20 Lessons that Improved My Life

[@aliabdaal]

Get free access to my Workflow and Deep Dive series on Nebula, along with a load of other exclusive content, bundled with CuriosityStream - curiositystream.com/ali and use the code ALI at checkout! TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 00:06 The top of my to-do list 01:11 Lean into the fear 02:25 Have to vs. get to 03:57 You're allowed to go back to bed once you've had a shower 04:38 My information diet sucks 06:16 The four components of an ideal life 08:09 The power of accountability 09:51 Do what you're doing 11:12 Improvisational productivity 12:46 Homework for life 15:50 Speed listening audiobooks 17:57 The odyssey plan 20:01 The power of clarity 21:34 Thinking of time in 15 minute chunks 22:47 Goals

[@arunbhowmick7257]

Hey, you can change your life if you follow vedic astrology.... If you have believe...

[@killercon2735]

@@arunbhowmick7257 astrology isnt part of science

[@arunbhowmick7257]

@@killercon2735 vedic astrology is....

[@killercon2735]

@@arunbhowmick7257 is what? its all beliefs that have no proof behind them

[@ebrarakcal5209]

İ am from Turkey. I am learning English. İ can understand. İ am improving my English with your videos, thnks...

[@marwazain-alabdin6092]

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that I live in a day and age where this sort of amazingly valuable, structured and compelling information is available for free! Makes me grateful thinking about it. Thanks Ali!

[@FearlessDreams]

1. What's the one thing you like most about the personal development niche? 2. What kind of videos would you like to see more on KZbin? I'm doing a bit of research and I'd appreciate your help. Thank you so much.

[@atehsunkohkwo9673]

@@FearlessDreams seeing the person grow with each video n seeing their character and your similarities

[@atehsunkohkwo9673]

@@FearlessDreams structured routinal videos

[@infpbubble7549]

Unpopular opinion: Ali speaks at a perfectly acceptable pace

[@stepbro.2140]

*popular

[@narnaudov0]

Me who watches the video at 1.5x speed: 👁👄👁

[@SagnikAcharyaneel57995]

Tbh, he speaks at an acceptable rate even at 1.5 or 1.75x speed 🤷‍♂️

[@narnaudov0]

@@SagnikAcharyaneel57995 I mean, that many find him too fast, while I find him too slow. Thats why

[@esmee6308]

He speaks clearly, which means you can listen to it at any speed you want. The joys of modern technology.

[@stepbro.2140]

Ali : "I'm neglecting my physical health." Me, chomping on a fried chicken wing : "Those biceps tell us otherwise!"

[@justtrynasurvive]

Yeye

[@ahnrho]

Agreed.

[@Rozzylous]

Stop 😂 😂 😂 I honestly hadn't noticed

[@RyanYeo]

Ali has evolved into our wisdom giving sage, and is leveling up his beard game against Matt and Thomas...

[@theodorej.burkhardt8844]

So true! Finally an old sage beard.

[@justtrynasurvive]

Yeye

[@lighto2240]

Who are Matt and Thomas?

[@justtrynasurvive]

@@lighto2240 Matt daveala and thomas frank. Productivity youtubers

[@lighto2240]

@@justtrynasurvive Thanks

[@austinalves7626]

Honestly, I would definitely buy a book written by Ali.

[@barteczekz]

Paperback or audiobook? 😉

[@austinalves7626]

@@barteczekz Haha I don’t listen to audiobooks like Ali but I might buy it if he made one 😄

[@justtrynasurvive]

Yeye

[@Joey-un3hy]

Me too! So much little golden wisdoms

[@karuna1069]

Yesssss

[@SanjaySkar]

Power of accountability is definitely something I learned in 2020. Even if you don't have the money to go for a professional, making a trustful friend hold you accountable for your deadlines totally works. Great video!!

[@EnyaKellermann]

You are such an inspiration. You’re so creative and smart and make me want to try harder to reach my goals and be productive. There need to be more people like you. Thank you for sharing❤️

[@FearlessDreams]

1. What's the one thing you like most about the personal development niche? 2. What kind of videos would you like to see more on KZbin? I'm doing a bit of research and I'd appreciate your help. Thank you so much.

[@juanmoliner6667]

I learnt that I watch too many productivity videos but lack my own productive lifestyle 😂😂

[@subhanbaig7800]

took you a while

[@albasilmubark]

Same

[@juanmoliner6667]

@@subhanbaig7800 I mean I’m productive sometimes 😂😂

[@juanmoliner6667]

@Semini Dharmarathna haha, no human is productive 24/7 hustle culture isn’t sustainable it’s about striking the right balance which is what I try to show on my channel ❤️

[@Nabamyopu]

So same

[@madhavdaga]

Waiting for a _"How I date Productively"_ video 😂

[@BrendanEvan]

I want to see the data to back that up! HA

[@mikhail.lawley]

I haven't gone through even half of the video and I have already gained so much insight and value from it. I rarely give a like on youtube, but this deserved it already. Amazing job!

[@krittikapaul355]

I can just imagine Ali scrolling down his comments and liking everything that appears, and going "you guys are so nice."

[@Joey-un3hy]

He didn’t like yours lol

[@krittikapaul355]

@@Joey-un3hy what can I say, I was too late and he's too productive to like everything

[@edwardwhite_al]

Or he gets someone to do it for him... Who knows 🤔

[@amalpalackal]

He liked literally everything but this lol

[@LoganAllec]

Remember folks whatever you do don't think about revisions in the tax code.

[@Radiant100]

Yo can you guys please help me? My parents promise that if I can get 6k subs before Christmas they will get me a new Headset , and I really need a new one🥺. If y’all could help that would be great, but if you don’t that’s fine.🎄😄

[@justtrynasurvive]

Yeye

[@sthacker3881]

Life lessons from 2020 that will CHANGE ur life👇 www.naturalcureyoga.in/2020/11/5-lessons-2020-taught-us.html

[@siennanotes]

I agree. He is the only KZbinr whom I don't have to adjust the speed of the video

[@vinitshah3569]

@@Radiant100 sure man

[@krispy777]

This might be my favourite Ali video. Thoroughly enjoyed at normal playback speed. Calm music, real talk, and very insightful. Thank you Ali.

[@benalianforce]

This man's biography will be a legendary one🎉 and generations will surely get something out of it. Lots of love Doc.❤️

[@AbhidevVaishnav]

All of you guys seeing this, happiness is coming your way!!😊❤️ Can’t stop binging your channel, So inspiring and beautifully explained!! You've inspired me to start my own KZbin channel 😊BTW also make videos about books and productivity!!

[@marieb4927]

Books+Productivity ! Both are my favorite things!

[@rajvardhan2051]

all the happiness coming to you too bro

[@abhishekramaat]

Hey guys

[@AbhidevVaishnav]

@@rajvardhan2051 thanks mate!

[@AbhidevVaishnav]

@The Creative Mind Thank you so much :)

[@awastedminute2258]

That seems more important than doing my homework

[@marwa1698]

2020 has been a hectic year for all of us so many things happened we lost loved ones. personally, the death of my grandma last month affected me so much. I wish if I spent more time with her. she forged a path that every person should follow (love and be loved), I love her and I will love her the rest of my life. my new year resolution is to live as she used to with the same potential of energy. so if you are reading my comment go and hug a very close person to you , offer this person a letter or a rose .tell her/him how much she/he means to you .at the end of this year let's be kind to each other , help each other , love each other and that's, in my opinion, the key to happiness. I hope 2021 will be a good year. much love to all of you guys

[@marwa1698]

@@themoderninvestor5030 i 'm sorry i didn't really understand your message

[@Mercy-qw2wv]

This video has so much that I can't appreciate it enough. You speak with your heart. This video is a life lesson. If you write a book it sure will be remarkable.

[@AidanLaGrasta]

Never seen you before, first time seeing one of your videos, and lemme just say that yellow progression bar at the bottom is absolute genius, and so easy to implement idk why other list videos don’t have something like that! Deserved a like for sure!

[@eliasbernstein]

Can you imagine going in for surgery and hearing "Hi I'm Dr. Abdaal..." I'd feel so safe

[@nickhiggsthesinger]

My life is significantly better because of people like you. Thank you for being an inspiration and for being so generous.

[@gaurav_kabra]

This is the best video Ali has put out this year IMO. Thanks!! This can be made into a short illustrative book easily

[@sarahjaynesmith]

"Age quod agis" was my schools motto and they interpreted it as "whatever you do, do well" which is something I find myself thinking surprisingly often! Another catch phrase of mine is "pay the man", basically if you can afford it then outsource whatever someone else would do better, even if you *could* do it if you bought lots of kit or spent lots of time. Saved me so much bother. Another insightful video, Ali, thanks! :)

[@GabrielNussbaum]

15 minute chunks is revolutionary. The excuse of its 3:02 so I cant start till 4 is the downfall of This generation 😂

[@easymedizinpodcastmitkauve7370]

I have been watching your videos for a while. Your growth as a person is so evident in the last few weeks. You are inspiring.

[@antoneheyward]

I also have these top 5 and challenge myself to do what I'm scared of or dislike but should do. Great info!

[@keithdmello]

Excellent content. Excellent production value. Excellently explained. And constantly pumping them out. No wonder Ali has the subs he does.

[@simonsbuddy1806]

Announcing the time on MAC in 15 minute blocks is very helpful. 1. In Big Sur or later, click on the apple in the upper L corner of screen for preferences. click on "Dock and Menu Bar." 2. scroll down the “Dock & Menu Bar” sidebar and click “Clock.” 3. Once you're on “Clock” preferences, put a checkmark beside “Announce the time.” 4. Then, using the drop-down menu, you can customize if you want your Mac to announce the time on the hour, on the half-hour, or on the quarter-hour. 5. Then pick a voice, and 6. SAVE.

[@ceyjay]

hes talking about 20 lessons learned for 2020 on 20th :D

[@MiskProductions]

the have to vs get to mindset is more effective than it appears to be

[@emmamontgomery7675]

This was absolutely incredible! You put so many things I've thought about or felt into actual structured sentences and at the same time taught me so much. Feel like my brain has just been refreshed and opened up a bit more. So thanks so much for this video!

[@ancifast]

Thank you for putting the things that were roaming inside my mind into words and into video, in a coherent and understandable way. This helps me so so much, since this year my depression worsened (a surprise, right :D ) and my previous handling systems were just not doing it any more. So, I found meaning, inspiration and, hm, lust for learning from your video :)

[@free3595]

I am never not note taking in Notion (started using it this month, thanks Ali) while watching your videos, for real!

[@jadekhoury1886]

Thank you! Just discovered you and Love what you are sharing. Will follow your work.

[@yathprem]

Is this the new thumbnail trend, snm!! Love this video many lessons I also learnt this year 🤙🏾

[@charlenemaelopez]

The greatest lesson or discovery I've learned this year is watching your KZbin videos as they have been life changing I've just discovered your KZbin channel this year and have learned so much. Thank you Ali for making my 2020 so much better. Also because of you I am a lot smarter when it comes to studying and I have also incorporated speed listening into my life so thank you for that tip! Btw please publish a book, I would definitely buy it!!

[@laurasstudio]

Who else was waiting for this video!

[@melissajade9559]

I’ve been thinking of getting nebula and curiousitystream for awhile but finally took the plunge cause of this video the deal that you mentioned. Thanks Ali! Your content is always so useful.

[@OlleyThorpe]

Ali: how to stay productive and do 23 hours of work a day Also Ali: I wish I hadn't worked so much ps. love the content OF COURSE!

[@nishatkhalid596]

Your videos made me stand up again and i am doing best now, i had never done in this whole year. More power to you. Best wishes and dua's for you.

[@Goindians94]

4. *"You're"* can go back to bed once you've had a shower? C'mon Ali hahah

[@pranatipalo435]

That have to versus get to concept is great😁I'm sure if we start thinking like this our lives would be so destressful.As usual love your content Ali✌

[@leerose7610]

Thanks Ali for reminding me that what I'm into right now is just normal...Looking forward for a better version of myself...Merry Christmas

[@aarthie5468]

So glad to see a popular youtuber be so open and honest about life. Thanks for being real mate!

[@poorvankshah2848]

I would request you to please make video on how do you read books means how you is your approach reading a book and also podcasts. Please🙏🙏

[@cuitingz468]

Actually, by watching your KZbin video, have improved my English listening comprehension and speed!

[@Oldhippiechickadventures]

I am so in love with the teacher you are, to me and my soul. Thank you Thank you Thank you

[@rahulmutreja]

This is seriously one of the best you have made and the soothing background music adds even more glitter to it. 😊

[@dazeldeployingcloudothers3935]

Hey Ali, great content as always. One can certainly experience the genuineness. I am actually preparing to move abroad, so going through IELTs preparation and stuff like that. I am hoping to get your insights on how you as a person or examinee go through this phase. How you tackle all the exam content. Hope you get the gist of the idea, I am pointing towards. If you could, please make content related to such topics. It might help other aspirants like me and overall, we both can hit different birds from same stone 😁

[@matejbutkovic9001]

On goals, there might be a way to reconcile self-acceptance with setting goals. Think about setting a Theme instead of a goal. Your work can then fall under the theme and the broadness of a theme will accommodate the shifting goal posts. This genuinely helped me. There is a great CGP Grey video on this.

[@TheIAmThat]

On point 15 - goals: I think setting goals should be the same as self acceptance. The difference is where the goals come from. People have grown up somewhere and their selves are covered in learned behaviour. So self acceptance can come with all the goals being more "us" and leaving learned behaviours behind. On the hard contrast we are a lot of people on earth and this has created a weird stress for people to be like everybody else and often even better - which is a contradiction to being ourselves. After all it's called self conscience and not foreign conscience. So from that perspective your old view and your new view both makes sense. It simply slims it down to your own belief system and takes away the better, faster, stronger in all areas where it does not help you archive what one might consider one's lifes purpose and leaves being more of pure you. And in the end isn't self acceptance accepting who I am and want to be rather than who others want me to be or what I learned I should be? I personally think self acceptance should not be linked to a status quo, as we all typically are not where we want to be not even behaviourally.

[@sirnaelias9881]

Just to let you know Ali your back ground is really distracting. What i mean is there seems to be so much going on. For example your Alexa really distracted me. Maybe try using a lense that blurs out the background. Thanks 🙏

[@AustinSchrock]

For number 4 the way I hacked this, I got smart light bulbs. So now I wake up naturally by scheduling my room lights to slowly turn on :) highly recommend it, as many studies actually show that alarms aren’t good for you.

[@sogolafshar2996]

You have helped me grow so much in life, especially during this difficult year. I wish you only happiness! If you do release a book one day, I promise it’s going to be a best seller! 💕

[@felixcouraud6782]

Excellent video, loved it. But the progression bar at the bottom is annoying. Thanks for everything Ali

[@ChristinaLzArt]

Thanks for sharing 🙏. We share a lot similar values. Here is my list: Put in effort for all things you care, your dreams, passions, loved ones, health, be happy, make the world more beautiful.

[@deanaraju7603]

Great video! Sometimes "do what you're doing isn't necessary." It's when we do mundane things that our mind wanders and thinks of ideas. I got this from Bored and Brilliant book by Manoush Zomorodi.

[@nkytu8734]

thank you for uploading this kind of contents and for sharing this ideas in a very well put manner.

[@ChristosLouridas]

Hey Ali great points. Two things I have in my life right now. "The longer you think about a task without doing it, the less novel it becomes to do !!" And the 15m chunks. I try doing them 30m chunks. Very nice though. I try to put the gym thing (at home ofc) with my karate training but procrastinating a bit.

[@robertovelicaz7719]

Many thanks Ali for this most thought provoking video! Much to contemplate on. One of your best videos this year! Best wishes for xmas and the new year.

[@meganbrothen8714]

So smart to have the progress bar at the bottom for each section! Definitely made a long video more palatable.

[@Fukei_Mono]

I do #4, but with morning stretches instead of a shower. It works just as fine for me.

[@bees0la276]

Thanks Ali, you inspired me to listen audiobooks that would help me. I've listen to a couple of them in the last few months. Thank you 😁

[@innabella_]

Dear Ali, thank you for all your hard work - you've helped me a lot on my life journey ) I rarely comment on any videos, but just wanted to let you know that you look amazingly attractive with the beard. Keep it up! Thank you very much! I hope I cheered you up a bit 😏🌸

[@Nicole-yi2lo]

I can't wait to see what you write; I would preorder your book NOW if I was able to!

[@celerystalk390]

The progress bar is very cool and useful!

[@knutanders]

This is one of the best videos I have seen from you Ali. Inspiring, but still very concrete, and very actionable! Great :)

[@whyuactingsopepegasusbro7196]

Can you show us your Podcasts? I love your videos and you helped me developing myself to a better self

[@daenerystargaryen5171]

Wow... this video is like a therapy.. I have the same regrets, I think as medstudents we share the same fears, doubts and regrets.. I always wanted to be better, grow up.. but I didn’t have the guts to « lean into the fear » that’s gonna change.. thank for this really useful video

[@danliutikas]

The 4 components came out of the research of the Center for Creative Leadership many years ago. I hope the blog you read cited the actual source.

[@aidaovalle6349]

Honestly, thank you so much for this. I love this type of content, like life related, not always academic

[@pressfinchat]

My personal tip: Place multiple alarms to annoy yourself out of sleep. For example, instead of just placing one alarm for 5:00, you place 3 for 5:00, 5:01 and 5:02. When you turn off your first alarm, you are probably not aware of what you're doing. By the time the second or third comes, hopefully you will be annoyed enough or remember that you were supposed to be waking up. If you are a particularly stubborn person by nature, place even more alarms. Really works, I tell ya.

[@stepbro.2140]

From experience, I'd like to add to Ali's 15 minute chunks idea: - it's most important that you must not use anything digital or something entertaining in general because it's like a casino, you won't know how quickly it's become 10:46 , etc and thus you end up wasting 14 more minutes doing nothing. I'm doing it right now!

[@AlaneNotElaine]

Great video Dr. Abdaal! 🙌💜

[@morsalinbillah]

Please let me know if you ever visit Australia. I am huge fan of your channel. I would be so happy to meet you in person.

[@donaldmicheal4288]

I've always wanted to invest in forex/stock trading, after a few trials I realized that trading without a good mentor and guidance is a waste of time and money.

[@andrewlucky1038]

I have always wanted to expand my business but I could not do that because the cash was not forth coming as I had planned. Getting referred to Mr Andy Calistoga played a great role in that vision. Mr Andy is a great mentor and the best trader/Account manager on my list.

[@anthonyauthur7720]

I recently started trading with this trader Andy Calistoga. It's been only a month and I have been able to make a total of $28k

[@petersonvalentine5126]

Mr Andy is simply out of this world, this is the second withdrawal in less than two weeks. $16,300 already made, i am very happy i made that decision.

[@michealdonaldray5198]

A n d y c a l i 9 2 4 @ y a h o o . c o m

[@user-pv1ng2od2n]

Paul graham 🥰 what an intro haha and the audio quality was also really on point

[@rohanpandey1352]

Great content Ali, do continue making great content and adding value to people's life.

[@AllThingsAlan]

Typo on the vid: You’re can go back to bed...

[@jes_qa2592]

we need this kind of teaching in schools... thank you so much for this valuable information

[@cyclotrojan]

ALI MY MAN

[@lautoka63]

Tennis lessons I've learnt ('perhaps I can tell this nice young man something worthwhile'): 1/. hit the ball where they're not (preferably to their backhand, for most people) 2/. if they're at the net, hit the ball at their belly button 3/. if you're at the net, play the angles so the ball goes out the side of the court, not along the court to where they are. You can still have fun doing this, but if your friends don't find it so, stay playing competitive tennis in your club.

[@michaelhorn7290]

'Ali in Aus' has a great ring to it!

[@kunaldasgupta8228]

Ali Abdaal is always very genuine. And as he said always the end goal should be to help someone and in the process God would help you . I am a great fan of his videos, he can change people’s lives with his content for the better. ❤️

[@CJB1103]

Documentary maker guy is my favourite superhero

[@moshefabrikant1]

6:12 Great quote

[@kierayumin5584]

This is the best video, most helpful video I have ever seen. Thank you Ali!

[@nivega0150]

Reference to 15. Goals (24:33) Vex King in his 'Good Vibes Good Life' book said something along the lines of Self love is accepting who you are as you are right now, and wanting self-improvement (something like that, i'll brb once i check again)

[@adcat8473]

You are such a nice guy Ali, great advice again

[@niklasholgerson3779]

Thinking of time in 15 minute chunks would probably have the biggest impact on my life. If I plan on doing something at 8 am and for some reason I am 5 minutes late I literally wait for 9 am to start. As you can imagine this results in a serious amount of time beeing wasted over the course of a day.

[@aryankotia6306]

probably the best video i've seen this year by Ali

[@ConsciousOriginals]

Super useful tips! Thanks!

[@BrainLight123]

Whenever I watch your videos, all of a sudden I feel super productive.

[@villumvalsten6006]

Hey Ali can you make a Notion setup tour 2020?

[@EvGBeats]

Love your content. Very inspirational

[@Jackson_ML]

Can you do a video about the blogs and podcasts you listen to and where you find them? I always here you talk about the things you read and listen to and I'm curious.

[@ahmedabbasi5691]

No 9 was the one I resonated with the most. Improvisational Productivity. Hmm. I've definitely felt this in my life quite a bit that I get exciting ideas but I never act upon them. I had never thought about the reasons behind that. This seems like a very interesting point. Minimize the time between thinking about a goal and doing it. Okay. Thank you Ali.

[@daniil8521]

ths video is really good :D i loved the bar at the bottom

[@ingenuity168]

I sped this up to 1.75 😁 The speed reading tip is the BEST! 👍❤🙏❤❤❤