In this season round up I look back at some of the best moments from season three, including conversations with Mo Gawdat, Grace Beverley, Tiago Forte, Richard Wiseman, Marques Brownlee and Alex Lieberman.  (00:00) Intro(00:44) Mo Gawdat: Lessons in happiness(10:17) Grace Beverley: Lessons in side hustles & self-care(19:56) Tiago Forte: Lesson in productivity (30:38) Richard Wiseman: Lessons in luck (40:17) MKBHD: Lessons in YouTube (46:20) Alex Lieberman: Lessons in business FULL EPISODES ⬇️The Happiness Expert Making 1 Billion People Happier - Mo GawdatHow To Build A Multi-Million Dollar Empire In Your 20s - Grace Beverley Confronting My Productivity Guru - Tiago ForteThe Sure-Fire Way To Be Luckier In Life - Advice From Psychology Professor Richard Wiseman MKBHD: The Story To 16 Million & The World Of YouTubeLessons From Selling Morning Brew For $75 Million At 28 - Alex Lieberman 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website👥 Linkedin📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon WebsiteFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

In this episode I chat to Marques Brownlee also known as MKBHD, one of the largest and most respected tech YouTuber’s in the world with over 16 million subscribers. In the conversation we discuss the creator economy, the evolution of his business and how he’s stayed consistent and relevant on the platform over the past 10 years. Enjoy!(00:00) Intro(01:23) Stating consistent over the last 13-14 years?(03:30) The lifespan of a creator(07:05) Your process for making YouTube videos(09:07) What is the MKBHD business model?(13:55) Approaching the relationship between money and lifestyle(18:30) What’s your opinion on quality vs quantity?(19:42) What does the org chart look like?(22:47) The octopus analogy(24:16) Are you still editing yourself? 14:49 What’s been the biggest challenge of having a team? (25:45) How does your business operate? 30:03 Why a robot studio? 33:04 How did covid impact your business?(45:01) How much do you care about analytics? 48:00 What’s your relationship with goals?(50:33) Your dream video studio(53:27) Do you worry about the longevity of creators?(55:02) How are you thinking about shorts?(01:01:00) Should we use clickbait titles for growth?(01:05:48) How do you deal with hate?(01:09:29) Starting your podcast, Waveform(01:11:59) The studio and your team(01:17:44) Angel Investing(01:19:41) Personal goals🔗 CONNECT WITH MARQUES 🎥 YouTube Channel 🎬 The Studio  🎙 WVFRM Podcast 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram💻 Website 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter👥 Linkedin📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website Find the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.Sponsored by ShopifyThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shopify. Shopify offers an easy to use, all-in-one commerce platform for anyone -regardless of technical ability and experience - to start, grow, and manage a business. Shopify lets you sell online, in-person and on all major social platforms and it’s what I’m using to sell my essentali stationary as well as upcoming digital and physical products. To give Shopify a try, go to https://shopify.com/aliabdaal.Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

Chris Sparks is a retired professional poker player, recently ranked in the top 20 online cash game players in the world. He’s also the Founder of Forcing Function where he teaches elite poker frameworks to a select group of twelve investors and executives in meaningful companies, and the author of Experiment Without Limits, a comprehensive workbook for achieving peak performance and leads workshops on decision-making, systems thinking, and performance architecture to organisations and investment teams. In the conversation we talk about what we can learn from the world of poker around high performance and how systems thinking and decision making is crucial for success. Enjoy!(00:00) Intro (02:17) Being a professional poker player(06:00) The 'Red Queen' Effect(08:18) The psychological advantage and self-deception(13:04) Online vs real life poker(20:16) Relativistic skills(25:24) Having a mindset of abundance (32:27) Applying lessons from poker to your life(50:15) Understanding other peoples' problems better than our own(54:21) Experiment Without Limits (01:02:14) The power of objectivity (01:18:25) Perfectionistic tendencies(01:25:00) Deciding your priorities (01:28:22) Being a performance coach (01:42:31) Realising everything is a choice (01:47:40) The status quo bias and forcing functions(01:58:27) Chris' Free Performance Assessment 🔗 CONNECT WITH CHRIS  💻 Website 🎙Forcing Function Hour Podcast 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter👥 Linkedin📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website 📚 RESOURCES MENTIONEDForcing Function Performance Assessment - https://www.forcingfunction.com/assessmentPeak Performance Workbook (free download) - http://www.experimentwithoutlimits.comForcing Function Hour Podcast - http://www.forcingfunctionhour.comGroup Coaching Program (Cohort 4 launches Sept) - https://www.teamperformancetraining.comForcing Function Performance Library - https://www.forcingfunction.com/libraryDeep Dive with Noah Kagan - https://youtu.be/B4rVZW1YJB0Deep Dive with Grace Beverley - https://youtu.be/7_hNRR6K6z4Find the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.Sponsored by ShopifyThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shopify. Shopify offers an easy to use, all-in-one commerce platform for anyone -regardless of technical ability and experience - to start, grow, and manage a business. Shopify lets you sell online, in-person and on all major social platforms and it’s what I’m using to sell my essentali stationary as well as upcoming digital and physical products. To give Shopify a try, go to https://shopify.com/aliabdaal.Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

We can all struggle with procrastination. Putting stuff off not only makes us feel bad but it can set us back in our careers and lives. So what do we do about it? Dr Tim Pychyl is as one of the world’s leading experts in procrastination. He has written two books about how and why we procrastinate, as well as many scientific papers. In this episode of Deep Dive I talk to Tim about what exactly procrastination is, how to nudge ourselves into better habits, and spirituality and flow. Tim is such a brilliant and knowledgable researcher and this conversation gave me fascinating look into the the psychology of procrastination.0:00 Intro 1:58 Procrastination vs. delay 9:43 Why can procrastination feel good?13:41 Getting started 21:10 Goals, discipline, motivation 33:54 How can we achieve effortlessness? 38:02 Spirituality and flow 45:00 How do we nudge ourselves into habits? 56:44 Procrastination as an emotional problem 1:07:28 Why tips and tricks don’t always work 1:13:15 Reading philosophy1:15:14 Being a father🔗 CONNECT WITH TIM🐦 Twitter 💻 Website 📕 Solving The Procrastination Puzzle 📙 Procrastination, Health and Wellbeing 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter👥 Linkedin💙  The Friendzone Discord📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website 📚 RESOURCES MENTIONEDThe War of Art by Steven Pressfield - https://geni.us/H7z29SThe Moral Animal by Robert Wright - https://geni.us/fwolPQAtomic Habits by James Clear - https://geni.us/lsreiThe Art of Procrastination by John Perry - https://geni.us/RbB8ZPThe Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg - https://geni.us/h3XN0s6The Power of Vulnerability by Berne Brown - https://geni.us/b19TThe Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGonigal - https://geni.us/L8oK5The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer - https://geni.us/7Aa9a5A Guide to the Good Life by William Irvine - https://geni.us/A7bExOKHappy by Derren Brown - https://geni.us/GHHIThe Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman - https://geni.us/alvI2oFour Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman - https://geni.us/oZwLThe Way of Zen by Alan Watts - https://geni.us/rqlvW6Radical Compassion by Tara Brach - https://geni.us/zypLAffect Regulation Training by Matthias Berking - https://geni.us/UlSk9zThe Courage to Be by Paul Tillich - https://geni.us/cf0JRMan’s Search for Meaning by Victor E Frankl - https://geni.us/nFjoNoFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

In this episode I sat down with CEO and former influencer Grace Beverley. Grace started two companies, SHREDDY and TALA, all while studying at Oxford University. She then published the book ‘Working Hard, Hardly Working’, and is a Forbes 30 Under 30. In the conversation we chat about managing your side hustle, Grace’s journey away from being an influencer, and the best ways to build sustainable businesses. Grace also has some great advice about self-care and managing burnout which more and more of us are grappling with, whether we realise it at the time or not. Hope you enjoy!0:00 Intro2:20 Being a music scholar7:25 Do you monetise something you love?14:17 Are side hustles toxic?20:08 Becomming an influencer28:43 Fear of posting35:56 The multiplier effect of making money44:30 Building long-term income51:21 Pivoting from being an influencer1:00:00 Optimising business potential1:18:08 Sustainable fashion1:35:32 Working hard, Hardly working1:46:22 Setting goals1:54:57 Burnout2:00:20 Grace’s favourite booksFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.Sponsored by ShopifyThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shopify. Shopify offers an easy to use, all-in-one commerce platform for anyone -regardless of technical ability and experience - to start, grow, and manage a business. Shopify lets you sell online, in-person and on all major social platforms and it’s what I’m using to sell my essentali stationary as well as upcoming digital and physical products. To give Shopify a try, go to https://shopify.com/aliabdaal.Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon WebsiteSee privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

How can we do the most good with our careers, money and lives? And what are the things that we can do right now, to positively impact future generations to come? This is the mission of the Effective Altruism (EA) movement co-founded by Will McAskill, Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oxford and co-founder of nonprofits Giving What We Can, the Centre for Effective Altruism, and Y Combinator-backed 80,000 Hour. In the conversation, me and Will talk about the fundamentals of EA, his brand new book 'What We Owe The Future', the idea of 'longtermism', the most pressing existential threats humanity is facing and what we can do about them, why giving away your income will make you happier, why your career choice is the biggest choice you’ll make in your life and much more. 🔗 CONNECT WITH WILL 📕Get 50% off Will's new book 'What We Owe The Future' with the code ALI50 via this link 👉https://bookshop.org/books/what-we-owe-the-future/9781541618626🐦 Twitter 💻 Website🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter👥 Linkedin💙  The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon WebsiteLeave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

Sahil Bloom is the Founding Partner at $10M fund SRB Ventures, an angel investor in more than 30 companies, and has gone viral on Twitter in the past two years growing from 0 to 500,000 followers where he tweets about business and personal development. In the conversation we talk about the longevity of online careers, how to approach your side hustle and fatherhood. 🔗 CONNECT WITH SAHIL 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 👥 Linkedin🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter👥 Linkedin💙  The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.Sponsored by Notion This episode is kindly brought to you by Notion, the all-in-one team collaboration tool that combines note-taking, document sharing, wikis, project management and much more into one space that’s simple, powerful, and beautifully-designed. Notion has a worldwide network of millions of users creating templates, tutorials, and new inspiration. Learn more about Notion and get started for free at https://notion.com/deepdive.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor Check out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast.51% of UK business owners have experienced burnout since the start of the COVID19 pandemic, but do you really need to hustle to the point of burnout out when starting a business to be successful? In this snippet, I talk to James Hoffman about the dangers of hustling and what he would've done differently in the early days of building his business Stone Mile Coffee Roasters.Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Fru7GPgAflAe7eIuOHgZh?si=sGxOPsh7TZ2Br5qoBNEe5g 🔗 CONNECT WITH JAMES 🎥 YouTube Channel🐦 Twitter📸 Instagram💻 Website🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter

On average, most of us will spend one third of our lives at work. That’s a lot of time. But even though we spend so much of our lives at work, according to a 2022 happiness study over one third of Brits are unhappy in their job. Samantha Clarke is a work happiness consultant, author of Love It Or Leave It: How to Be Happy at Work and resident lecturer and facilitator at The School of Life, Simon Sinek's platform and The Guardian who gives masterclasses on career potential, navigating transitions and change, managing stress and anxiety, finding confidence and purpose at work. During the conversation me and Samantha break down the traditional prescription around what a career needs to look like and tackle all the big questions facing someone navigating a career: how do you figure out what career path to choose, how do you know when it’s time to quit, how do you reinvent yourself in ease phase of your career, how do you negotiate emotional barriers to change, and most importantly, how do you design a career that you love. Timestamps:00:00 Intro 2:20 Overcoming the title trap3:47 Evolving understandings about work 08:53 Navigating emotional barriers to pursuing your dream career12:32 Exploring the hidden assumptions in coaching 17:13 Love It or Leave It: how to be happy at work 20:59 The 6 happiness pillars for work 23:35 How to assess your happiness at work 25:12 Can everyone find purpose in a job?28:32 The relationship between career purpose and money 35:20 Human Design Profiles42:17 Manifestation and affirmations 46:26 Decision making 51:09 The signs and symptoms of burnout 59:02 Following your passion vs finding your passion 01:07:28 Coaching Ali on company mission and happiness01:20:20 Takeaways 🔗 CONNECT WITH SAMANTHA 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/samanthaand_📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/samanthaand💻 Website - https://samanthaand.co/👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthaclarke/📕 Love It or Leave It: How To Be Happy At Work - https://geni.us/dPkwD🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI💌  Sign up to my weekly email newsletter🎥 YouTube Channel💻 Website📸  Instagram🐦  Twitter👥 Linkedin💙  The Friendzone DiscordFind the show notes and the transcript on the website: https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/Sponsored by ShortformThis episode is kindly brought to you by Shortform, the world's best provider of guides for non-fiction books. Shortform gives you comprehensive coverage of thousands of books, the key ideas, clearly and simply explained, plus smart commentary and analysis. It’s like your smartest friend teaching you about a book. Go to https://shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription.📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!Amazon Website Leave a reviewIf you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistorCheck out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast. As humans we're very good at knowing what makes us happy in the moment, but we often neglect the things we have to invest time and effort in to give ourselves a better future. In this snippet I talk to Dr Grace Lordan, Behavioural Scientist and author of 'Think Big: Take Small Steps And Build The Career You Want' about her concept of 'Me+', how to choose the right career for you and why small making small investments in your career today will pay dividends in the future. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ajiECd10Ck1g79C4pxFRp?si=VyUF0HkUQ7KVvzJmZQMXUg🔗 CONNECT WITH GRACE Website: https://www.gracelordan.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/g.lordan/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/gracelordan_?lang=enLinkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracelordan/Grace's Book, Think Big: https://geni.us/OoRe🔗CONNECT WITH ALI Website: https://aliabdaal.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliabdaal/Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliAbdaalYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/aliabdaal