Tag: Books
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My Singapore Airlines Epiphany
There’s an idea I’ve been playing around with for the past few weeks that I’d like to share with you. It might sound simple, or even trite, but it’s been…
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A Book That Changed My Approach to Problem Solving
My bedtime reading these days has been a book titled Already Free by Bruce Tift, a psychotherapist who’s also been a practising Buddhist for 40+ years. He writes about blending two different…
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I Tried AI as a Life Coach for 365 Days – Here’s What I Learned
In this video, I’m sharing how I’ve been using AI as a kind of life coach. It’s surprisingly good at asking questions that spark reflection and clarity, especially when I…
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5 Quotes I’ve been Reflecting on & Book Recommendations
Last week, I asked y’all for some book series recommendations. Big thank you to the 200 of you who replied, with 164 different series recommendations. At the bottom of this…
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3 Ways I’ve Been Escaping Reality
I’ve been pretty unwell this week with a headache, runny nose, lots of sneezing… kinda feels like the last time I had covid a few years ago… So instead of…
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My fear of going broke
A few weeks ago, I listened to Joe Hudson’s interview on Chris Williamson’s podcast Modern Wisdom – and there was a casual comment Joe made that I’ve been thinking about ever since. Joe…
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How To Get Rich
One of the most common questions I get asked is “how do I get rich?” (or some variation of that like “how do I build a lifestyle business that does…
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Why Every Creator Needs a Heavy Project
This week, I came across an absolutely brilliant Substack post titled: Make Something Heavy by Anu Atluru. I’ll do my best to sort-of summarise the post and share my personal takeaway from…
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We failed 78% of our goals
This week, my team flew into Hong Kong for our quarterly offsite 🥳 We pulled up the Notion doc from January where we’d excitedly mapped out 18 quests for Q1,…
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My March 2025 Favourites
I’ve decided to resurrect a tradition that goes back to the early days of my YouTube channel – Monthly Favourites. I used to make these videos each month, back in…
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The uncomfortable truth about learning new skills
This week I wanted to share a profound insight about learning skills that I’ve had while playing World of Warcraft (AliAbdaal#2149 on BattleNet if anyone wants to add me). For context, one of…
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The Laziness Experiment
Hey friends, In one of these emails a few weeks ago, I included an excerpt from Oliver Burkeman’s Meditations for Mortals, which referenced another book Choosing Easy World by Julia Rogers Hamrick. This…