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
4 months left in 2026. The one thing that keeps goals alive is building systems around them — these are the four I use.
P.S. Superfocus is the app my team and I have been building to combine all four systems in one place. You can lock in the founding price here: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260818
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My 3-step method for working out what to do with your life.
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/fEMHMd7fovM
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The 5 apps I actually open every single day, for life and for the business.
P.S. Superfocus is the third one - the 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_260815
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Every business comes down to five skills: attract, convert, delight, operate and scale. None of them need a degree, and all of them can be learned.
Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIk39...
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The reason you can't stop thinking about that project you abandoned three months ago. It's called the Zeigarnik Effect.
P.S. Join ProductiveNotes - my free weekly newsletter where I share actionable productivity advice, insights and content directly to your inbox: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260804
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I use something called the Freedom Profile Matrix to work out whether a job is worth staying in. Four things, rated out of 10.
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/oCVq-wAPqSs
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If I wanted to be a millionaire before 30, these are the 5 things I'd focus on.
P.S. If you fancy more of this sort of thing, join FreedomNotes - my free weekly business newsletter: go.lifestylebusiness.com/ytcommunity_260805
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I asked a junior doctor: "if you won the lottery, would you still do medicine?" He said he'd leave in a heartbeat.
So I started asking every doctor I met the same question 👇
P.S. I write FreedomNotes - a free weekly email on building a business that funds your life: go.lifestylebusiness.com/ytcommunity_260803_2
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I caught myself trying to play a video game efficiently the other day. It led somewhere I wasn't expecting.
Swipe 👇
P.S. I write LifeNotes - my free weekly email on what I'm figuring out about life and work: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260731
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Most goals don't fail because of motivation. They fail because there's no system behind them. I break down the GPS Method below 👇
P.S. For more productivity tips like this, join ProductiveNotes - my free weekly newsletter: go.aliabdaal.com/ytcommunity_260729
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