Moral Philosopher Will MacAskill on What We Owe The Future
How can we do the most good with our careers, money and lives? And what are the things that we can do right now, to positively impact future generations to come? This is the mission of the Effective Altruism (EA) movement co-founded by Will McAskill, Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oxford and co-founder of nonprofits Giving What We Can, the Centre for Effective Altruism, and Y Combinator-backed 80,000 Hour. In the conversation, me and Will talk about the fundamentals of EA, his brand new book 'What We Owe The Future', the idea of 'longtermism', the most pressing existential threats humanity is facing and what we can do about them, why giving away your income will make you happier, why your career choice is the biggest choice you’ll make in your life and much more. 🔗 CONNECT WITH WILL 📕Get 50% off Will's new book 'What We Owe The Future' with the code ALI50 via this link 👉https://bookshop.org/books/what-we-owe-the-future/9781541618626🐦 Twitter 💻 Website🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸 Instagram🐦 Twitter👥 Linkedin💙 The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon WebsiteLeave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy
11 Aug 20222h 52min
How I Grew from 0 to 500k Followers In Under 2 Years - Sahil Bloom
Sahil Bloom is the Founding Partner at $10M fund SRB Ventures, an angel investor in more than 30 companies, and has gone viral on Twitter in the past two years growing from 0 to 500,000 followers where he tweets about business and personal development. In the conversation we talk about the longevity of online careers, how to approach your side hustle and fatherhood. 🔗 CONNECT WITH SAHIL 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 👥 Linkedin🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸 Instagram🐦 Twitter👥 Linkedin💙 The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.Sponsored by Notion This episode is kindly brought to you by Notion, the all-in-one team collaboration tool that combines note-taking, document sharing, wikis, project management and much more into one space that’s simple, powerful, and beautifully-designed. Notion has a worldwide network of millions of users creating templates, tutorials, and new inspiration. Learn more about Notion and get started for free at https://notion.com/deepdive.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor Check out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy
4 Aug 20221h 45min
Snippet 5 - How To Avoid Burnout As An Entrepreneur: James Hoffmann
In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast.51% of UK business owners have experienced burnout since the start of the COVID19 pandemic, but do you really need to hustle to the point of burnout out when starting a business to be successful? In this snippet, I talk to James Hoffman about the dangers of hustling and what he would've done differently in the early days of building his business Stone Mile Coffee Roasters.Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Fru7GPgAflAe7eIuOHgZh?si=sGxOPsh7TZ2Br5qoBNEe5g 🔗 CONNECT WITH JAMES 🎥 YouTube Channel🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸 Instagram🐦 Twitter
2 Aug 20227min
How To Design Your Career For Happiness - Samantha Clarke
On average, most of us will spend one third of our lives at work. That’s a lot of time. But even though we spend so much of our lives at work, according to a 2022 happiness study over one third of Brits are unhappy in their job. Samantha Clarke is a work happiness consultant, author of Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work and resident lecturer and facilitator at The School of Life, Simon Sinek's platform and The Guardian who gives masterclasses on career potential, navigating transitions and change, managing stress and anxiety, finding confidence and purpose at work. During the conversation me and Samantha break down the traditional prescription around what a career needs to look like and tackle all the big questions facing someone navigating a career: how do you figure out what career path to choose, how do you know when it’s time to quit, how do you reinvent yourself in ease phase of your career, how do you negotiate emotional barriers to change, and most importantly, how do you design a career that you love. Timestamps:00:00 Intro 2:20 Overcoming the title trap3:47 Evolving understandings about work 08:53 Navigating emotional barriers to pursuing your dream career12:32 Exploring the hidden assumptions in coaching 17:13 Love It or Leave It: how to be happy at work 20:59 The 6 happiness pillars for work 23:35 How to assess your happiness at work 25:12 Can everyone find purpose in a job?28:32 The relationship between career purpose and money 35:20 Human Design Profiles42:17 Manifestation and affirmations 46:26 Decision making 51:09 The signs and symptoms of burnout 59:02 Following your passion vs finding your passion 01:07:28 Coaching Ali on company mission and happiness01:20:20 Takeaways 🔗 CONNECT WITH SAMANTHA 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/samanthaand_📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand💻 Website - https://samanthaand.co/👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthaclarke/📕 Love It or Leave It: How To Be Happy At Work - https://geni.us/dPkwD🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸 Instagram🐦 Twitter👥 Linkedin💙 The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy
28 Juli 20221h 25min
Snippet 4 - How To Design Your Future Career: Dr Grace Lordan
In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast. As humans we're very good at knowing what makes us happy in the moment, but we often neglect the things we have to invest time and effort in to give ourselves a better future. In this snippet I talk to Dr Grace Lordan, Behavioural Scientist and author of 'Think Big: Take Small Steps And Build The Career You Want' about her concept of 'Me+', how to choose the right career for you and why small making small investments in your career today will pay dividends in the future. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ajiECd10Ck1g79C4pxFRp?si=VyUF0HkUQ7KVvzJmZQMXUg🔗 CONNECT WITH GRACE Website: https://www.gracelordan.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/g.lordan/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/gracelordan_?lang=enLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracelordan/Grace's Book, Think Big: https://geni.us/OoRe🔗CONNECT WITH ALI Website: https://aliabdaal.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliabdaal/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliAbdaalYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/aliabdaal
26 Juli 20226min
The Sure-Fire Way To Be Luckier In Life - Advice From Psychology Professor Richard Wiseman
Most of us tend to believe that luck is this omnipotent force beyond our control, but the reality is we can actually manufacture luck and increase our chances of lucky events happening to us. My guest this week is Psychology Professor Richard Wiseman who has published over 100 academic papers and countless books examining the psychology of magic and illusion, deception, luck and self-development. In the conversation we delve into all of these quirky areas of psychology, discussing the findings of Richard’s ten-year scientific study into the nature of luck, the power of the ‘As If’ principle, magic and much more. 🔗 CONNECT WITH RICHARD🎥 YouTube Channel - @Quirkology 💻 Website 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸 Instagram🐦 Twitter👥 Linkedin💙 The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy
22 Juli 20221h 21min
Snippet 3 - How To Be Better At Long-Term Relationships: Logan Ury
In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast.We often think that because love is instinctive being in relationships should therefore just come naturally to us. But the reality is 50% of marriages end in divorce and all of us, at some stage in our lives, will struggle in our relationships. In this snippet, dating and relationships expert Logan Ury talks to me about a few things we can do to increase the longevity and happiness of our relationships, and ultimately be better life partners. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/76m8eoppBHSrAVb1kMm4pF?si=3_XKTmSoTKeIl-kaDD09fQ🔗 CONNECT WITH LOGAN📕 How Not To Die Alone🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸 Instagram🐦 Twitter
19 Juli 20224min
Lessons From Selling Morning Brew For $75 Million At 28 - Alex Lieberman
In this episode I sit down for a conversation with Alex Lieberman. Alex has a pretty amazing story, he started a newsletter during his studies at University which evolved into Morning Brew, one of the world's fastest-growing media brands, and he later sold that business for $75 million dollars at just 28 years old. In the conversation, Alex shares what he learned from his journey, we talk about the most valuable skills you can develop in business, how to know when to quit and what it means to find purpose in life beyond such a windfall. 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALEX 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 🎙 Founders Journal 💻 Morning Brew 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸 Instagram🐦 Twitter👥 Linkedin💙 The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy
14 Juli 20221h 40min
