Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

In this snippet, I speak to Kharma Medic a fellow productivity YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers about the advice he would give to aspiring YouTubers. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ogf0EJ9evdMRGd4V7KZUg?si=c9P-LehPQ_C9FKF5VYWgIQ 🔗 CONNECT WITH NASIR 🎥 YouTube Channel 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel 🐦 Twitter...

‘A lot of people think you need to have some novel idea, but the best way to start a business is to look at what other people are doing, and do it better’. Alex Hormozi is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist who has nothing to sell you. By the age of 33, Alex’s portfolio of companies crossed $150M per year in revenue spanning a range of areas including; brick & mortar service, licens...

In this snippet, I speak to Bobby Seagull about the changes we can make to our environment and information diet to raise our aspirations in life. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3S9Ff2kbNv9cL4OwyR9yqU 🔗 CONNECT WITH BOBBY 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel 💻 Website 📸  Instagram 🐦  Twitter

We all know that sleep can have a huge impact on our quality of life. But how does sleep actually work, and what can we do to improve it? In this episode I sat down with world-renowned sleep and circadian rhythm expert Professor Russell Foster. Russell has recently published a book called ‘Lifetime’, which explores how our circadian system underpins our overall health and this new science of the b...

In this snippet, I speak to my friend and business coach Hasan Kubba about our favourite and simplest method for setting goals. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ir4QF151Zp79vxRLcCrtB?si=070e08bbd32d4517&nd=1 🔗 CONNECT WITH Hasan 📕 The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes To Succeed 🎥 YouTube 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Linkedin 🔗 CONNECT W...

Imagine leaving your corporate job behind because you went viral overnight. After faking his way to the top of London Fashion week Max Fosh shot to online fame, becoming known for his comedy videos on YouTube and social stunts, like running for London Mayor in last years election. Max is also now selling out venues with his brand new stand up show, Zocial Butterfly. In the conversation we talk abo...

In this season round up I look back at some of the best moments from season three, including conversations with Mo Gawdat, Grace Beverley, Tiago Forte, Richard Wiseman, Marques Brownlee and Alex Lieberman.  (00:00) Intro (00:44) Mo Gawdat: Lessons in happiness (10:17) Grace Beverley: Lessons in side hustles & self-care (19:56) Tiago Forte: Lesson in productivity (30:38) Richard Wiseman: Lesson...

In this episode I chat to Marques Brownlee also known as MKBHD, one of the largest and most respected tech YouTuber’s in the world with over 16 million subscribers. In the conversation we discuss the creator economy, the evolution of his business and how he’s stayed consistent and relevant on the platform over the past 10 years. Enjoy! (00:00) Intro (01:23) Stating consistent over the last 13-14 y...

Chris Sparks is a retired professional poker player, recently ranked in the top 20 online cash game players in the world. He’s also the Founder of Forcing Function where he teaches elite poker frameworks to a select group of twelve investors and executives in meaningful companies, and the author of Experiment Without Limits, a comprehensive workbook for achieving peak performance and leads worksho...

We can all struggle with procrastination. Putting stuff off not only makes us feel bad but it can set us back in our careers and lives. So what do we do about it? Dr Tim Pychyl is as one of the world’s leading experts in procrastination. He has written two books about how and why we procrastinate, as well as many scientific papers. In this episode of Deep Dive I talk to Tim about what exactly proc...

In this episode I sat down with CEO and former influencer Grace Beverley. Grace started two companies, SHREDDY and TALA, all while studying at Oxford University. She then published the book ‘Working Hard, Hardly Working’, and is a Forbes 30 Under 30. In the conversation we chat about managing your side hustle, Grace’s journey away from being an influencer, and the best ways to build sustainable bu...

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...

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  🐦 Twit...

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 don...

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 S...

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 B...

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 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 expe...

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 th...

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 th...

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 a...

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,...

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 digi...

 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 to...

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 - Intro Health: 01:04 - How are you feeling, really? 02:01 - What habits are you building / can suggest to others to live healthier lives? 05:5...