Parkinson's Law (and how to finish work with time to spare)

Hey friends, welcome back to the vlog 📸 Today I want to talk to you about something I've been thinking about recently which is combining Parkinson's Law and the Pareto Principle.
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[@dilanalexander00]

This Parkinson's Law + Pareto Principle concept is a game changer, especially as an entrepreneur. - I watched this vlog about a year ago, and it's stayed with me since then. Thank you Ali :)

[@IAmDavidWhipple]

Yeah man I’m with you 100%

[@ShivanS]

Working for Ali seems like the dream. You get to work on your own dream while being funded financially (as long as you work of course and have the talent and dedication).

[@KhaosAtom]

Ali is a great leader, leading by example and caring about the success of his employees during and after. We need more people like Ali in this world (and hopefully his employees/students/future bosses/leaders become like him).

[@alwayscreatingio]

Ali seems like a great boss

[@abusayeed4787]

Bold Statement: Ali said, someone, come to work with him for a couple of months or years, learn skills like a university student, and left for making some good for their own. Never heard someone talk like this. Found another Reason to love you. 😍

[@AnuragShukla-xv4xb]

Surprizingly this vlog was valuable, i just came here for the vibes, stayed untill the end... more stuff like this... just unscripted musings, wonderings

[@Qwardha]

Appreciate his honesty and willingness to share things he's learning and benefitting from. Came back from work after a solid 10 hours of nonstop work as a scientist, but after listening to Ali, will begin to incorporate changes in my workday and my life. Wish I lived in UK so I could join his team and learn from the wealth of knowledge he's willing to share :)

[@layotheleprechaun]

This is your best vlog so far. You’re inspiring me to “value my minutes” - Cheers Ali🤙🏻

[@Sara-rv3op]

Do what you good at! You are not finishing the book because you are not interested in it. You don’t like writing! You like logic organizing and note taking! That’s the problem with us human beings. Once we discover or strength at something your case productivity and creativity, our ego is taking over and takes the fun out of life by pushing us to get more! Your case write a book which you have no interest in. Use your own advise and analyze why you want to write a book and is it worth becoming a robot (stressing, pushing yourself and making your team feel it too) just like you did when deciding to leave medical school.

[@layotheleprechaun]

Angus is low key hilarious

[@frogskin482]

Big thanks, Ali. I will need to watch it a few times to absorb the points... perhaps, I should take notes. Get it to stick!

[@lissamatthews]

Which is why I learned, trained, taught myself to write no matter what... While dinner is cooking, while waiting for my kids in the school pick-up line, etc...

[@sahithakarapitiya]

Woow man, this is sick. The ideas blew up my mind today. Yes if we restructure our perception on time, we would bring out marvels in life. We would accelerate our dreams coming true. The only thing is that we dont receive such direction. Thank you so much for the video.

[@oscarbull]

Also doing putting 20% of effort in 5 things will be far more fufilling than 80% in one and a small 20% in another

[@zubairso]

Feel good vibes man! I will have a business like this one day and live the best life.

[@dylanjardon7136]

lolol please make this vlog into The Office. intro was hilarious with cut to Angus 😂

[@marnelleschipper594]

Make more videos thinking out loud like this! :D

[@shabananaeem1917]

👍👍 what a big bath room with a giant blue tub. 🍀

[@lynnmar6091]

Ali’s word of his life: SICK

[@joshuaroney]

i really like this format and i think it could really catch on, but pls stop moving around so much, it makes it hard to concentrate on what you’re saying. i think if you went around slower and did something relatively uninteresting while speaking it could work very well 😁😁

[@emiliasees]

Love the idea of a vlog but make it educational

[@pawelzabicki7785]

Can you provide a link to Amber's channel (if she has one)?

[@ShivanS]

When in Wales, leeks goes in everything?

[@adityaraina8933]

Didn't got the answer.

[@Fahodinho]

video starts 3:30

[@debjyotipaul7831]

Intresting 🤨

[@alislifestyle4452]

Great

[@lesliegraham8478]

Tons of ingredients not material Ali.LOL

[@witchdoctor2153]

Ali I don’t know. You just keep walking and acting like you are super busy and you don’t have time to stop but really you are acting are you are busy but have nothing productive to say. Furthermore why do you take an Entourage of people to grocery store so you can act important ? Calm down and act normal You ll entertain your audience even if you are not being productive. Don’t buy these employees loyalty love or friendship You are becoming really bizby the day

[@radkomuda]

Yeah, so... the "idea talk" with this one was boring and did not actually bring any value to me. You were improvising AF with the talk as much as with your running around the place; made me nauseous there... Having said that, leaning on the fcukups is something I would expect from a blogging channel.

[@radkomuda]

PS Love how making bolognese with leeks hits everybody and yet people ignore that: 1) you were talking about having spaghetti which is a terrible choice for bolognese, 2) you actually are using fusilli not spaghetti. XD 3) there are mushrooms and peppers as well. XDDD

[@witchdoctor2153]

He is walking kind log like in action movies where you have to act like everyone is walking and getting things done to make it dramatic

[@nicholasbeutler3126]

Pretty remarkable how high-quality these (daily) vlogs are! Huge props to you and your crew.

[@UmmarFarooqMahroof]

The ending of this video was hilarious, the team is hilarious. Most good. 😁👍🏽👌

[@pawelzabicki7785]

There should be more of a psycho-boss staring at you.

[@GeorgeBlackmanYT]

@@pawelzabicki7785 I hard disagree, I was shaking in my boots 👀

[@ggeorge022]

@@GeorgeBlackmanYT thank you and the team for the amazing, life-changing advice!

[@AlexPresa]

I really do appreciate Ali ideating out loud. I think its a strong suit that is integral to your character. Helps others feel like its okay to do just that and not be weird. Keep it up!

[@cnell3]

Is this like a baker who opens a bakery because she/he loves it, but becomes disillusioned because it’s more running a business rather than baking?

[@lisbethyulinglim]

Humility works. Your not as great as your think your are.

[@MeemaTriveni]

Ali, you should share a productivity course

[@respect386]

The Tesco grocery trip was exactly as I expected it would be 😂

[@tugberkugurlu]

Damn, this one hit home!

[@server.ajnyatah219]

Thanks, Ali bhaiya for giving us knowledge with the mansion tour ;)

[@scottcarrington]

Loved seeing the rest of the team at the end. Some stunning comments from Bhav and George.

[@anxen]

work for Ali they said. it will be sick they said 😏

[@Harry-xr3lu]

Call it the Goldilocks trap

[@HARILOCATION]

Please upload weekend video

[@alanjones4333]

"sous chief I was" 😂😂😂

[@yms311]

noice!

[@RodBurkert]

Where does Ali get his hoodies?

[@RodBurkert]

@@_notsaf 1st, I was talking about the hoodie Ali is wearing in this video. 2nd, even if I meant the hoodie from the Muslim dating service, I can't believe you would make me go back and search for it.