/tricks this author found helpful. overall, really good read and recommending it to everyone!

I so enjoyed reading Sahil Bloom's THE 5 TYPES OF WEALTH, especially the way the simple, straightforward principles resonate for me long after reading it. Rather than prescribe a way to think, feel, believe, and do, Bloom offers a fresh approach to the fundamentals of connecting with what matters most to you and how live in alignment by connecting, prioritizing, maximizing, engaging with purpose, ultimately creating a life lived with deliberate intention and mindful accomplishment. For some reason, his book affected me more profoundly than others I've read that focus on one aspect of life rather than a whole-hearted and all-in perspective of everything in my life. I received a copy of this book and these thoughts are my own, unbiased opinions.

This book was insightful and informative. While reading through each section, I felt that I already follow all of Sahil’s recommendation in each of the 5 types of wealth. But I do believe this book can be a good tool for people that feel stuck in life, or are unsure how to spread their time to make the most of life.

I would 100% recommend this book to friends and family. Overall a great self-help book.

Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine Books for this eARC in return for my honest review.

We tend to think of wealth as money, financial. In The 5 Types of Wealth, Sahil Bloom makes the point that we actually have access to five different types of wealth: time, social, mental, physical and financial resources. He discusses how each type of wealth has been seen historically (and how that shapes our modern view of it), offers ways to consider one’s relationship to each “wealth” — and then offers strategies for changing one’s relationship, including growing one’s “wealth” in each category. Each category is logically laid out and, considered and actionable. Overall, this is a useful look at what we might not have considered before — and serves as a good reminder that there’s more to a good life than money.

I found the section on social wealth the most intriguing. By social, Bloom means connection with others — and discusses in depth how adults (me! me!) often lose these over time, as life gets busy. Bloom’s thesis, that these connections are essential for a healthy life, isn’t new, but his suggestions for making and nurturing friendships in adulthood are very useful.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for ARC.

I found the book very insightful. When you think about wealth, most of us think about financial wealth. He asked a lot of people about their retrospective on wealth, and he makes a good point about the other kinds of wealth you can work on. I received a review copy from NetGalley and have left my opinion.

This book has got me thinking about several facets of my life in a different way. The author talks about the 5 types of wealth (time, social, mental, physical and financial). The concepts in this book are some that I had already been thinking about. A few of the books referenced were books I have already read. The one type of wealth that is something I’m working on is social wealth. The way that the chapters are put together with an explanation and then a guide that gives you a bunch of ways to look at it. I have already been talking and thinking about this book.

Thank you to Sahil Bloom, NetGalley and Ballantine Books/Random House for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Publication Date: February 4, 2025

Many believe that pursuing financial wealth alone is the key to a happy and fulfilling life. In “The 5 Types of Wealth,” Sahil Bloom shows this is a common misconception and that many of us are playing the wrong game.

To achieve true happiness and fulfillment, Bloom urges individuals to focus on five types of wealth: time, social, mental, physical, and financial—with financial wealth primarily serving as a means to an end. Bloom contends that what we yearn for is time, people, purpose, and health—not money. Consequently, Bloom suggests that once we attain “enough” financial wealth then most of our time should be devoted to these other pursuits.

Bloom effectively and abundantly covers each of the five wealth types in separate sections of the book. This makes it feels as though you are reading five books in one, as each wealth type on its own could merit a standalone book. Before diving into the wealth sections, Bloom encourages readers to take an included quiz to establish a baseline wealth score against which progress is measured.

Each wealth type section follows a similar structure, including an introductory chapter, a historical chapter, a “three pillars” chapter, a wealth guide chapter, and a summary chapter. For example, in the time wealth section: the introductory chapter emphasizes the importance of time; the historical chapter provides a history of time (dating back to Ancient Rome); the pillars chapter covers the core pillars of awareness, attention, and control; the wealth guide chapter provides diverse strategies for achieving these pillars; and the summary chapter recaps key points.

As you read the book, it is apparent that Bloom has conducted ample research and incorporated key components, including recommendations from leading experts and authors such as James Clear (Atomic Habits), Peter Attia (Outlive), Matthew Walker (Why We Sleep), and Ramit Sethi (I Will Teach You to Be Rich). Bloom also adds stories of how he has implemented the five types of wealth in his own life.

Throughout the book, Bloom provides several questions to help you define your ideal life. Bloom also helps you establish goals (things to do) and anti-goals (things not to do) to get there. During your journey, you may discover that living your ideal life has less to do with money and more to do with time, people, purpose, and health.

“The 5 Types of Wealth” is one of those books that can set you on the right path to a truly happy and fulfilled life—undefined by money. Get yourself a copy and start living the life you were meant to live.

[My special thanks to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for an advance reading copy of this book.]

Sahil Bloom's The Five Types Of Wealth is an easy read. It's based on the old premise that money doesn't buy happiness. Instead his theory is that the new style of wealth comes in five different forms.

This book is probably targeted at new graduates or mid-career managers disillusioned with the corporate world. It contains an easy to complete Wealth Score which is very useful. It was a nice reminder, especially at the beginning of a new year, to focus my goals on something other than money, but I didn't learn anything new.
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine for allowing me to read and review this eARC for my honest opinion.

The Five Types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom is a compassionate wake up call to the pursuit of financial wealth to the exclusion of all else. This book is a comprehensive examination of the five types of wealth that make life worthwhile and how to cultivate them.

Beginning with an eye opening description of the often overlooked and undervalued time wealth, Sahil shares how he began his adult life in pursuit of wealth and the wake up call that opened his eyes to what he was sacrificing in time wealth. He examines time as a commodity and the ways a person can invest in and grow their time wealth (as well as pitfalls to avoid squandering the time wealth available to you now). Each section closes with a challenge and a call to action to jumpstart a person with a drive to cultivate each type of wealth.

Social wealth follows time and like time, social wealth is an often overlooked value adder in life. Connection with others fuels a person and often, this connection to others will atrophy as an adult ages. Sahil examines the various ways social connections supports a healthy life and then dives into the ways a person can plug in and make and grow friendships in adulthood and throughout life. I appreciated the easy to read graphs throughout this section to demonstrate how relationships change over time and how to make the most of each season.

After social wealth, we move into an overview of mental wealth and this section was very enlightening. Sahil pointed out the effects chronic stress can impact mental acuity. He presses for ways we can be lifelong learners and the value of curiosity. I really appreciated his nuanced approach to consuming media. His rule of thumb “if it won’t matter a month from now, its not worth your time to know today” was eye opening because newsworthy items that won’t matter a month from now are things we have little to no control over, and in a month from now, it’s obsolete information that (at the time of viewing) only served to cause enough stress and anxiety to make a person return for more the following day.

Then he looked into physical health as a wealth of life. He broke down the various ways you can cultivate physical health even if you sacrificed your physical health to the pursuit of other things. There was no fearmongering or sense of overwhelm while reading this section which I valued. Sahil spent time on three pillars that impact physical health and the ways to begin to take control: these pillars were nutrition, exercise, and rest. This chapter was so valuable in the way he distills the large catalog of information down to key areas anyone can take action on.

Finally, after evaluating every other area of wealth, Sahil approaches financial wealth with the same nuanced, nonjudgmental manner in which he addressed the other areas. Similar to other areas, he created a plan with three pillars aimed at increasing financial wealth and then did a deep dive into each. I loved his idea of finding “enough” and understanding what that means to each reader individually before making a financial plan that leads to independence. I also enjoyed the history of paper money and the stories he told about financial tycoons who amassed their fortune and the time in their lives they reached their millions— and in some cases, what they sacrificed in other areas to get there.

This book was informative, approachable, and encouraging. I recommend it to all young, middle aged and even older adults who are willing to do the work of self evaluation and building wealth in their lives while they are living them because life doesn’t have a dress rehearsal.

I would like to thank Random House and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I really enjoyed this book! Normally, I find self help books to be kind of slow and repetitive, but this truly felt like I was reading 10 self books all in one. I think the author gave great advice about trying to find balance in life and the importance of not prioritizing one form of wealth vs. another. This is definitely a book I'd recommend to a friend who feels a little lost and needs some guidance, but I think anyone could get some valuable insight out of this. I look forward to rereading portions from time to time as I need reminders! Thank you for the ARC!

I found The 5 Types of Wealth enjoyable to read and picked up several ideas that I think will be useful for me to incorporate into my routine. Was every chapter full of new info or insights? No. Were all five sections equally useful? No, I found two of the five sections more interesting than the other three. But I highlighted several ideas or frameworks that were unique and I want to reference later. The author doesn’t address faith or the spiritual dimension of our lives but I could still find connections to my faith practice and priorities (example, the chapter on mental wealth gave me some insight on scripture memorization, which is important to me but much harder than it used to be).

This book reminded me of attending development courses when I was in the corporate world and sitting in a comfortable learning environment and finding one or two nuggets over the course of a couple of days that I could take away and do something with. If you like books like Atomic Habits, you would probably appreciate this one too. Thanks to Amy at Random House for pointing me to this one and to NetGalley for providing an e-galley to read and review. This book will come out on February 4, 2025.

While 'The 5 Types of Wealth' offers some useful insights and actionable tips, I found it leaned a bit too heavily on the 'should' or 'must-do' style of advice, which felt repetitive at times. That said, readers looking for a structured framework to reassess their priorities may find it helpful. It does have a lot of great advice. Thank you to Netgalley, the author, and the publisher for allowing me to read and review.

A big thanks to #randomhouse and #netgalley for giving me the chance to read The 5 types of Wealth by Sahil Bloom. This was a fantastic read about the different kinds of wealth that are not only centered on money. You’ll need to consider time wealth, social wealth, mental wealth, physical wealth and of course financial wealth. I found each section to be insightful and will be practicing some of the suggestions in the fantastic book.

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Very insightful book on establishing priorities in life with regard to budgeting and finance.

I’m a 64-year-old personal-finance author, financially independent and retired since age 41. I have a deep understanding of the 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate and I’m keenly aware of the emotions of behavioral financial psychology which keep people working longer than necessary.

This book is longer than it needs to be, and covers more ground than it should. It also needs minor fact checking.

1. I’m not an expert on the Blue Zones, but I’m aware that the concept is (in late 2024) under scrutiny for its inadequate documentation of birth dates for the long-lived populations. I’d review the latest commentary on this research before publishing this book.

2. There is no evidence that Einstein has claimed “compounding is the eighth wonder of the world.” This makes me wonder what other issues have been overlooked by a fact checker.

3. Stories are great. These are longer than necessary and pull me out of the book’s concepts to focus on a diversionary tale. Can these be cut down to their essentials? For example we don’t need to know Pyrrhus’ family tree to understand the concept of a Pyrrhic victory. Do we need to know the cast of a movie about Apollo 13 to understand the actual astronaut’s concept of keeping the earth in the window?

The Wealth Score Quiz is very helpful.