Conversations with my Team - Ep #1 - Tintin (YouTube Producer)

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Have you ever wondered who works on my KZbin Channel? Meet Tintin Smith, a consultant turned KZbinr turned writer who is now my head of KZbin. Since starting as a content writer his role has evolved significantly. We'll talk about his journey from the corporate world to working for me, and he'll even answer some tough questions about how things really work behind the scenes...
00:00 Intro
04:00 Starting a KZbin channel
10:40 Quitting your job
17:20 Tintin's thought process behind KZbin
23:25 Getting the job at Ali Abdaal Ltd
27:16 How Tintin's role evolved
34:18 Thoughts on succeeding on KZbin
50:50 Downsides of working with Ali
57:20 Why Tintin stopped posting on KZbin
01:03:50 Surprising things about new KZbinrs
01:09:30 The rationale behind Tintin’s current uploads
01:17:00 Tintin’s last words of wisdom
🔗 CONNECT WITH TINTIN
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📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT
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[@sanag5053]

Tintin and Ali's body language is so similar! Even their way of speaking!

[@DrBrianKeating]

Tintin’s substacks - both of them- are outstanding and he’s a mensch

[@WumboSolutions]

Plot twist: this is the exit interview

[@PamePam]

Perfect, I really like meeting your team Ali. Greetings to Tintin.

[@PhilipLederer]

Agree

[@lisapetrison-beautyreviews]

I'm very happy to see your new channel, Tintin! Please keep making more videos on it - I think that those will turn out to be really helpful to me and many others.

[@nadiahajoujiidrissi6334]

I loved hearing Tintins insights. Very inspiring ❤

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Nice to hear about The adventures of Tintin. I’ve been curious to hear from them.

[@growthwithnakul]

In the Ven diagram of watching Ali Abdaal and the TISS podcast, we meet.

[@Christianronniedrums]

Interesting that he found you were operating at a different speed. One of the first videos I watched of you I clicked away because I couldn't keep up with your talking speed. (I talk about 10% slower) 😂. But after realising that you talked about stuff that is genuinely helpful I tried again and got used to the talking speed.

[@PeacefullySo.-vh4tp]

This felt like going through a 1 hour therapy session both for Tintin and Me.

[@bradybythesea]

Ali just munching down gives me an insight into their zoom meetings

[@GOATiology]

What’s Tintin’s new channel? I loved his old personal channel 😊

[@francoisreynier1780]

Fantastic candid interview with so many insights. Plse do others with the rest of the team!

[@billysmithltd]

Tintin Smith - What a super cool guy! Tintin's comments about Ali under-estimating the time it takes and working at 100% made me laugh. I quite often under-estimate the time it takes!

[@beeblet2]

Thanks! Great talk. More please!

[@JamezSantiago]

Great video! Thanks for making this.....

[@memorybukuru]

this was really wholesome

[@marissak3366]

Hmm very interesting! I’d be nervous if my boss . Tried to talk to me about stuff like this on my lunch 😆 but they both had interesting points.

[@qqlife]

Like this new ep

[@NiagaraThistle]

What is this "second channel"? I am subscribed to your primary channel (Ali Abdaal) and this one (Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal). But what is this "second channel" you mention?

[@kedieria]

Its called Ali Abdaal Appendix, he posts vlogs there and other stuff:)

[@georgereis8003]

I'm new to listening to your podcasts, so my question may not fit right. I noticed that Tintin frequently used the term, "Unfair Advantage" and wonder about that. I struggle with that term in general, but it seemed like many things that Ali has earned were called unfair advantages - being an MD, for instance. That may, or may not, be an advantage in the world of KZbin, consulting, productivity - but it is definitely earned. For me, I suppose I'd think of an unfair advantage as cheating - such as giving someone half the answers on the test because they didn't take the time to study (it's an advantage and it's unfair). The concept this term brought to me is that Ali can be successful because many of the things that he did to achieve his success are viewed as 'unfair advantages.' It seems to me that they may be advantages, but none of them seemed unfair. Am I missing something?

[@wendy_mentor]

The unfair advantage is a term in the business world:) It just means that one person has some advantages over other individuals.

[@king0vdarkness]

they look the same!

[@vgadgetsmx]

You guys talk very similarly, you kinda look alike

[@samadhanjadhav4225]

I thought he is your small brother 😂

[@colleenast6782]

I typically really like these Deep Dive conversations but after Tintin had said "unfair advantage" for the thousandth time I was getting annoyed. If someone works hard for their business it's not an unfair advantage it's hard work and dedication. I found that whole line of thinking really disrespectful to Ali.

[@adinagpal]

Lfg Tintin!

[@theyoutubetin]

hahah lfg Adi!!

[@gaithouri]

whats the crazy story behind the missing finger ? 🤔

[@PhilipLederer]

:)

[@user-mo6ck2rj7j]

Hello sir, Are you looking for professonal youtube thumbnail designer?

[@luisalfonsofernandezporras8216]

I’m hearing/watching this using my headphones and I can literally hear Ali 16:30 chewing which is annoying and disgusting. I know that you are trying to give a cool and chill vibe but this, in my opinion, is not the best option. I love your content, hope you guys take this in a good way :)

[@shumailamalik9665]

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[@joshhudson7413]

shut up

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[@DannyHatcherTech]

FYI - You have linked the wrong KZbin channel in the description. The one you talk about and show in the episode is @theyoutubetin but you have linked @tintinsmith Great conversation! Similar to the MKBHD studio channel maybe 👀 'A reasonably high bar for success' - solve a relevant problem... Interesting how much money and education come up in this conversation 🤔 The secret - enjoy learning and act on the lessons Being quicker = expertise not natural x3 for Spotify podcast for me 🤟 Seagul management - like that analogy I don't think developed skills are an unfair advantage Why KZbin is a question even popular creators struggle with 😅 Yes I watched it all (at x2 of course)