I'm Ali - doctor turned entrepreneur, YouTuber, and author of the New York Times bestseller Feel-Good Productivity.
On this channel, we explore the skills that school didn't teach you - productivity, personal development, how to become financially free, how to build your own independent business. These are the skills I learned through trial-and-error while trying to build my own business alongside medical school at Cambridge University. After years of trying, learning and making mistakes, I ended up in a life I could never have imagined. On this YouTube channel, I try my best to share everything I've learned (and that I'm continuing to learn) along the way :)
The channel's been active since 2017, when I first started vlogging my life as a medical student and sharing study tips. Since then, I graduated, became a doctor, worked full-time in the UK's NHS (including during COVID), started a business, grew it to 7-figures, wrote a book, got married and had a baby girl :)
Ali Abdaal
17 micro-habits that train your attention span. Most of them are about the phone, because the phone is usually the problem.
P.S. Superfocus is the web app my team and I have been building. It brings your goals, calendar, focus sessions and coaching together, so your day is planned around what actually matters. You can lock in the founding price here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260918
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Ali Abdaal
This 30-minute exercise from Stanford is the one I keep coming back to when I'm not sure what to do next. It's called the Odyssey Plan.
We'll do exercises like this live on Saturday, in my free Autumn Reset Workshop. 26 September, 1pm UTC, online. Reserve your spot here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260917
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Ali Abdaal
The final quarter of 2026 is here already. On Saturday 26 September I'm hosting the Autumn Reset Workshop: a simple process to reflect on what's worked this year, adjust what hasn't, and build a plan for the next 90 days. Free, online, 1pm UTC.
Reserve your spot here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260916
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Ali Abdaal
Everyone tells you to build a system. Nobody really says what one is. Here are the four jobs I think a system has to do, and what each one actually looks like in a week.
P.S. Superfocus is the web app my team and I have been building. It brings your goals, calendar, focus sessions and coaching together, so your day is planned around what actually matters. You can lock in the founding price here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260914
4 days ago | [YT] | 5,830
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Ali Abdaal
The most productive people at one tech company worked in bursts of 52 minutes and then properly rested for 17. Here is what both halves actually looked like.
P.S. Superfocus is the web app my team and I have been building. It brings your goals, calendar, focus sessions and coaching together, so your day is planned around what actually matters. You can lock in the founding price here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260911
1 week ago | [YT] | 3,719
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Ali Abdaal
Five easy, evidence-based things that massively increase the chances you actually achieve your goals. None of them take long.
P.S. Superfocus is the web app my team and I have been building. It brings your goals, calendar, focus sessions and coaching together, so your day is planned around what actually matters. You can lock in the founding price here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260908
1 week ago | [YT] | 6,677
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Ali Abdaal
The 5 apps I actually open every single day, for life and for the business.
P.S. Superfocus is the third one - the web app I've built with my team, with your goals, calendar and coaching in one place. If you fancy it, you can lock in the founding price here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260906
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Ali Abdaal
Why you should start a boring business. The cooler a business sounds, the harder it is, because everyone else wants it too.
P.S. Join my free Lifestyle Business Newsletter, where I share one idea at a time on turning your expertise into independent income: go.lifestylebusiness.com/ytcommunity_260905
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 2,452
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Ali Abdaal
what's your biggest challenge with productivity these days?
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Ali Abdaal
Five mistakes that keep you distracted, and what to do about each one. The first is the one almost everybody makes.
P.S. Superfocus is the web app my team and I have been building. It brings your goals, calendar, focus sessions, and coaching together, so your day is planned around what actually matters. You can lock in the founding price here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260904
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