Ali Abdaal

Get a free 30-day trial of Manychat Pro with the code ALIABDAAL at checkout 👉 https://manychat.com/creators?utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=cold&utm_campaign=AliAbdaalYT&utm_content=Youtube 🚀 Lifestyle Business Academy: Our MBA alternative to build a 6-figure online business → https://lifestylebusiness.com/academy?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=ali_yt&utm_term=video-desc&utm_content=w0q7fsLa26E 🧠 Superfocus: Our Ultimate Productivity System for People with More Ambition than Time → https://superfocus.me/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=ali_yt&utm_term=video-desc&utm_content=w0q7fsLa26E MY OTHER PRODUCTS 🦄 My Productivity Course: LifeOS → https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifeos/ytd 🤑 Grow / Monetise your YouTube Channel → https://go.aliabdaal.com/PTYA/yt 👻 Voicepal: AI Writing App (iOS/Android) - Download for Free → https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal/ytd MY BOOK 📕 My New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity (2,000+ 5-star reviews) → https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/amazon/yt CONNECT WITH ME 💌 Join LifeNotes, my weekly email where I share what I'm reading & learning: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/yt 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal 👨‍💻 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 🐥 X/Twitter: https://x.com/aliabdaal 🌍 My website / blog: https://www.aliabdaal.com/ --- Hey friends, landing your first client is by far the hardest part of starting a business, so while we were in Thailand for our team offsite I sat down with five of our Lifestyle Business Academy coaches and asked them all the same question: how did you actually get your first paying client, and then clients two through five? You'll hear from Carol, Nathan, Katherine, Andrea and Owen, and I've thrown in the story of how I got my own first clients for the various businesses I've run since I was 13. The pattern that comes out of it is pretty clear, and it has very little to do with selling to strangers. Hope you enjoy xx 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO - Our Lifestyle Business Academy YouTube channel, where we put out free content on this stuff: @LifestyleBusinessAcademy ⌚️ TIMESTAMPS ⌚️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:13 Carol's first client 3:40 Nathan's first client 7:51 Katherine's first client 11:06 Andrea's first client 13:05 My own first clients 16:28 Owen's first client 19:44 The pattern across all six stories 20:48 The magic question PS: I donate 10% of my income to charity every year. Would you like to join me? Learn more about the 10% Pledge: https://aliabdaal.com/giving-what-we-can/

Get 1 month of Wispr Flow Pro completely free here 👉 http://ref.wisprflow.ai/ali_youtube 🧠 Superfocus: Our Ultimate Productivity System for People with More Ambition than Time → https://superfocus.me/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=ali_yt&utm_term=video-desc&utm_content=K8AMhj-ImMI 🚀 Lifestyle Business Academy: Our MBA alternative to build a 6-figure online business → https://lifestylebusiness.com/academy?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=ali_yt&utm_term=video-desc&utm_content=K8AMhj-ImMI MY OTHER PRODUCTS 🦄 My Productivity Course: LifeOS → https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifeos/ytd 🤑 Grow / Monetise your YouTube Channel → https://go.aliabdaal.com/PTYA/yt 👻 Voicepal: AI Writing App (iOS/Android) - Download for Free → https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal/ytd MY BOOK 📕 My New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity (2,000+ 5-star reviews) → https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/amazon/yt CONNECT WITH ME 💌 Join LifeNotes, my weekly email where I share what I'm reading & learning: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/yt 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal 👨‍💻 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 🐥 X/Twitter: https://x.com/aliabdaal 🌍 My website / blog: https://www.aliabdaal.com/ --- Hey friends, this video is about why we know exactly what to do and then still don't do it. I invited Nir Eyal over to Hong Kong to talk it through, because his new book Beyond Belief makes the case that what's really stopping us sits underneath our discipline and our motivation, in the beliefs we carry around without ever examining them. We get into the motivation triangle, the rats that swam for 60 hours, the actual formula for burnout, and the four questions Nir uses to swap out a belief that's causing him to suffer. He also does a live turnaround on one of my own limiting beliefs about making YouTube videos. Hope you enjoy xx 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO - Nir Eyal: @nirandfar - Nir's website: https://www.nirandfar.com/ - 📗 Beyond Belief by Nir Eyal: https://geni.us/beyondbelief-ali - 📘 Indistractable by Nir Eyal: https://geni.us/mRRd3RR - 📕 Loving What Is by Byron Katie: https://geni.us/lovingwhatis-ali ⌚️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:57 Why do we know what to do, but then just not do it? 05:17 The motivation triangle 08:54 How our beliefs change our behaviour 11:39 The placebo steroid study 12:45 The rats that swam for 60 hours 16:00 The real formula for burnout 19:07 Facts vs Faith Spectrum 21:05 When should you quit 25:05 The turnaround method 27:50 The four questions 30:02 Finding four other beliefs 32:13 Liberating beliefs vs limiting beliefs 34:36 The reality objection 37:00 Pain is not suffering 38:45 See the suffering differently 40:43 Why manifesting backfires 42:51 Old beliefs can expire 46:33 Label becomes limit 51:02 You're already gaslighting yourself 52:24 Suffer less, persist longer PS: I donate 10% of my income to charity every year. Would you like to join me? Learn more about the 10% Pledge: https://aliabdaal.com/giving-what-we-can/

Try Stanley and turn one video into posts for every platform. Get started here 👉 https://x.getstanley.ai/r/aliabdaal #StanleyPartner 🤖 Free Custom GPT to help you find your first digital product idea: https://lifestylebusiness.com/the-product-coach-gpt/ 🚀 Lifestyle Business Academy: Our MBA alternative to build a 6-figure online business → https://lifestylebusiness.com/academy?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=ali_yt&utm_term=video-desc&utm_content=CzDTaLqozlQ 🧠 Superfocus: Our Ultimate Productivity System for People with More Ambition than Time → https://superfocus.me/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=ali_yt&utm_term=video-desc&utm_content=CzDTaLqozlQ MY OTHER PRODUCTS 🦄 My Productivity Course: LifeOS → https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifeos/ytd 🤑 Grow / Monetise your YouTube Channel → https://go.aliabdaal.com/PTYA/yt 👻 Voicepal: AI Writing App (iOS/Android) - Download for Free → https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal/ytd MY BOOK 📕 My New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity (2,000+ 5-star reviews) → https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/amazon/yt CONNECT WITH ME 💌 Join LifeNotes, my weekly email where I share what I’m reading & learning: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/yt 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal 👨‍💻 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 🐥 X/Twitter: https://x.com/aliabdaal 🌍 My website / blog: https://www.aliabdaal.com/ --- Hey friends, here's the 1K Ladder - a four-step method to make your first $1, $10, $100, and $1,000 online, even if you've never made a penny on the internet before. We ran this with a group of real people a few months ago and I'm sharing exactly what they sold, how they found buyers, and where most people get stuck. If you've been "thinking about" making money online for a while, this is your sign to actually do it. Enjoy xx 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO - Join the Lifestyle Business newsletter, where I share one idea on turning what you already know into income on the side. It's also where I'll let you know if we run the 1K Challenge again: https://go.lifestylebusiness.com/lbanewsletterytd - Stan Store (referral link): https://www.stan.store/?ref=aliabdaal - Gumroad: https://gumroad.com - Stripe: https://stripe.com - PayPal: https://www.paypal.com ⌚️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 The $1K Ladder 1:29 Mission 1: Make Your First $1 2:30 Setting Up Your Payment Platform 4:25 Getting Your First $1 Payment 8:03 Mission 2: Make Your First $10 9:28 Digital Product Ideas and Real Examples 13:27 Mission 3: Make Your First $100 16:17 Getting Over the Fear of Selling 16:57 Mission 4: Make Your First $1,000 21:10 Going Beyond $1,000 PS: I donate 10% of my income to charity every year. Would you like to join me? Learn more about the 10% Pledge: https://aliabdaal.com/giving-what-we-can/

For a free month of Wispr Flow Pro: ref.wisprflow.ai/ali_shorts I run an online business school, and a big chunk of my week is replying to students on Slack. That used to be an hour of context switching and typing, but now, I just talk into my computer. One of our students was struggling to drive sales from her Instagram content, so instead of typing I hit the Wispr Flow shortcut and replied her within a few seconds, instead of a few minutes. It’s voice to text for pretty much any app. It strips out the ums and errs, handles capitalisation, and it even matches tone, so if you type in all lowercase in WhatsApp, that's how your dictated message comes out. No accidental business emails in the group chat. I barely type anything on my computer anymore. Paid partnership with Wispr Flow

Click this link for a free 30-day Manychat Pro trial: get.manychat.com/course-creators?utm_source=influencer&utm_medium=cold&utm_campaign=AliAbdaalEmpireYTS&utm_content=YTS or use the coupon code: ALIABDAAL Over the last few years I've made over $10 million selling stuff online. You'd probably think most of that came from my YouTube channel but it didn't. Around 85% of the revenue came from my email list. When you build an audience on YouTube, Instagram or TikTok, you don't own the relationship. You're borrowing that audience whenever the algorithm feels like showing them your content. Whereas, an email list is yours. The problem is growing one is weirdly hard. You post a reel, mention a free guide, and hope people go to your bio, tap the link, land on your website, type their email, confirm the opt-in... that's a lot of steps to lose people at 😅 This is where Manychat comes in. Because they're an official Meta business partner, you can set up automations that ask for the email and send the download instantly. Comments, DMs, story replies, all of it. That's how you turn strangers into leads and leads into sales without doing it manually. (Paid partnership with Manychat)