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Ali Abdaal

Founder & Content Creator, Productivity Lab · 1 appearance on the record.

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Ali Abdaal is a former NHS doctor, entrepreneur, and content creator who runs a major productivity brand. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Feel-Good Productivity.

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Everything Ali Abdaal said on BigDeal that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Abdaal: Venture-backed startups normalize 80-hour workweeks to appease investors
“The aim is growth. And so you've got to be aiming to two X or three X your business every year. And there's this drive for growth because you've got investors who are on the line and you don't want to let your team down. You don't want to let your investors do…”
Ali Abdaal Apr 9, 2024 ▶ 26:53 How to Effortlessly Build an 8-Figure Business in 2024 (feat. @aliabdaal)
Insight
Abdaal: Working 40 hours weekly outperforms 80 hours long term
“I know that over the long term, it will actually benefit my business if I'm working, let's say, 40 hours a week, rather than 80 hours a week.”
Ali Abdaal Apr 9, 2024 ▶ 45:16 How to Effortlessly Build an 8-Figure Business in 2024 (feat. @aliabdaal)
Insight
Abdaal: 'Feel-good' businesses are bootstrapped to enrich founders, not investors
“For me, a feel good business is a business that exists to enrich your life more so than it does to enrich the life of kind of your investors. Cause in a feel good business, generally it's bootstrapped. Generally the founder is the a hundred percent owner and i…”
Ali Abdaal Apr 9, 2024 ▶ 27:23 How to Effortlessly Build an 8-Figure Business in 2024 (feat. @aliabdaal)
Disclosure
Abdaal maximizes profit strictly within his desired lifestyle constraints
“The goal is maximizing profit within the constraints of the life that I want.”
Ali Abdaal Apr 9, 2024 ▶ 35:09 How to Effortlessly Build an 8-Figure Business in 2024 (feat. @aliabdaal)
Insight
Abdaal: Default mode network activation is vital for business creativity
“Especially if you're in anything creative, which all businesses to some degree, actually having that time for rest, having that time to allow the default mode network in the brain to Activate, which is what happens when you're doing nothing, or when you're in …”
Ali Abdaal Apr 9, 2024 ▶ 44:19 How to Effortlessly Build an 8-Figure Business in 2024 (feat. @aliabdaal)
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Abdaal: James Clear caps speaking at one gig monthly to protect lifestyle
“So he only does like one speaking gig a month, even though he could do loads and make loads of money. He doesn't make an online course, even though he probably could. He doesn't have an app, even though he could, because for him, the box around his life is, I …”
Ali Abdaal Apr 9, 2024 ▶ 35:54 How to Effortlessly Build an 8-Figure Business in 2024 (feat. @aliabdaal)

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
How to Effortlessly Build an 8-Figure Business in 2024 (feat. @aliabdaal) Apr 9, 2024 20m
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