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Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

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Dr Ali Abdaal is the world’s most followed productivity expert and author of Feel-Good Productivity, the brand new book that reveals why the secret to productivity isn’t discipline, it’s joy. In his podcast, Deep Dive, Ali sits down with inspiring creators, thinkers, entrepreneurs and high performers to help listeners build lives that they love. Ali’s cheerful style, positive approach, and well-researched content have made him a trusted voice when it comes to productivity. The internet means that we have access to more knowledge and information than ever before - but it can also be overwhelming. So, Ali and his expert guests focus on simple, scientifically proven, and actionable steps you can take to make real changes in your life. Ali’s a firm believer that happiness isn’t the result of success - in fact, happiness is the key to success in the first place. Ali made this discovery while working as a doctor in a chaotic hospital ward. In the past, hard work had been the answer to every obstacle in his life. But no amount of hard work was going to combat panic and burnout. So, Ali dedicated himself to figuring out a new approach to productivity - one that focuses on enjoying the journey and working towards truly meaningful goals. Deep Dive, with its authentic and engaging conversations, will give you all the insights you need to do just that.

Episodes

From Council Estate To Selling A Global Business For Millions At 27 - Timothy Armoo Founder of Fanbytes

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive This weeks guest has an incredibly inspiring story that I feel privileged to share. Timothy Armoo is a born entrepreneur from humble beginnings who started his first business Alpha Tutoring, at the age of 14, and his second, EntrepreneurExpress, at 17 which he sold in under a year. 5 years later, Tim cofounded Fanbytes, the 5x award-winning social and influencer marketing agency which helps brands win the heart’s of GenZ. Tim...

Nov 03, 20222 hr 6 min

Snippet 10: Advice Every Student Needs To Hear - Noah Kagan

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive Noah Kagan is a serial entrepreneur who has gone from being employee #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint, to now owning the Sumo Group of apps, and is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs start, market and grow their business. In this snippet he tells me the advice he would give to all students and young people. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7xn9wMOhSP5DcTwunaVyYr?si=qUjUs4c6SHSfxscJ-K9rTw 🔗 CONNE...

Nov 01, 20226 min

Caspar Lee: How He Built A 10+ Million YouTube Following In His 20s (And Why He Quit)

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive Caspar Lee is a serial entrepreneur, investor and an OG YouTuber who’s become one of the most successful content creators of his generation. Caspar gained popularity on YouTube from the age of 17 where his channel that featured sketches, interviews and lifestyle content. Through the growth of his channel he’s collaborated world’s biggest stars like Ed Sheeran, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Anna Kendrick. In 2019 Caspar stopp...

Oct 27, 20222 hr 42 min

Snippet 9: Why True Love Doesn't Exist - Hannah Witton

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive There's this common myth that love conquers all, but in this snippet Sex and Relationships Educator Hannah Witton tells me why she thinks this idea should be debunked. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6yxcBgR7GG6J7poWEikYLo?si=J-4kizkbTR-Oo4CchbL8rw 🔗 CONNECT WITH HANNAH 🎥 YouTube 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 🎙Podcast 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻...

Oct 25, 202211 min

Change Your Brain: The Power Of Neuroplasticity And Braincare - Dr Tara Swart

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive One of the brains superpowers is neuroplasticity - the ability to change and make new pathways as a result of experience. But how do you actually rewire your brain? Dr Tara Swart is a neuroscientist, coach and writer who specialises in neuroplasticity and is the Chief Science Officer at braincare company Heights. In the conversation, we start off by talking about Tara’s journey through medicine to becoming a coach working at ...

Oct 20, 20222 hr 2 min

Snippet 8: Advice for Aspiring YouTubers - Kharma Medic

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive In this snippet, I speak to Kharma Medic a fellow productivity YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers about the advice he would give to aspiring YouTubers. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ogf0EJ9evdMRGd4V7KZUg?si=c9P-LehPQ_C9FKF5VYWgIQ 🔗 CONNECT WITH NASIR 🎥 YouTube Channel 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 👥 L...

Oct 18, 20228 min

Alex Hormozi: How He Built A $150 Million Empire And His Best Business Advice

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive ‘A lot of people think you need to have some novel idea, but the best way to start a business is to look at what other people are doing, and do it better’. Alex Hormozi is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist who has nothing to sell you. By the age of 33, Alex’s portfolio of companies crossed $150M per year in revenue spanning a range of areas including; brick & mortar service, licensing, education, SAAS, and e-c...

Oct 13, 20221 hr 29 min

Snippet 7: How To Permanently Boost Your Motivation - Bobby Seagull

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive In this snippet, I speak to Bobby Seagull about the changes we can make to our environment and information diet to raise our aspirations in life. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3S9Ff2kbNv9cL4OwyR9yqU 🔗 CONNECT WITH BOBBY 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Website 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel 💻 Website 📸 Instagram 🐦 Twitter 👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal...

Oct 11, 20225 min

The Science Of Body Clocks: How It Can Revolutionize Your Sleep And Health - Prof Russell Foster

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive We all know that sleep can have a huge impact on our quality of life. But how does sleep actually work, and what can we do to improve it? In this episode I sat down with world-renowned sleep and circadian rhythm expert Professor Russell Foster. Russell has recently published a book called ‘Lifetime’, which explores how our circadian system underpins our overall health and this new science of the body clock can help us have be...

Oct 06, 20222 hr 53 min

Snippet 6: The Simple Way To Achieve Your Goals - Hasan Kubba

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive In this snippet, I speak to my friend and business coach Hasan Kubba about our favourite and simplest method for setting goals. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ir4QF151Zp79vxRLcCrtB?si=070e08bbd32d4517&nd=1 🔗 CONNECT WITH Hasan 📕 The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes To Succeed 🎥 YouTube 🐦 Twitter 📸 Instagram 💻 Linkedin 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel 💻...

Oct 04, 20228 min

The Highs And Lows Of Being A Viral Sensation - Max Fosh

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive Imagine leaving your corporate job behind because you went viral overnight. After faking his way to the top of London Fashion week Max Fosh shot to online fame, becoming known for his comedy videos on YouTube and social stunts, like running for London Mayor in last years election. Max is also now selling out venues with his brand new stand up show, Zocial Butterfly. In the conversation we talk about Max’s journey through univ...

Sep 29, 20222 hr 46 min

Lessons in Happiness, Side Hustles, Self-Care, Productivity, Luck and Business - Season 3 Round Up

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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: Lesso...

Sep 15, 202256 min

MKBHD: The Story To 16 Million & The World Of YouTube

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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...

Sep 09, 20221 hr 21 min

World Poker Champion On The Science Of Decision Making - Chris Sparks

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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, system...

Sep 01, 20222 hr 5 min

World's Leading Expert On How To Solve Procrastination - Dr Tim Pychyl

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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 ...

Aug 25, 20221 hr 22 min

How To Build A Multi-Million Dollar Empire In Your 20s - Grace Beverley

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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...

Aug 18, 20222 hr 6 min

Moral Philosopher Will MacAskill on What We Owe The Future

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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 H...

Aug 11, 20223 hr 54 min

How I Grew from 0 to 500k Followers In Under 2 Years - Sahil Bloom

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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 👥 ...

Aug 04, 20222 hr 47 min

Snippet 5 - How To Avoid Burnout As An Entrepreneur: James Hoffmann

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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 da...

Aug 02, 20229 min

How To Design Your Career For Happiness - Samantha Clarke

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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 Guard...

Jul 28, 20221 hr 26 min

Snippet 4 - How To Design Your Future Career: Dr Grace Lordan

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive 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...

Jul 26, 20228 min

The Sure-Fire Way To Be Luckier In Life - Advice From Psychology Professor Richard Wiseman

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive Most of us tend to believe that luck is this omnipotent force beyond our control, but the reality is we can actually manufacture luck and increase our chances of lucky events happening to us. My guest this week is Psychology Professor Richard Wiseman who has published over 100 academic papers and countless books examining the psychology of magic and illusion, deception, luck and self-development. In the conversation we delve ...

Jul 22, 20221 hr 22 min

Snippet 3 - How To Be Better At Long-Term Relationships: Logan Ury

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast. We often think that because love is instinctive being in relationships should therefore just come naturally to us. But the reality is 50% of marriages end in divorce and all of us, at some stage in our lives, will struggle in our relationships. In this snippet, dating and relationships expert Logan Ury talks to me abou...

Jul 19, 20225 min

Lessons From Selling Morning Brew For $75 Million At 28 - Alex Lieberman

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive In this episode I sit down for a conversation with Alex Lieberman. Alex has a pretty amazing story, he started a newsletter during his studies at University which evolved into Morning Brew, one of the world's fastest-growing media brands, and he later sold that business for $75 million dollars at just 28 years old. In the conversation, Alex shares what he learned from his journey, we talk about the most valuable skills you ca...

Jul 14, 20222 hr 42 min

Snippet 2 - How To Be More Likeable At Work: Will Storr

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast. In this snippet, Will Storr, author of The Status Game, explains that we're never the hero in other people's stories, which is why gaining social status doesn't come from being the loudest voice in the room, but from being a helpful addition to the stories happening around you. Listen to the full episode here 👉 https:...

Jul 12, 20226 min

Confronting my Productivity Guru - Tiago Forte

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive People often call me a productivity guru, but in this episode I sit down with one of the world's foremost experts on productivity, Tiago Forte. Tiago's taught me and thousands of people how they can revolutionise their lives and businesses with his course ‘building a second brain’ and during this conversation he shares that wisdom. We talk about how he fell into the world of productivity and how actually building a business i...

Jul 07, 20221 hr 28 min

Snippet 1 - Advice Every 20-Something Year Old Needs To Hear

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive In these Deep Dive Snippets, I'll be sharing some of my favourite moments from past episodes of the podcast. There's this common myth that your 20s are the time to be getting ahead in life, but in this snippet I talk to Creator and Sex Educator Hannah Witton about the fact that it's really not a race to the finish line - Reid Hoffman co-founded LinkedIn at 35, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his 40s, Margaret Atwood published he...

Jul 05, 20227 min

How to Become a Digital Nomad - Lauren Razavi

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive If you could take off tomorrow and work from anywhere in the world, would you do it? Most of us would probably hesitate over that question, even the 20-something-year-olds like me who are relatively unencumbered, but it’s pretty safe to say that globetrotting with your laptop under your arm is the future of work and has been for a very long time. I’ve been dabbling with the idea of becoming a digital nomad since I first read ...

Jun 30, 20222 hr 42 min

The Happiness Expert Making 1 Billion People Happier - Mo Gawdat

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive If you take control over your brain, you can do anything - but what’s the formula? Some moments in life fundamentally change the way you think about the world - that’s what this conversation with Mo Gawdat did for me and what I’m certain it will do for you too. Mo is the former Chief Business Officer of Google X, Google's moonshot factory of innovation, a prolific researcher and writer on the topic of happiness and has an inc...

Jun 23, 20222 hr 33 min

Health, Wealth, Love, Happiness & Impact - Q&A with Ali

👉 Download Voicepal here - https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal_deepdive This my first solo Q&A episode on the podcast where I answer a bunch of questions from my Discord community ‘The Friendzone’ 💙 Thank you for all your questions and please let me know if you'd like to see more of these solo-episodes :) Questions: 00:00 - Intro Health: 01:04 - How are you feeling, really? 02:01 - What habits are you building / can suggest to others to live healthier lives? 05:55 - What has been the biggest...

Jun 16, 202245 min