Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast.In this snippet, Will Storr, author of The Status Game, explains that we're never the hero in other people's stories, which is why gaining social status doesn't come from being the loudest voice in the room, but from being a helpful addition to the stories happening around you.Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/76kwNrHOUErPb27FO5qwUU?si=x6hJK_RiTZuPxR72Jcz-HQ🔗 CONNECT WITH WILL💻 Website🐦 Twitter📕 The Status Game by Will Storr🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter

12 Juli 20224min

People often call me a productivity guru, but in this episode I sit down with one of the world's foremost experts on productivity, Tiago Forte. Tiago's taught me and thousands of people how they can revolutionise their lives and businesses with his course ‘building a second brain’ and during this conversation he shares that wisdom. We talk about how he fell into the world of productivity and how actually building a business is at the core of what is means to make a positive impact on the world, as well as misconceptions about productivity and his brand new book 'Building A Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential'.00:00 Intro 01:44 How has having a child has impacted your productivity?06:01 How did you become one of the world's foremost experts on productivity?12:05 How to keep up with managing information flows 17:20 Is the world moving away from productivity?23:24 What's the meaning of productivity for you?34:11 Getting interested in business and making money58:31 Your new book01:03:14 What is a second brain and why does it help you organise your life?01:14:31 The principles of building a second brain🔗 CONNECT WITH TIAGO🎥 YouTube Channel  💻 Website 🐦 Twitter📕Building a Second Brain ✍️Tiago's Blog🎙Tiago's Podcast 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter👥 Linkedin💙  The Friendzone Discord🔗 Creatorpreneur Crash Course - https://aliabdaal.com/creatorpreneur-crash-course/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=dd_creatorpreneur_crash_courseFind 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

7 Juli 20221h 27min

In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast.There's this common myth that your 20s are the time to be getting ahead in life, but in this snippet I talk to Creator and Sex Educator Hannah Witton about the fact that it's really not a race to the finish line - Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn at 35, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his 40s, Margaret Atwood published her first book at 32. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6yxcBgR7GG6J7poWEikYLo?si=0zDgFsxvQRaVw5YyMEGk3g🔗 CONNECT WITH HANNAH🎥 YouTube🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website🎙Podcast🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter

5 Juli 20226min

If you could take off tomorrow and work from anywhere in the world, would you do it? Most of us would probably hesitate over that question, even the 20-something-year-olds like me who are relatively unencumbered, but it’s pretty safe to say that globetrotting with your laptop under your arm is the future of work and has been for a very long time. I’ve been dabbling with the idea of becoming a digital nomad since I first read The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss in 2017, but the question remains how do you actually become a digital nomad in 2022? In this episode I sit down for a chat with digital nomad and author of Global Natives, Lauren Razavi. We talk about a bunch of practical and actionable tips for how to become a digital nomad, some of the history behind the movement, ethical implications of nomadism and Lauren’s mission to try and build a country on the internet. 🔔 Sign up to Cohort 6 of my Part-Time YouTuber Academy: https://academy.aliabdaal.com/🔗 CONNECT WITH LAUREN💻Website 💌 Newsletter🐦 Twitter 🦅 Safetywing 📕 Global Natives by Lauren Razavi 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter 🎥 YouTube Channel 💻 Website 📸  Instagram 🐦  Twitter 👥 Linkedin 💙  The Friendzone Discord Find 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

30 Juni 20221h 41min

If you take control over your brain, you can do anything - but what’s the formula? Some moments in life fundamentally change the way you think about the world - that’s what this conversation with Mo Gawdat did for me and what I’m certain it will do for you too.  Mo is the former Chief Business Officer of Google X, Google's moonshot factory of innovation, a prolific researcher and writer on the topic of happiness and has an incredibly touching story.In 2014, Mo lost his son Ali unexpectedly during a routine medical procedure. Days after, Mo set off on a mission to solve one of the biggest problems of our time, by pouring his research into the international best selling book, ‘Solve For Happy: Engineer Your Path To Joy’ - the audiobook brought me to tears. #OneBillionHappy is his moonshot attempt to honour Ali by spreading the message that happiness can be learned and shared with one simple technique: the happiness equation. For the next 90 minutes I ask you to forget everything you’ve learned about happiness from the modern world until now. In the episode we talk about a lot of things, things that may sit uncomfortably with some people, but also have the potential to be truly life changing.00:00 Intro 2:16 Writing a book about happiness after losing your son 07:37 Battling the negativity bias instinct10:42 Is happiness a choice? 19:59 The difference between happiness and fun31:07 Understanding the happiness equation and unhappiness 39:23 Do lower expectations make us happier?43:01 How should we manage ambitions?57:00 You are born a millionaire 01:01:31 Is solve for happy the domain of the privileged? 01:09:00 Relationships: life is a question of context 01:15:22 Feminine vs masculine energy 🔔 Sign up to Cohort 6 of my Part-Time YouTuber Academy: https://academy.aliabdaal.com/🔗 CONNECT WITH MO🎥 YouTube Channel 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 🎙 Slo Mo Podcast😊 Solve For Happy: Engineer Your Path To Joy 🗣 That Little Voice In Your Head 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website👥 LinkedinFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by Shortform This 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

23 Juni 20221h 31min

This my first solo Q&A episode on the podcast where I answer a bunch of questions from my Discord community ‘The Friendzone’ 💙 Thank you for all your questions and please let me know if you'd like to see more of these solo-episodes :)Questions:00:00 - IntroHealth:01:04 - How are you feeling, really?02:01 - What habits are you building / can suggest to others to live healthier lives?05:55 - What has been the biggest recurring blocker?08:32 - What do you do for leisure?09:58 - What do you think about meditation?12:04 - Is your current daily routine your ideal one? What would you change?13:47 - What processes or tools do you use to manage your mental health and avoid burnout?Wealth:15:26 - Why did you decide to write a book?17:35 - What is the single best side hustle / business to start as a teenager?18:48 - How did you decide what A-levels to take?19:43 - What is your advice for people who aren’t following a clear trajectory right out of college/university?21:22 - How do you create a content engine / pipeline for managing content and consistently uploading to different platforms?Happiness:22:36 - What’s your favourite quote?24:16 - What’s your main source of happiness?26:38 - What’s your advice for embracing who you are as a person?27:56 - How do you make sure to live life to the fullest?29:17 - Have you ever been through analysis paralysis? How did you deal with it?32:21 - What are you aiming for right now?Love:34:38 - Who is your celebrity crush?35:03 - What qualities do you look for in a partner - personally or professionally?36:58 - How can you handle rejection?Impact:37:44 - How to stay motivated during the book writing process?39:00 - What do you envision the impact of the book will be on students?39:55 - How do you and the team apply the E-myth Revisited book to the business?41:16 - How do you decide what book to read next? Sources? Recommendations?42:30 - What is the single most life changing book you’ve read?42:53 - What are the best books for business oriented goals?📚 RESOURCES MENTIONEDDaily Vlogs Channel -   @Ali Abdaal Vlogs Sheen’s Channel  -  @Sheen Gurrib Huberman Labs Podcast -  @Andrew Huberman Heights Braincare Supplements - https://go.aliabdaal.com/heights Coleap - https://www.coleap.com/Waking Up with Sam Harris - https://www.wakingup.com/Forcing Function (Chris Sparks)- https://www.forcingfunction.com/Notion - https://go.aliabdaal.com/notionsignupShortform - https://go.aliabdaal.com/shortformLifespan by David Sinclair - https://geni.us/q4jUMo Gawdat - https://www.solveforhappy.com/Anything You Want by Derek Sivers - https://geni.us/QK7JvDerek Sivers' Blog - https://sive.rs/Traction: Get A Grip On Your Business by Gino Wickman - https://geni.us/M0iQbjRThe E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber - https://geni.us/nlkqThe 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss - https://geni.us/okEsOversubscribed: How To Get People Lining Up To Do Business With You by Daniel Priestley - https://geni.us/fMZX6APBE MY FRIEND:💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://aliabdaal.com/friendzone/🌍  My website / blog - https://www.aliabdaal.com 📸  Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal🐦  Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal💙  The Friendzone Discord - https://discord.gg/Dh2kGavffd🎮  Twitch - https://twitch.tv/aliabdaalFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/📚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

16 Juni 202243min

Noah Kagan has gone from being employee #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint, to now owning the Sumo Group of apps, and is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs start, market and grow their business. In the conversation, we chat about what he learned after being fired from Facebook, how he built a 8 figure business, the things you can do now to get a head start in your career, and some productivity tips too. Enjoy!🔗 CONNECT WITH NOAH🎥 YouTube Channel🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website🎙 Podcast🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website👥 LinkedinFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/📚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

2 Juni 202259min

Brandon Sanderson is my favourite author of all time. He writes incredible fantasy books, including Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive, and wrote the final 3 books of The Wheel of Time. Brandon's output is legendary - he writes books almost faster than we can read them, and he teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. I recorded this episode with Brandon as a live stream during the 2020 lockdown, and because it was one of my favourites I wanted to share it with you again as a bonus episode. In the conversation, we discuss how he kept going when his writing wasn’t being read, the question of originality and how we can make the stuff we need to do (work) more fun. Enjoy!🔗 CONNECT WITH BRANDON 🎥 YouTube Channel 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website👥 LinkedinFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/📚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

20 Maj 202252min