Not Overthinking

In this episode, we discuss the spiritual journey that we're both dabbling with. Enjoy xx.

In this episode, we ramble a bit about what’s going on in our lives,  Ali’s recent discovery of Alan Watts, and the idea around whether or not we should give a ‘platform’ to potentially-controversial guests on our podcast. Enjoy xx

In this episode, we discuss Taimur’s biggest life update in a long time. We explore the feelings behind being engaged vs being married, try to work out whether an expensive wedding is worth it, and a few other bits. Enjoy!

In this episode, we discuss the idea of ‘enough’ and where our drive for ‘numbers go up’ comes from. Enjoy xx Search “One Sec” on the App Store and use the coupon code ALI15 to get a 15% discount on the premium subscription, if you want to pay for the premium subscription. Works perfectly fine as a free app too.

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In this episode, we take a look back over the past 3 years of doing this podcast, and how our lives have changed since that fateful day in March 2019 when we decided to start recording “Not Overthinking”. Enjoy!

In this episode, we discuss Ali's theoretically life-changing conversation with Will MacAskill, a professor of moral philosophy, about how to orient his career for impact rather than personal gain. Taimur is skeptical.  Watch this episode on YouTube (along with all our others) - https://www.youtube.com/c/NotOverthinking Ali's Podcast - Deep Dive - https://www.youtube.com/c/DeepDivewithAliAbdaal (t...

In this first episode of the new season of the podcast, we discuss the extent to which we should / want to be open about our personal lives on the podcast. Taimur takes an unusual stance towards privacy, which Ali attempts to break down. Enjoy xx Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works e...

In this episode, Taimur presents his new theory of Mind Viruses. We discuss the aetiology, pathophysiology and implications thereof. Enjoy xx Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you're not on an iPhone  :)  Send us an Audio Message We really want to include more listener comm...

In this episode, we discuss our friend Paul Millerd’s new book The Pathless Path, which is all about reimagining our relationship with Work and Careers. Enjoy xx Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you're not on an iPhone  :)  Send us an Audio Message We really want to includ...

In this episode, we discuss the discourse around  pills  - Blue Pills, Red Pills, Black and White Pills - and share some of the ‘pills’ that we’ve taken in our own life that have led to paradigm shifts in our perspectives. Enjoy xx Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you're n...

In this episode, we discuss Taimur's new relationship! If you've got any questions about it, please do leave a comment down below and we'll maybe discuss them on a future episode. Enjoy xx Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you're not on an iPhone  :)  Send us an Audio Messa...

In this episode, we do our usual life update (Taim’s just been to Turkey, Ali’s had Laser Eye Surgery), followed by a discussion of ego, which somehow segues into a conversation about mind chatter, and aspects of spirituality. Enjoy xx Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you'...

In this episode, we discuss the various ways in which both our lives seem to be going swimmingly at this point, and then meander around various business-type things around hiring, organisational design, culture and a few other bits. Enjoy xx Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even i...

In this episode we go over our histories with crypto, how we understand it, plans for the future and a short overview of NFTs. Resources mentioned: https://tim.blog/2021/03/08/vitalik-buterin-naval-ravikant/ https://tim.blog/2021/10/28/chris-dixon-naval-ravikant/ https://www.acquired.fm/ Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / A...

In this episode we discuss angel investing and going back to school. Taimur analyzes my life choices and offers some insight on my future plans. Enjoy! Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you're not on an iPhone  :)  Send us an Audio Message We really want to include more lis...

In this episode, Taimur shares his continuing woes about his calendar. We discuss the zen, peaceful nature of Benjamin Franklin’s calendar, and Ali attempts to coach Taimur through finding more peace in his life. Enjoy! Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you're not on an iPh...

In this episode, we discuss the philosophy of “cringe”, and opine about the shrinking of the “cringe” overton window, especially amongst the youth of today. Enjoy! Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you're not on an iPhone  :)  Send us an Audio Message We really want to incl...

We get back from a low optionality trip to Croatia and talk about how it went. This leads us to talk about why we’re doing what we’re doing with our lives. Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's a link that works even if you're not on an iPhone  :)  Send us an Audio Message We really want to include more...

In this episode, we discuss Ali’s new move to the big city of London, and Taimur shares some thoughts on how to setup the optimum social life. We also end up talking about the power of calendars and Ali’s recent journey of self-acceptance and self-discovery. Enjoy! Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to  leave us a review  on iTunes / Apple Podcasts.  Here's...

For the first time in the history of the podcast we have a six people on this episode - a new record for Not Overthinking. Given that we're on a group holiday in the Cotswolds, we discuss the purpose of group holidays, why they're different to socialising in everyday life as well as whether we should be doing work in these settings and how this might affect the experience of others in the group. E...

After discussing why we've become consistently inconsistent in publishing episodes (sorry, not sorry), we spend the rest of this episode discussing the Enneagram - a model of the human psyche made up of nine interconnected personality types. Ali is fairly certain of his own type and so we move onto to trying to figure out which type best describes Taimur and ask how much can we really trust these...

We're back into our weekly schedule and in this episode, after diving into why Taimur has signed up to do a triathlon and why Ali suddenly wants a dog, we discuss thoughts on autonomy sparked by an interesting article by Simon Sarris which describes why agency is the most precious resource. Enjoy :) Links The Most Precious Resource is Agency Leave us a Review If you enjoy listening to the podcast,...

In this episode of the podcast, after Ali explains the revelations he’s had about his business, we take a trip down memory lane. Following a family trip to the area where we grew up, we reflect on our emotional experience of revisiting the sites of our early childhood as well as the memories we have of that time. From lying on the floor to kiss chase to running away from home, we each seem to have...