Ali Abdal, YouTube channel with 5 million subscribers and author of 'Feel Good Productivity', discusses the intersection of goals, fun, and intentional living. He challenges traditional views on qualifications and shares personal experiences. Topics include defining your destination, finding joy in tasks, and celebrating milestones.
Figure out your true goals and destination before setting goals, as clarity on your destination is crucial for the journey.
Find ways to make tasks enjoyable and embrace the process with intention and sustainability.
Regularly acknowledge and celebrate your productive moments, focusing on the process rather than just the outcome.
Deep dives
Teaching as a Performance Art
Teaching is a performance art, and effective teachers are skilled entertainers who can engage their students through storytelling and charisma. Engaging students and making the learning process enjoyable is key to being an effective teacher.
Breaking Free from Certificates
Increasingly, people are valuing knowledge and skills over formal certificates. The ability to actually do something and provide value is becoming more important than having specific credentials. Certification is still important in certain fields, but in many areas, people are valuing results and expertise regardless of formal qualifications.
Emphasizing Enjoyment in Productivity
The core message of Ali Abdul's book, 'Feel Good Productivity,' is to find a way to enjoy what you're doing. While we all have to do tasks that might feel like work at times, there are ways to approach them in a more enjoyable manner. By finding joy in our tasks, we become more productive, creative, and less stressed, allowing us to give more energy and sustain our efforts for longer.
Defining Productivity Holistically
Productivity is about intentionally and effectively doing the things that matter to you in a way that is enjoyable and sustainable. It is not just about speeding up tasks or focusing solely on the outcome, but also considering the meaningfulness, intentionality, and enjoyment of the process. By defining productivity in this holistic way, we can prioritize what truly matters and make the most of our efforts.
The Freedom of Success
Being financially successful provides the freedom to do the things you want, such as traveling in business class or having the flexibility to visit family on special occasions. Money isn't about material possessions, but rather about the freedom it provides to make choices and live life on your terms.
The Importance of Persistence
Achieving success often requires persistence and trying different things. The podcast host shares his personal journey of trying multiple business ventures before finding success with his YouTube channel and creating courses. It's important to keep experimenting, adapting, and learning from failures, while also maintaining a focus on the enjoyment and process of what you're doing.
Ali Abdal, is one of the world's most-followed productivity experts.
His YouTube channel has 5 million subscribers and his new book ‘Feel Good Productivity’ has just launched and if you want to know how to do more of what really matters in life, you need to check this out .
Today he shares insights on the intersection of goals, fun, and intentional living. He delved into the process of writing a book while celebrating the daily adventure of productivity.
Ali also discussed the significance of body, mind, heart, and soul alignment and challenged traditional views on qualifications. The conversation explored Ali's personal experiences, from growing up without a father figure to his journey from medicine to becoming a YouTube sensation.
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In this conversation, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:
Define Your Destination - Figure out what you truly want before setting goals; the journey is vital, but it requires clarity on your destination.
Focus on What is Fun - Sometimes the best things in life may seem like a chore; find ways to make tasks enjoyable and embrace the process with intention and sustainability.
Celebrate Milestones - Acknowledge and celebrate your productive moments regularly, and plan your journey with a 12-month celebration in mind; focus on the process, not just the outcome.
If you enjoyed this and want to explore more from a best selling author, check out our last week's episode with Hal Elrod. You can find that as EP330 in this feed. You can find out more about Ali at Feel Good Productivity & aliabdaal.com also @aliabdaal on Twitter & Instagram
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