Empowerment Through Ownership and Skill Progress

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This chapter explores the link between power and productivity, highlighting the importance of taking ownership of one's work for empowerment and energy. Drawing on video game progress and writer's tracking of word count, it offers strategies to incorporate visible progress and skill enhancement into daily tasks for increased motivation. The discussion also delves into applying psychological principles from video game design to boost productivity and the importance of intentional time usage to avoid falling into the trap of social media addiction.

Today I welcome back Ali Abdaal onto the podcast to talk about productivity, finding joy in the mundane tasks of everyday life, how to reframe your story and achieve greater satisfaction.

Ali is the worlds most followed productivity expert. Across his millions of followers on YouTube and social media, he shares productivity tips, lifestyle and technology hacks, but his book “Feel Good Productivity” really leans into the psychology behind finding balance and happiness in our work and social lives.

On todays episode we talk about :

Being intentional about what actually generates energy
How the conditions of stress do not yield our best work
How Play, Power and People are your productivity best friends

It also turned quite naturally into a bit of a business therapy session where Ali made me realise how much more I could be doing with my own time to deliver more value to you, the listener of this podcast. How I choose to direct my time has a huge impact on my business, its growth and the quality of the information we can deliver.

Ali Abdaal is a doctor, entrepreneur, amateur magician, and the world's most-followed productivity expert. Ali became intrigued by the science of productivity while juggling the demands of medical training at Cambridge University and building his business on the side. While working as a doctor in the UK's National Health Service, Ali started to document his journey towards living a healthier, happier, more productive life on his YouTube channel and other social media platforms. To date, Ali’s evidence-based videos, podcasts and articles sharing insights into the human mind, have reached hundreds of millions of people all around the world.

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