Everything's Changing - Life Update
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
- Hey friends 😃 It's been a while - this is a somewhat rambley video where I update you about what's going on in my life, the business and this UA-cam channel. I talk through a bunch of challenges that this new move and direction is bringing, and use the camera to think out loud about various issues.
This video isn't a directly useful one, so if you've got something better to do with your time, please don't feel bad about doing just that.
Have a great week xx
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:44 Moving to London & Office tour
03:42 Hiring new team members
06:52 Deep Dive podcast
09:00 Plans for the future - Studio
11:01 Part-Time UA-camr Academy Updates
12:48 Plans for the future - Book
14:00 Getting our house in order
15:38 Challenge - Medium to long term planning
17:39 Challenge - What do I want from my life?
22:00 Challenge - Organizational design
27:59 Challenge - Trying to make good content
31:43 Challenge - Experimenting with different platforms
34:00 Challenge - Having a niche vs not having one
37:02 Challenge - Medicine
40:54 Challenge - Making time for myself
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I have always found your videos where you talk about the personal and professional challenges you are facing at the moment the most insightful. There is a lot of clarity in how you explain how you think through life decisions and it's admirable. I am very happy to see you achieve big things and go after opportunities that you wanted. Good luck! ❤️
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@@mrvoyage6651 😆😂
Same!
Look whos here
It is beautiful to witness indeed ✨✨
Same thing happened to me - Getting a studio and working all day and coming home is better for my mental health. My environment dictates how productive I am.
Amazing space, I’m excited to see all the awesome content you create from there!
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He is always producing good contents not only that he seems to be a nice guy.
Mark im going to explore your channel. Just found you!
🍀You are very generous in sharing your thoughts on life and giving a really honest 'behind the scenes'. That authenticity is definitely a quality in your videos, which I always find motivating and useful.
🍀 this is honestly one of the most entertaining videos I have watched lately. It’s curious that you believe it doesn’t bring any clear value.
I can watch “top 10 productivity hacks” anywhere, however having a view into the struggles you have when building a business and how you are dealing with them is not something that can be easily found anywhere else.
Getting to see which books you are reading to tackle those issues is also a great insight!
I agree! It’s actually amazing to witness the journey... the decision making process and the vision 🤩✨
Honestly, you being a doctor or pursuing medicine was just a "cool" factor about you for me, but I kept coming back to your videos because of your productivity, wholehearted living, organizational and book club content.
Same! We appreciate your transparency Ali :)
Love that: wholehearted living 🤩✨✨
Like you said, make whatever you want to make and the numbers will take care of themselves ☘️
I just published my 130th consecutive podcast this week while keeping up with my UA-cam channel and writing a book and I can say from experience that it’s *a lot* of work. Batching and delegating podcast tasks is *key* (especially when it comes to interviews). I can send you by guest booking workflow if that helps, Ali.
Fortunately, UA-cam Creator Academy says that there’s no statistical impact from UA-camrs taking a few weeks off here and there. No long-term impact on views. So that’s promising!
It seems that as long as you have been with the platform long enough and making enough videos. The platform will always show your videos even you are taking some breaks.
Wao and you dont have the half of subscribers Ali has!
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This video is basically Ali speaking all the thoughts in my head out loud. HARD RELATE ♥️
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“Hard relate” = hard cringe
It is very relatable.
@@24sumo true.
Favourite part of these videos: thinking out loud and not being afraid to be vulnerable. Lovely video.
🙌🏻 beautiful to witness and see the journey ✨✨
I have always greatly appreciated your honesty and transparency - it's so refreshing to see! You and your team are doing amazing things, keep up the great work :)
Dear Ali, just wanted to say 3 things (maybe a few more):
- I agree with Lewis, we don't care if you're not going to the hospital 😇;
- TikTok is a great idea and can be a very inspirational tool as well;
- Do what makes you happy so keep doing what you do =) you're very honest and have great leader traits all around you =) I love the way you express yourself it's so funny!
🍀 loved the authenticity ... did not skip a minute. Using your youtube tips, i hit 100k a few weeks ago on UA-cam. Thank you Ali. You have inspired me alot and i have learnt alot from you...
Congratulations saw your banner Hong Kong keep up sister
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@Lankan what video are you referring to ?
This is amazing Ali. It's awesome to see how much you've grown since I've first seen your videos. Best of luck on your journey!
Omg @vincent I love your videos. I would love to see you and Ali do a collab video
Vincent ur colorgrading is arguably better than ali's tho lmfao, also ur gonna see growth soon ur gaining traction quick
Vincent and Ali both having some amazing growth and increase in production quality, awesome stuff!
It seems UA-cam is always the hardest at the low end. After they “trust” you it will be a little easier.
Really great to be able to hear you talk through all that, Ali. I work in Reward and People Data (both subsets of HR) and usually explain to people the need for the different corporate functions by talking about a start up growing in size. It was awesome to see you get all excited by drawing an org chart! Best of luck to you all!
I love how authentic you always are!🍀Good luck with all the changes!
🍀 I honestly think this was one of your best videos yet. Watched it till the end and it was amazing to see how much you’ve grown and how many things are going on behind cameras. I loved it!
Congrats on all the growth. Scaling a business (right) is a challenging task to balance personal happiness with the value you bring to others. If anyone can do it, it’s you.
Cheers 🍻
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hi Ali, I stopped watching your YT videos couple of weeks ago because I felt like they became too clickbait, let's make algorithms happy style. And then I watched this one. I can imagine how hard it is to balance it all out and I really admire that you just shared your thoughts and concerns with us. I think you already know and feel inside what's right and what you want to do. Maybe consider B2B in terms of "who pays the bills" as you mentioned that you don't it that normal ppl have to pay for your courses? Just quick thoughts.
Me too, I unsubscribed a few weeks ago because it started feeling like it was moving towards a more productised, formulaic feel of the videos and content (like making content for the sake of content). Maybe I’m just no longer the target demographic of the videos. Drop in every now and then though out of curiosity
@@mitchell9169 this is me totally. And after so long, this video is the one I picked to watch. And I'm glad I did. This is the Ali that I've always loved to hear.
Re: 18:49 How to figure out what to do with your life, one exercise I love and use frequently is the 7 Layers Deep “Why” Exercise. I’m not sure who originally invented it but there are a few variations of it on the web. You can use it to figure out your “end game” motivation behind anything from your career to hobbies. That can also help you figure out what to teach.
Regarding passion, I would also recommend to refresh a bit some of Cal Newport’s stuff on passion v profession in So Good They Can’t Ignore You. Good stuff. I’ve read that book 3x so far.
"Five Whys" and "Fishbone Diagram" are good search terms here.
☘️ great to see the progression so far, good luck Ali
Yooooo ocean man wag1 never thought I'd see you here
@@hybrid_nb1538 yeah same😍
Yo yo, Ocean gang or drown 🙏
Ocean! you here bro! subbed to both of you!
You inspired me to start my own UA-cam Channel, and I still sometimes go back and watch your skills share course that's how amazing you are! I know you will succeed in anything you undertake, you are so brilliant in whatever you put your mind to ❤️
I am subscribed to your channel for quite some time. You are super talented. Love what you do. ❤️
It's pretty inspiring watching you grow from making videos from your home and now you have a team and a dedicated studio/office. Best wishes to you. ☘
i love having these type videos on while I draw, keeps company somewhat and hear about people's lives. Kind of gives me the perception of the fact that life is not one dimensional, there are other people, living different lives, facing different problems, enjoying different moments, struggling different grinds.
🍀 ngl this reminds me of the chat we had a couple of weeks ago.
our two favorite productivity+entrepreneurship+learning ppl of color on UA-cam :) amazinggggggggggg
🍀 Enjoyed this very much. ❤️
🍀❤️ Beautiful video! You're so great that you don't realize that even a video like this different from the usual does add value to our lives. It's inspiring and makes us reflect with you💪🏼
Subscribed since May 2020 and I'm sure I'll keep watching you for a long time!
☘️hey Ali I’m relatively new to your channel, still catching up with all your videos! Your content is so on point, thought provoking and helpful for me, love the book selections. Thanks for being vulnerable about your challenges and concerns…I’m going through a similar phase where I’m figuring things out. I find helpful when I make peace with myself first and also reach out a good mentor that has already mastered the goal/ stage I’m aiming for. It’s ok not having the answers right away. All the best!
I actually love “rambling videos”. I personally value listening to your thought process. One question that was recently shared with me on the subject of purpose was “what is the change or event in the world you would like to experiencia during your lifetime”. 🍀
Just resonated with my year-long ethic: Life is not about doing everything the right way, but it's just about balancing the odds to lead ahead. Deeply touched inside🤗
Your studio looks amazing and I can watch you rambling for 43mins, there is lot of information and few self reflection moments when you talk about things you want to have in your calendar. I think is how you are connecting with us and we love you, pls do continue to make videos like this. loved it!
Hi Ali, thank you so much for doing this. That's really helped with my thoughts and direction. 🍀
🍀 It was nice “hanging out” with you walking around your new studio. Thanks for being so REAL about your life thoughts, worries and excitement.
I think it's important for people starting out, to realise that the the struggle and challenge will never go away, it will only shift to other things. Learn to embrace difficulty and love a good challenge :)
I first stumbled on your channel cos of your iPad reviews, and yours was by far the best, most informative and helped me make my mind up about which one to buy, the fact that you were a doctor wasn’t important (but did make your views appear more legit for some reason 😆 we are so fickle!!) I also appreciated your Pakistani heritage again a superficial judgment (but we like being able to relate to someone cos of a shared background) and the rest was history, so doctor or not keep doing you, the value you’ve added to our lives is immeasurable, wishing for your success… May the Lord grant us guidance and the happiness we seek 🙏
I recently completed my degree in Civil Engineering and have been working in the field for about 2 years. Finding this video along with a few others from you has helped me get over the sunk cost issue. So thank you for your willingness to be transparent and share your thought process.🍀
30:38 really needed to hear this, thanks
thanks for changing my life king.
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@@ruslansheikh4780 you're welcome bro, thanks for joining the cult
Didn't expect to see you in an ali abdaal vid mate.
Ah so us self development enthusiasts have all gathered here
🍀 One anecdote on why living your best life TODAY is important- My grandma's only dream in life was to visit the Taj Mahal (She lived in Delhi i.e. 3 hours drive from the place). She never went because earlier there were kids to bring up, money to save, marriages to arrange, then grandkids came along and life stayed busy. When she finally had the time and money, she no longer had the health. She passed away last year never having seen the Taj. So I'll just say- Go see your Taj (whatever that is for you). Don't wait for the right time, enough money etc etc. 😊🍀
Awe!! Much love right back at you sistah 🤗☀️
Yes, the typical (overly) selfless Indian mom/gandmom.
this breaks my heart 😭 hope you've seen the Taj Mahal for her ❤️
I'm one of your recent followers. I appreciate your "ramblings" because as you said in one of your other videos it's interesting to see the process and 'behind the scenes'. Even though the questions/struggles you have are different from mine, I can still relate to you on a broader scale - the quest to find the balance of work and life, etc, and your thought process help me to review my process for my questions, or give me an entirely different way of thinking about either the question / the process of finding the answers. And for someone like me who lives by herself, there's time and need for videos like this where it's not cognitively heavy that it needs my full attention but I can half watch it while cleaning or doing dishes and focus for a bit when you mention something particularly resonating / interesting. I'll be interested to see your answer through the developments w ur business.
Wait. Is that a flush I just heard? 😜🍀
Love the long rambling videos. I relate to many of your thoughts. Let us know when you figure out the meaning of life! lol good luck with the new space. It’s beautiful!
It's great to see you taking exciting new directions Ali!! You deserve every success mate, hope it all goes well! 😊💪🔥 (will sit down to watch properly this evening!)
🍀 watched it as a background while getting ready in the morn! I don’t know if I have any interesting inputs, but I do think a way to keep the “loyal” viewers around would be to be true to yourself. Stuff like this where you show the dilemmas ur facing is one way of doing that I think. Thanks for being an inspiration! I personally would love to see more of your music side haha but that’s not the point 😁
🍀 I loooved this video! Thank you sooo much for being open and sharing!
🍀Thank you! Really enjoyed how you walk through your thoughts, got me thinking about how I should plan for my life and certain questions I need to ask myself. The "ordinary ideal week" and "finite vs. infinite goals" was really helpful and thought provoking as well. Looking forward to your future content!
Having channels with their niche is nice, but there’s an audience for channels with diverse topics. I didn’t expect to watch this whole video, but it was excellent and a great example of how diverse topics can keep your audience engaged. It’s like trying a new ice cream flavor 🍀 🍦 Thanks and keep going!
Oh my gosh, I hope everyone watched this right up to the end, I won’t spoil it as you’ve got to watch it, but how you summed up the video outlining your purpose. Absolutely resonated with me 100%. Great work.
Your videos have been so helpful to me! I’m wishing you continued growth and success in all your endeavors ☺️
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Awesome to see so many people going through the same thought process. Great vid 👍
A lot of this resonates massively with my internal monologue. Please keep us up dated and how you go about coming to decisions/answers. I know some are always ongoing questions with constantly shifting context and goal posts but listening to your thought process is super helpful!
🍀 Slow-paced, genuine, highly relatable, and inspiring. Thank you for thinking out loud and sharing the backstage stories. Although you might not see the ramblings as “creating value,” this was very valuable to me. Thank you, Ali!
🍀 I feel happy when I see such a huge and positive life update although it takes me a long time to watch. Hope you can post more useful videos in the future!
Thanks for sharing, I enjoy your behind the scenes type videos as much as the others. What makes them particularly interesting for me is the level of transparency with the combo of business and life.
This was one of my favourite videos from you personally, I love these kind of chit chat videos about what's going on in someone's career life and hearing their thoughts about trying to figure life out- it's so interesting to me as it helps me think about my own life while taking in different perspectives from other people's lives. Hope all the best for your business Ali!
🍀It's so nice to listen someone asking questions to himself about WHY or DO I as I too was having doubts about these 🤗
I have always watched your video Ali, but lately I have been on a binge. I am late to watching this one, but I watched the entire thing, and I must say it was one of my favorites. There is something so relatable or nice about hearing you speak your thoughts. Kinda funny to see that no matter how big the business, or UA-cam channel gets that we all still kinda struggle with the same things in life. I love that you made this video to kinda work through the things you are facing. I feel like it was kinda therapy for the both of us. Keep going Ali!
Hi Ali, I would love to help edit your projects! Where can I apply?
Even though life changes, we still know you as the man who made being productive cool! 😎
🍀☘Thanks Ali! A "couch talk" like this is a nice change of pace every now and then, and a great reminder for us all that no matter what level you're at, there's always new challenges ahead. Glad you found a way to stop and reflect.
🍀Great video, thanks for the update, Ali. It's interesting and comforting to hear you think out loud and share your thoughts, plans, challenges, and fears. I can relate to a lot of what you shared. And yes, having too many options is definitely a good problem to have, but it's still a challenge :) What you shared about business also makes me think of the Mexican Fisherman story that Tim mentions in The 4 Hour Workweek. How much is enough when it comes to money and what are you really wanting to create or achieve in life? Interesting and challenging questions that we all may or may not answer in our lives. Wishing you all the best and congrats on the very smart studio space. Greetings from Cape Town 🇿🇦
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Love listening to your rambling. I guess just by listening to you inspire me because I could do my designing job (while listening) after leaving it for few days due to lack of ideas. So happy for your growth 🍀☘️
Always enjoy watching your video , hope to see more vlog type video in the future
Hearing you talk about your struggles feels really relatable and comforting, in a weird way. As someone who struggles a lot with self awareness (sometimes wayyy too much) and over-pressuring myself to have everything in my life together and tick all my goals and "should-do's", not "want-to's", this is really enlightening. I think a lot of us struggle to find direction sometimes because we're trying to fit this certain pattern of a "perfect person", so much that we stop ourselves from being it by trying to have it all figured out. We're human and being flawed, taking time, not being sure of what to do are normal things, but sometimes when you're so deep into self reflection and self improvement you stop yourself from finding the answers to what really matters - still working on that one. Great video as always, Ali!
🍀 Great video Ali, thank you. It was particularly interesting for me because my life has completely changed this week as I took the plunge to move to Australia with my family and I'm going totally freelance after 15 years of "corporate" life 🤯
I've taken a lot of value from it, especially in terms of your thoughts on employees, medium & long term goals, doing it for the right reasons etc, it's given me food for thought and its inspired me no end so thank you again.
Oh and awesome looking workspace! 👌
Wishing you best for the road ahead !
🍀 Came across your video searching for notion tutorial. Nov1st it kicks off!!! I want to make a difference in people's lives. If I can't do that, why enslave myself to something I removed myself from years ago? That's why I'm undergoing your training, a deeper focus to gain the knowledge and skills to up my level of experience. Be true to yourself my brother. Always be true to your heart. The day I came across your channel...things began to happen for me in a positive way, my brother. Trust me, not blowing smoke.You've got a rich spirit, a very beautiful soul. Continue to guard it as from it springs the issues of life. Peace and wholeness I pray for you and yours brother. Wishing you all the best.
I would be curious how long you would consider the content in your Part Time UA-camr course will be relevant considering you are no longer a part time UA-camr? Your business looks very different from the person hustling making videos as a team of one.
Go get it Doc 🍀
Awesome video! Really appreciated your openness and sharing about the experience.
Leading and growing a business is quite the adventure and can be quite different than making a great video.
I think you’re asking the right questions and thinking about the right things. Please make more videos like this! 🍀
🍀Wow….no matter the metrics on this video, it’s certainly been useful and wholesome hearing your authenticity and essentially thinking out loud. We love to see it. Keep doing you Ali, and do what you are passionate about.
I absolutely love this behind the scenes look into the business. As someone who wants to create content on a regular basis whilst having a full-time job, it was really interesting to see what life is like once you push that barrier and achieve independence from the traditional 9-5 (or more!). Even though the desire for most is to leave the traditional 9-5, it shouldn't really be the end goal because what's next after that? what's the infinite game?
Hi Ali! Great video! Since you love teaching, have you thought about becoming a professor of medicine? I think that position would utilize both your medical knowledge and teaching skills. Good luck!
That would be fun :)
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I've been watching your videos now for about a year. Every video I watched has had some benefit to my life be it through learning new tricks and hacks or learning about something or someone you mention, who further aids my growth. I just want to say that I completely get what you mean when you say you're not sure you want to continue medicine because it is a huge part of you and you have invested so much money and effort into your education (I'm a nurse and feel EXACTLY THE SAME). However...at the end of the day people can tell if you are or are not passionate about something. If your heart is not in it, which I don't think it is...choose what ignites your spark. I think that is the main reason why your channel does so well and so many people relate. It really shows that you have a beautiful and genuine heart and teaching is DEFINETLY your calling! Becoming a Doctor was just your foundation, but teaching is your true calling! You have a nack for explaining complicated things in such a simple way, you are BRUTALLY honest and transparent about your life, business and work, people love that! It can be excruciating to leave behind the person who you think you SHOULD be...but watching from the sidelines I can tell you, you are made to teach and inspire people. Wishing you all the very best! I will be watching your channel as long as you post content 😊....biggest congratulations on the expansion of your business, you have truely earned it. Sending lots of good vibes from Australia 🐨🌴🌊
Took me a couple of sessions but I made it ☘️
Excited to see what you produce at the studio!
15:23 Getting your house in order is a series in itself, I feel. Showing others what is involved in that would add a lot of value, knowing what process one might need, policies or systems that need to be put in place, or updating.
🍀 35:03 this unseeming moment, where you’re talking about something really profound without even noticing, combined with the music, is so beautiful
🍀 Thanks for sharing your journey Ali. I used to work in the same office space, so was nostalgic to see you wandering around.
I love your content and I really appreciate how much work and thought goes into optimizing it
Some of the thought exercises you're currently going through are things we as creators can really benefit from, so I found this video incredibly helpful. 🍀
🍀 it is great to see you genuinely opening about the challenges of running a business and the effects of that on your personal life so thank you)
So real and wonderful to witness and learn from 🤩✨
Recently started watching your channel.
In the midst of working in this pandemic I am finding that more people are depending on others to make their day. Friends, family, coworkers, and customers are running at an all time low. We have been deprived attention, communication, and much more that our pre-pandemic lives provided to us.
Mental health is everything and I think you are carrying the stress of other's in your lap, especially with your team expanding.
It is natural to feel empathetic in these situations, but it is best if you learn to control those empathetic thoughts and know when to shut down for your own sanity.
I've watched a lot of videos of yours over the course of two-days. The happiness that alludes off of you is infectious most when you are creating content on educational topics, you can tell you are coming from a genuine place.
As far as career changes.. I personally left my mechanical engineering degree to pursue a greater fulfillment. I think that new doors open and sometimes old identities become fun facts to new friends and great bragging rights for old friends. Do not fear your future. There will always be content to teach. You are an adaptable person!
*Clover emoji*? I couldnt sleep and wanted to watch this video to see into your perspective more.
I'm 16 and think a lot about the things you talk about like finding your passion and goals. Brilliant video, keep it up. 🍀
Waiting for these videos:
‘Top 5 Reasons why i bought this office’
‘Reasons why working externally increases productivity’
‘5 things i hate about london’
‘5 things i love about london’
‘5 things i love about my office’
‘5 things i hate about my office’
‘things in your office which are important for life’
Accurate 🤣🤣
Ha ha great ideas ✨✨
Not office « studio « 😛
That's very inspiring. It's really cool to see that you leveled up once more in your endeavors. Can't wait to see where this will take you and your team. Good continuation Ali :)
🍀I truly enjoyed this. As a business owner myself, I struggle with some of the same issues. Do I get bigger just because I can? When is enough enough? What parts of it do I love? As the business gets bigger, more and more tasks take me away from my core expertise (the care and feeding of gifted children) and more and more to the business side of things (meetings with accountants, etc.). I loved hearing another person voice some of my same struggles. And I know your niche: It's the "how to be a better human" niche.
Wow the office is beautiful 🥳
Not office, studio!
This video is full of value and insight for those of us trying to grow. It’s a direct reality check for our dreams before we get there. I feel that perhaps as you’ve grown you’ve become less relatable to your audience (which is inevitable) so if you did more videos like this now and again, where we see your vulnerability that may restore the connection, as long as it comes from an authentic place. 🍀
I've been having similar kinda stuff on my mind recently, obviously not as high stakes as yours, and this video fr helped me take a step back and think about it and organize my thoughts. Thanks man, mad respect. Also, all the best from here on out. 🍀
Thank you for sharing this! I've found myself in a very similar headspace recently. I was, like you, doing a bunch of different projects - podcasts, yt, selling jewelry on Etsy, etc etc - and I spent some time thinking about why i got involved with each one, and how much I actually enjoy it. I came to realize (among other things) that:
1. Just because I have an idea, doesn't mean I have to act on it: I found that I was in this kind of hamster wheel, where as soon as I had an idea I'd launch into it starting it. I found myself with all these projects and then I'd work myself into a state of stress thinking about how I'm going to find time for them, while balancing all other aspects of my life. I never considered the idea of "just because I can, doesn't mean I should."
From there I took time to assess what things I really enjoyed, and started to cut away the stuff I don't love anymore. When I get new ideas I consider how it will feed my soul, and how well it'll tie into other stuff I'm working on.
2. Side hustles aren't necessarily self care: Somewhere along way on my self care journey, I realized I need to have something I'm working on for me, because I'm not satisfied just having a day job. Fast forward a year or so and I was juggling 5 different projects plus a day job. After cutting a few of them off to better focus on the ones I enjoy, I've found a better balance. Still working on it, but I'm happier now not having to keep track of things and feeling like I always have 100 different jobs to do.
Lastly, beautiful space! Congrats! Enjoy it and remember that nothing except death is truly permanent. If it doesn't work then ditch it after the year is up for something else. At least you gave it a shot. We only learn through failure so don't be afraid to try stuff to see what really works. We have no control over the past, future, or anyone else. Just ourselves, and only in the moment we're presently in. Let your Pilot decide whats next and then enjoy the view while your in Plane mode! 😃
Love this type of content where you’re being so authentic and it literally feels like you’re having a one on one conversation with us. YOU GOT THIS, Ali! 🍀 also, personally I watch your videos because I know that it will be useful and interesting, and not specifically just about one topic. That it’s not super niche :)
Hey Ali! I don't usually comment on videos or watch 40 minute long videos, but your thoughts are pretty relatable. I think while there are pros and cons to doing all or focusing on a niche, ultimately what matters most is that you enjoy the journey. I understand now that it is harder to do since it's become a business and bigger than just you making videos, but I've generally just enjoyed hearing your thoughts on things and life in general🍀 You're transparent and I appreciate that in all your videos.
🍀🍀 As someone who has been with you from the very start ( early Cambridge days ) I love love this video Ali and just listening to you talk about everything that’s going on with you and how you are dealing with things has also helped me in thinking about what I want and how I want to go about it and what exactly I should be focusing my time and energy on . Thanks
Love it!!! Defiantly gave me a lot to thing about. I also feel guilty when I take time off work. I have fear that the money and work won't be there anymore. I constantly have to talk my way back to reality and go through the worse case scenario "If I don't get anymore work and my business fails what will I do" at the end of the day if I lose everything I know I have the skills and ability to start from zero. I'm on the fence about making content. I hate being on camera, but at the same time I know that I would value someone like me documenting the journey that I'm currently on. I keep watching all these videos and the information is great but representation matters. I really appreciate all you do. Hearing you go through all these thoughts really does help. 🍀
The one area you need to think about is how to expand to additional on screen talent. Your entire business appears to depend on you being on screen - I know you enjoy it, but producing content with only you limits long term growth. Look at channels like Linus Tech Tips where they have 5 or 6 additional on-screen personalities that have their specialties and fans.
Ali's consistency and work ethic are so inspiring. It inspired me to get started on youtube too!
I love how authentic this life update was! All the best to you and your team ☘️
🍀 Yes, it was a long video, but very informative in terms of your thought processes, passion and purpose. Nice place too - I appreciated you filming from the different parts of your new offices, so we got to see it all.
This is my favourite video of you from the first time I watched your How to study for exams videos. I've learnt so much from you as a person and I'm sure many of your viewers feel the same. Love the style of this video. I hope you'll produce more videos like that. Thank you for letting us pick your brain! Proud of how far you've come, happy for you and all the best with your business! ☘️
🍀Kudos to sharing everything on your mind in such a candid way. You've been such a good influence on me since I started watching your videos. It's like I'm on the journey with you. I'd love to say Hi someday in London, another reason for travel to London again. Godspeed bro.
Love your reflection on the stage of your life. A lot of people (including me) face this question of what they are going to do in their lives. I admire your achievement and I don't care whether you want to keep being a doctor or not.
Hi Ali! Really enjoyed this video! 🍀 It was great to hear all your thoughts about what’s going on in your life. Rambling videos are fun and what really struck a chord was what you said about creating videos that are useful or helpful to people in some way.
I think even if it only helps one person, it is still valuable because you never know how what doesn’t always seem the most relevant to you may become relevant to someone else. Sometimes you think people will already know the things so you don’t bother explaining but that’s not the case and content can be extremely helpful even when you think it has no impact.
Also what you said about the niche market is true because you don’t want to be boxed into one specific thing if you’re interested in multiple topics. If you’re focused within one topic, that can make it easier to lose interest because you feel stuck rather than taking the time to branch out and show multiple interests.
Thank you for sharing! ☺️
I’ve never commented on one of your videos before but I wanted to let you know that I don’t care if you’re a doctor or not. I just love your open and honest conversations. Thank you for uploading this and how raw it is 🙌🏻 you be you and keep being great ☺️ 🍀