Ali Abdaal
British YouTuber, author of Feel-Good Productivity and founder of an online education business; a doctor in the NHS before he worked full time on his own business.
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Their wordsI’ve hopefully (finally) learned an important lesson about running a business (that I think also applies to our personal lives): that a business, once established, is more likely to die of overeating than of starvation.
↗My biggest mistake with goal-setting…aliabdaal.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsEvery new commitment takes bandwidth. And bandwidth is finite. So if I’m honest with myself, I can only really make meaningful progress on 1-3 things at any given time.
↗My biggest mistake with goal-setting…aliabdaal.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Ambitious people are more likely to ruin their lives through overcommitment than through laziness.
Their wordsThe problem with people like us is that rather than screwing up our lives due to laziness and sloth, we’re actually much more likely to burn ourselves into the ground through ambition, lack of balance, and a failure to show restraint when setting goals.
↗My biggest mistake with goal-setting…aliabdaal.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 9 days earlier
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Approaching work in the spirit of play makes you more productive, more creative and less stressed.
Their wordsThe whole thesis of the entire book is that when we approach our work in the spirit of play, treating it with a little more lightness than we’re used to, we actually become more productive, more creative, and less stressed. AND on top of that, the work ends up generating rather than draining our energy.
- 6 weeks earlier
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Their wordsI think freedom, for me, is a currency. You have a certain amount of it, and the question is: what are you spending it on?
↗On measuring how much freedom you have…aliabdaal.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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True freedom is a life in which you would not choose to fast-forward any of your moments.
Their wordsFor me, true freedom, the sort I guess I’ve been working towards for years, is where I wouldn’t choose to fast-forward any of my moments. Whatever time I have on this earth, I’m savouring it and enjoying it, rather than wishing it would go faster.
↗On measuring how much freedom you have…aliabdaal.com 2nd of 2 in this piece