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The Third Door for a Polymathic Doctor with Ali Abdaal [The Polymath PolyCast]
- S3E20
- 1:03:18
- November 15th 2020
Today we are talking with Ali Abdaal the self-proclaimed productivity guru, former junior doctor, podcaster, and Youtuber!
"How do we define ourselves, other than by the things that we do?"
It was a lot of fun having him on, and we go into some really cool thought processes. Such as productivity, when to relax rather than work, and finding the third door!
Links:
https://aliabdaal.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/Sepharoth64
https://twitter.com/aliabdaal
https://www.instagram.com/AliAbdaal/
https://www.facebook.com/aliabdaal
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/
https://www.twitch.tv/aliabdaal
https://www.notoverthinking.com/
https://twitter.com/noverthinking
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
3:00 Communication and How to Design Your Life
5:00 Learning to Delegate
10:00 How many books does Ali read?
14:00 Elephant in the brain
19:00 The Third Door
25:00 Running a Company, SixMed
30:00 Starting a podcast with his brother
35:00 Meeting people online
40:00 Music Creators
45:00 The intersections of the polymathic approach
46:01 What is a Polymath to you?
50:00 Forcing yourself to do something you don't want to do
55:00 Having dinner with Derek Sivers and Cold Outreach
01:00:00 Ghost CMS and Outro
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