Ali, I was a student that was really bad at studying. One day, I came across your video about how to revise for exams and after that I binged watched all of your videos. Now I am one of the highest achieving students in my class!
"When I stole a piece of bread to feed my stomach when I was 14, they threw me into the prison and gave me free bread for 6 months there. This is the justice of life." Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
I'm currently listening to a very interesting book called "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly. The book is the result of his research of flow, or being "in the zone", where you are enjoying a certain activity so much that you lose track of time. He describes how the state of flow can be cultivated and, by that, how we can enjoy our work, everyday activities, relationships, live more intentionally and immersed, and generally have a more fulfilling life. Thought I'd share my book recommendation here as well 📖
Hey Ali, First of all merry Christmas. One day I watched your active recall tip video. And during my university I went from 1.3 GPA to 4.0 GPA thank you for that
I agree, stress about money is, but stress about currency isn’t a fundamental of human existence. If you think about it, money is something that is used for trade, for example, a bread for a sheep. But currency took money to a level which I don’t like because you’re not getting paid for the amount of work for society you put in. For example, bankers are getting paid far more than garbage collectors. The way money worked before the agricultural revolution was far more honest.
Glad to see my favorite fantasy author Sanderson getting recommended! I've been looking for more non-fiction books to read so I'll definitely be adding some of these to my list.
Great video man. Quick question. After reading so many productivity books and self optimization books do you still find you get equal value from each new read? Or does it get repetitive after a while?
As a mother of a five year old boy, I wonder if you could share some stories about what parenting style your mom had that help you to be who you are today. Thank you in advance!
I'm 80% sure that Ali gets his book recommendations from pdfdrive, as no sooner I searched for 'War Doctor', I saw 5 of the books mentioned here in the recommendations 😂.
Yo can👍 you guys please help me? My parents promise that if I can get 10k subs before February they will get me a new Google home mini , and I really need a new one🥺. If y’all could help that would be great, but if you don’t that’s fine.🙏
Have you read The Fifth Season? I don’t read fiction, let alone fantasy/sci-if, but I picked this up when I learned the trilogy is the only trilogy to have won the Hugo award 3 years in a row. It gripped me, and has a great twist. Highly, highly recommended.
Wheel of Time series is one of my favs!! One of my favs non fiction books...every year I re-read is Prisoners of Geography. Defo one to add to the list.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. - Camus
You're the best thank you for inspiring me! I am really impressed by the way you have time to read all these books. Just downloaded half of them to read during the Christmas break. You have a beautiful mind, stay cool
Coming from a guy who is a doctor, runs a successful UA-cam channel, saying that you still feel like you aren’t being challenged enough is a nice reminder that 1. People can have very high standards even after reaching great heights but also 2. I guess all that stuff doesn’t mean Ali is totally satisfied, I mean who really is
Hello Ali...I wanted to suggest creating a Telegram group/Book Club for your followers...We can share different interesting books and ideas on the group too...Nice Video too...The righteous mind is a must read especially for people in America.
You've got me curious about the How to Think More About Sex book. Your description seems similar to how most men talk about The Game by Neil Strauss -- on the surface it's about how to pick up women, but on a deeper level it's about confidence, masculinity, and communication styles. I'll check it out!
Gosh so many good book recommendations! I hope I can read half of the books you recommended here for next year. I'm literally still reading books you recommended in 2019.... anyways Merry Christmas and happy holiday Ali and everyone else!
Awww "Normal People", loved the book and then fell in love with the series as well! You should definitely watch it! Thank you for the recommendations, I will added them to my cart! You should also read "Becoming" by Michelle Obama, it is very emotional, eye-opening, thought-provoking and educating! Will wait your comments!
Ali whether you read my comment or not but I want to say , You are the person who has instilled in me the positivity ,productivity and aims of life You changed my life .2020 was best for I met a person who changed my life .I want to thank you for existing and changing my life . Hats off 🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩 for such down to earth person!!!!! Allah bless you ameen 🤲
The light on the Mac mini just a suggestion/ you should try put it at the back it is kind of a distraction like it with no light 🙂. Doing great though ali
@@NBAYUGIOH I tell myself that people who don't have enough struggles in his od her life, just aren't growing or learning anything from life which is kinda true. The only times I really learn something important is through struggles
I'm a simple person. I see Six of Crows in Ali Abdaal's video, I click. P.S. Shadow and Bone Netflix series will be released in April 2021. It's intertwined between Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows series.
I'm currently reading Why We Sleep by Mathew Walker & A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley! Very nice book reviews, Ali! Will maybe give a chance to some of your favorites!
jajakh allah brother for your great recommendations ,always proud to have a person like you who recommends what best for everyone in general...may the almighty bless you
Coming Apart: The State of white America by Charles Murray is a similar book on the differences in world views, speech patterns, general education, work life, politics and moral values between working class Americans and the upper class society.
The Wheel of Time is one of my go to fantasy series for rereads. I have also read Elantris(loved that and feel it’s underrated) and Mistborn era 1(also super good). Just finished the first book (Alloy of Law) in the second Mistborn era and it definitely stands on it own
I know nobody asked me but my favourite book of the year is Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It would not be false to say this might be the best book I’ve read not just this year where I’ve read 34 books so far but also of all my life (some 250+ books) That is all and all is that.
50 Shades? Ali, I love you but, really? I don't know if I should laugh, cry, or cringe or all at the same time. Click bait or comedy? Whatevs, thanks for all you do, I'll forever watch your vids! Keep it real!
On the first book and the author's realisation that he hadn't encountered enough conflict; Celine Sciamma, who wrote and directed Portrait of a Young Lady on fire, gave a lecture for the BFI (available on YoutUbe) about how her story actually tries to break away with this convention in writing, and trying to build substance through an avenue that's not necessarily conflictual. As someone who writes, it's something I've asked myself a lot - is conflict really the only way to make a story interesting? Sciamma's lecture meanders a bit and I think I'll have to listen to it a few times to really appreciate what she's saying, but it's an interesting counter view point! Anyway, super vid as always
I love Celine Sciamma! She has such a unique and intelligent perspective when it comes to writing. I wish she was more recognized because I think she is just as brilliant of a writer, even better, than certain writers who have won Oscars. And the fact that Portrait of a Lady on Fire didn’t even win a Caesar award but Roman Polanski did was such a disservice and the fact that Portrait of a Lady on Fire didn’t even get nominated for an Oscar is insane to me!! I think that movie is definitely a potential to being a classic and if that movie was a book I have no doubt in my mind that it would be a classic
Thank you SO much, Ali for sharing your absolutely magnificent wisdom and persona so transparently with us whether it be in the aspect of studies, productivity or life in general! I’m sure you get to hear this a lot but you are making such a huge difference in so many people’s lives by inspiring them to change for the better even if it be by a minuscule amount everyday! In your last video, you mentioned how one of the reasons why you started this channel was a selfish one - to make it become your secondary source of income but I’d like to negate that point with a heartfelt NO for the sole reason that you’ve always been, from Day 1, out there to help others in the process and I feel like whatever benefit you get in return for it is much less than you actually deserve for the splendid quality of content, your sheer dedication and that friendly connection with your audience full of banter and learning you have so easily developed. Your continuous endeavour to improve yourself or being curious about newer things is such an inspiring sight almost to the point of endearing! I wish you prosper in all you that you do because you’ve been nothing but a fruitful addition to everyone’s watch-time in a world where mindless chatter and content is abundant! Lotsa love! :))
Ali, I was a student that was really bad at studying. One day, I came across your video about how to revise for exams and after that I binged watched all of your videos. Now I am one of the highest achieving students in my class!
hey! So nice to see another aviation channel that is a big fan of Ali.
@@thejorgemunoz fan of aviation also :D
@@tahmid6117 hey that cool bro, ill check out your channel
Wow guys! There are more people like me!
@@tahmid6117 i think i found it but there are some other with the same name haha
"When I stole a piece of bread to feed my stomach when I was 14, they threw me into the prison and gave me free bread for 6 months there. This is the justice of life." Les Miserables, Victor Hugo
Made my day ...thank you
Best quote of all time
I make #studywithme videos beacuse of you, you nerd! :D
Omg here u are, again! Didnt know you were inspired by Ali Abdaal... Luv ur live streams!
I hope you’ll have lots of subscribers soon, I like your study sessions very much!
Haha 😆
Peh, It’s almost christmas stop studying sis 😂
Omg
Finally found something Ali is bad in: describing fiction books: Sounds lame and stayed till 4 am reading it!
🤣🤣🤣
So true 😂
I love how in the thumbnail he has a "When you're expecting" book
His secret girlfriend must be pregnant. Hahaha. Just teasing. Sorry!
He is a doctor
yeah, it was funny
He had it to the side of another book he was describing during the video too 😂
Isn't he a gynecologist? Maybe that's why he has it.
Ali you're not hiding that Fifty Shades from us.
He is crystal clear
15* books 🤷♂️ ya missed one ❤️
surprised out of all Sanderson books he could've picked, he picked Elantris
No wheel of time!🤭
Oh, it's nice to see you here; especially after you mentioned Ali in one of your assumptions video.
Y ooo o
Oi ml b bc
@@mrjamiec9892 he meant 2020 books, he read all the others in 2019 or 2020
I'm currently listening to a very interesting book called "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience" by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly. The book is the result of his research of flow, or being "in the zone", where you are enjoying a certain activity so much that you lose track of time. He describes how the state of flow can be cultivated and, by that, how we can enjoy our work, everyday activities, relationships, live more intentionally and immersed, and generally have a more fulfilling life. Thought I'd share my book recommendation here as well 📖
Great book 👌
One of my favourite books ever. I second this recommendation!
Finished it recently ! It's a great book ! I recommend the TED talk as well.
Thank you for telling.. I will surely read
And can u suggest more books.. Give more books name.. Please
Me: "WHY IS HE HOLDING 50 SHADES ON THE THUMBNAIL?"
Ali: *Master troll level achieved*
yeahhhh
Merry Christmas to everyone and a (hopefully better) Happy New Year 2021!❤️
Hey Ali,
First of all merry Christmas. One day I watched your active recall tip video. And during my university I went from 1.3 GPA to 4.0 GPA thank you for that
"Being a doctor during a pandemic is too easy." - this guy. Being a bit too hard on yourself I think.
When do you read books over audiobooks Ali?
He said that he listen to audiobooks while in car going to work.
While driving mostly, he has said tht in many of his day in the life videos!
@@confused.cat. But how does he decide which to listen to and which to read?
@@twilywily I don't know, he didn't mentioned about that.
Should we read those productively or not ?
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you are safe!
Merry Christmas
No one:
Literally no one:
Ali: Lemme insert a clip of my great acting skills 9:02
HAHHAHAHAHAHHA
"Stress about money is one of the fundamentals of human existence"
I agree, stress about money is, but stress about currency isn’t a fundamental of human existence. If you think about it, money is something that is used for trade, for example, a bread for a sheep. But currency took money to a level which I don’t like because you’re not getting paid for the amount of work for society you put in. For example, bankers are getting paid far more than garbage collectors. The way money worked before the agricultural revolution was far more honest.
This one got LOLing so hard hahahah
Not all people.
*When i start my YT channel*
*read 3 book a year*
Me: Here are my top 3 books I read this year
Glad to see my favorite fantasy author Sanderson getting recommended! I've been looking for more non-fiction books to read so I'll definitely be adding some of these to my list.
So trueee, when you finish a series you love, it leaves a hole in your heart. It hurts to move on.
"Molly moved back. Realized how nice it is to have a clean kitchen." Dude.
Great video man. Quick question. After reading so many productivity books and self optimization books do you still find you get equal value from each new read? Or does it get repetitive after a while?
very repetitive after a while. but i consider a book 'good' if it gives me at least 1 new idea
@@aliabdaal Thanks for taking the time to answer man. Looking forward to your book!
@@aliabdaal dear Ali, I'm wondering how you select books among today's options? Thank you in advance
If this channel was a book, *Ali Abdaal would be on the top 15 list*
Time to add these books to my already never ending to be read list!
The thumbnail is really funny! Ali is holding "what to expect when you are expecting" and fifty shades of grey! Seriously! 😂😂😂
Oh wow, I didn't even notice that 😂
He had What to Expect to the side of another book he was describing during the video too 😂
As a mother of a five year old boy, I wonder if you could share some stories about what parenting style your mom had that help you to be who you are today. Thank you in advance!
OMG yes fantasy is the best genre and I'm still broken-hearted after the end of Crooked Kingdom 😭
I'm 80% sure that Ali gets his book recommendations from pdfdrive, as no sooner I searched for 'War Doctor', I saw 5 of the books mentioned here in the recommendations 😂.
fun fact: Standing while doing work on the computer increases your productivity and will make you more focused!
Thanks, I'll try that
@KaNaK How can you not understand that very simple message?🤦♂️
Yo can👍 you guys please help me? My parents promise that if I can get 10k subs before February they will get me a new Google home mini , and I really need a new one🥺. If y’all could help that would be great, but if you don’t that’s fine.🙏
@@Radiant100 Why do you need a Google home mini?
Will try
Mistborn one of my all time favourite fantasy series. If you’re serious about Brandon Sanderson Ali you need to read The Stormlight Archives!
I was so confused when I saw that pregnancy book at 4:48 until I remembered that Ali's a doctor
Have you read The Fifth Season? I don’t read fiction, let alone fantasy/sci-if, but I picked this up when I learned the trilogy is the only trilogy to have won the Hugo award 3 years in a row. It gripped me, and has a great twist. Highly, highly recommended.
2020 is nearly ending and we are still alive .
Wooo hoo.
Wheel of Time series is one of my favs!! One of my favs non fiction books...every year I re-read is Prisoners of Geography. Defo one to add to the list.
90% of my kindle is filled with books Ali recommends and I dont regret a bit.
You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.
- Camus
Read ‘Never Split the Difference’ , highly recommend !
“Fantasy is like just the best genre” YAAAAAAS😁💖💖💖💖💖
Bro how do you actually find the energy and time to read with your schedule... Every single time i have free time. I sleep
audiobooks
You're the best thank you for inspiring me! I am really impressed by the way you have time to read all these books. Just downloaded half of them to read during the Christmas break. You have a beautiful mind, stay cool
Do u downlaod or buy them?
Coming from a guy who is a doctor, runs a successful UA-cam channel, saying that you still feel like you aren’t being challenged enough is a nice reminder that 1. People can have very high standards even after reaching great heights but also 2. I guess all that stuff doesn’t mean Ali is totally satisfied, I mean who really is
Hello Ali...I wanted to suggest creating a Telegram group/Book Club for your followers...We can share different interesting books and ideas on the group too...Nice Video too...The righteous mind is a must read especially for people in America.
agree with you.
This is a really good idea and I wish Ali Saw this too
9:37 It really feels good to hear Ali say “Libya” which is my home country
Bruh it's literally Christmas now in Asia.
Merry Chritsmas!
You've got me curious about the How to Think More About Sex book. Your description seems similar to how most men talk about The Game by Neil Strauss -- on the surface it's about how to pick up women, but on a deeper level it's about confidence, masculinity, and communication styles. I'll check it out!
Hello I'm abdiqani I want to speak english fluentlY my english is not very good please help me😔😔
Six of Crows make me fall into fantasy again. the thing is, not all of it is fantasy, the worldbuilding is very realistic
The problem with this video is picking one to read next. I'm gonna get started.
you look like such a nice guy. thank you for your list, added a few to my list
Him talking about fantasy is such a mood though 😅
Yup😸
Gosh so many good book recommendations! I hope I can read half of the books you recommended here for next year. I'm literally still reading books you recommended in 2019.... anyways Merry Christmas and happy holiday Ali and everyone else!
Six of Crows is one of the best Book I read this year too❤️
Make sure to destroy the like button, Ali is so helpful and genuine!!
So true.
How to think more about sex🙃🤭i see you Ali
I envy people like you so much including the fact that you are able to stay awake, earn money and live in leisure.
He is lazy that’s why
Paying off my house early is the best thing I ever did. It helped make me a millionaire in my 40's. And sure makes it easy to sleep at night.
Please describe your journey and the different mindsets which drove your everyday life.
Ali looks hot and I’m so happy that he’s inspired by Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer! 😂
Without a doubt I'm adding most of this books to my reading list in kindle. Merry Christmas to yall!
Awww "Normal People", loved the book and then fell in love with the series as well! You should definitely watch it!
Thank you for the recommendations, I will added them to my cart!
You should also read "Becoming" by Michelle Obama, it is very emotional, eye-opening, thought-provoking and educating! Will wait your comments!
NHS is overloaded and needs you bruh whilst you sittin on yo ass reading books.
Do you use Goodreads that will help you to manage your reading if yes please give the link of of your Goodreads profile in description 🙏🙏
dude!!! I just added almost ALL of these books to my MUST READ books for 2022!! Thanks so much for your suggestions!!
Ali whether you read my comment or not but I want to say ,
You are the person who has instilled in me the positivity ,productivity and aims of life
You changed my life .2020 was best for I met a person who changed my life .I want to thank you for existing and changing my life .
Hats off 🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩 for such down to earth person!!!!!
Allah bless you ameen 🤲
You should react to Graham Stephan's video on you. Hope you two will make a podcast together.
Hey Ali, could you do movies recommendations as well?
Quarantine is definitely helping me read more, thank you for these suggestions, looking forward to adding some of these to my list!
How do you choose the books you read? I'm always challenged by you and this channel is an inspiration to mine.
Start with what u like
Keep up that grind my man!!
Just did a book review on the Psychology of Money :) It was a great fast read.
Ali if you like YA fiction books you should try reading 'the infernal devices' by Cassandra Clare. It's one of my favourite book series!
Great content Ali!!
I sometimes feel like I'm watching your videos at 2x speed...
anyone that can discuss books reviews with me. my friends only likes fiction huhu
You threw that “What to Expect when You’re Expecting” to get people riled up 😉
Very helpful... can u make a new discord server for us to discuss productivity books and stuff
Why is there fifty shades in non fiction thumbnail Ali?
cool
The light on the Mac mini just a suggestion/ you should try put it at the back it is kind of a distraction like it with no light 🙂. Doing great though ali
"...There is not enough of a struggle." - that's a first😂
Come on bro. That line kinda seemed annoying. Is this my insecurity or is he being ingenuine.
@@NBAYUGIOH I tell myself that people who don't have enough struggles in his od her life, just aren't growing or learning anything from life which is kinda true. The only times I really learn something important is through struggles
This was an excellent video, and nice choice of background music. Keep up the good work as always!
I'm a simple person. I see Six of Crows in Ali Abdaal's video, I click.
P.S. Shadow and Bone Netflix series will be released in April 2021. It's intertwined between Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows series.
My top 3 books are Prometheus Rising (By Robert Anton Wilson), The truth shall set you free (David Icke), and Morals and Dogma (Albert Pike).
Six of Crows will be on Netflix in the next month! It is part of the grishaverse universe
I'm currently reading Why We Sleep by Mathew Walker & A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley! Very nice book reviews, Ali! Will maybe give a chance to some of your favorites!
jajakh allah brother for your great recommendations ,always proud to have a person like you who recommends what best for everyone in general...may the almighty bless you
The fake laughter reading the Elephant in the Brain 😂😂 very meta
Coming Apart: The State of white America by Charles Murray is a similar book on the differences in world views, speech patterns, general education, work life, politics and moral values between working class Americans and the upper class society.
The book that made ali cry HAS to be one in a zillion, not every other book can make my man cry.
Nope, he said in a video that he often cries when reading books
Ali ,Merry Christmas and happy new year from India 🇮🇳
The Wheel of Time is one of my go to fantasy series for rereads. I have also read Elantris(loved that and feel it’s underrated) and Mistborn era 1(also super good). Just finished the first book (Alloy of Law) in the second Mistborn era and it definitely stands on it own
I recommend also reading female authors who write about sex, like Laurie Minz
I am not a big bibliophile but this is for those who read them. Do you guys have a room filled with books and do u regret it lol
In regards to people's 'political' views and moral perspectives, I'd say it's more environment-driven than anything
As someone growing up under a communist regim I disagree XD became a libertarian somehow
I know nobody asked me but my favourite book of the year is Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. It would not be false to say this might be the best book I’ve read not just this year where I’ve read 34 books so far but also of all my life (some 250+ books) That is all and all is that.
Could you please do a video recommending some podcasts? Thank you!
Oh my God, this would be super fun ali actually sharing #most beneficial & productive book😍😍... Soo early 🤗🙂
Thanks Ali for helping me finding my next audible books :)
50 Shades? Ali, I love you but, really? I don't know if I should laugh, cry, or cringe or all at the same time. Click bait or comedy? Whatevs, thanks for all you do, I'll forever watch your vids! Keep it real!
On the first book and the author's realisation that he hadn't encountered enough conflict; Celine Sciamma, who wrote and directed Portrait of a Young Lady on fire, gave a lecture for the BFI (available on YoutUbe) about how her story actually tries to break away with this convention in writing, and trying to build substance through an avenue that's not necessarily conflictual. As someone who writes, it's something I've asked myself a lot - is conflict really the only way to make a story interesting? Sciamma's lecture meanders a bit and I think I'll have to listen to it a few times to really appreciate what she's saying, but it's an interesting counter view point! Anyway, super vid as always
I love Celine Sciamma! She has such a unique and intelligent perspective when it comes to writing. I wish she was more recognized because I think she is just as brilliant of a writer, even better, than certain writers who have won Oscars. And the fact that Portrait of a Lady on Fire didn’t even win a Caesar award but Roman Polanski did was such a disservice and the fact that Portrait of a Lady on Fire didn’t even get nominated for an Oscar is insane to me!! I think that movie is definitely a potential to being a classic and if that movie was a book I have no doubt in my mind that it would be a classic
Wore the same hoody worn in " 3 books that changed my life " . Not sure if was done on purpose . Possible Easter egg🧐🤔
Nah, he’s just minimalistic and owns only one hoodie 😂
@sebastian urban, evidently
We all know Ali read AMS redpill book 👀
Thank you SO much, Ali for sharing your absolutely magnificent wisdom and persona so transparently with us whether it be in the aspect of studies, productivity or life in general! I’m sure you get to hear this a lot but you are making such a huge difference in so many people’s lives by inspiring them to change for the better even if it be by a minuscule amount everyday!
In your last video, you mentioned how one of the reasons why you started this channel was a selfish one - to make it become your secondary source of income but I’d like to negate that point with a heartfelt NO for the sole reason that you’ve always been, from Day 1, out there to help others in the process and I feel like whatever benefit you get in return for it is much less than you actually deserve for the splendid quality of content, your sheer dedication and that friendly connection with your audience full of banter and learning you have so easily developed.
Your continuous endeavour to improve yourself or being curious about newer things is such an inspiring sight almost to the point of endearing! I wish you prosper in all you that you do because you’ve been nothing but a fruitful addition to everyone’s watch-time in a world where mindless chatter and content is abundant!
Lotsa love! :))