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How to Change Your Life

Ali Abdaal

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Hey friends, this video is about how to change your life in just four hours using something I call a Think Day. It’s inspired by Bill Gates’ “Think Week,” where he credited some of Microsoft’s biggest breakthroughs to taking time away just to think. I’ll walk you through how I run my own Think Day here in Hong Kong, the prompts I use, and why I believe the quality of our decisions really does dictate the quality of our lives. Hope you enjoy xx

⌚️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
00:16 - The Think Day Method
06:31 - Wheel of Life
10:55 - Fear-Setting Exercise
21:54 - Journalling Prompts
25:40 - Action Steps

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20 Comments

@aliabdaal Creator 1 year ago (edited) Pinned

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@Kbibwalk 1 year ago

I was 17 when I first watched Ali’s videos, dreaming about the future. Now it’s 2:28 AM, I’ve worked all Sunday for tomorrow’s meetings, and this video reminded me of that kid. If only he knew—one day he’d be running a company, leading a team, and making his mark in Tech Logistics. To anyone reading this: keep pushing, your future self will thank you.

And ofc, thanks Ali for all the years!!! :)

@KAYRMotivates 8 months ago

Most people don’t need more motivation. They need 4 hours of quiet and a notebook. A Think Day is basically a CEO meeting with your future self — zoom out, get honest, pick the next 90 days, then execute. One good decision beats 100 busy days.

@JasmineJstorming 1 year ago

27:24 44 years and I am preparing for my Criminalogy masters . Never too late

@moritzbaumbach4303 1 year ago

What I find really hard is that when you’re outside and take a break to think about your next decisions, you feel like you have a clear and logical path. But when you get back home, you find yourself back in the same routines and thinking the same thoughts as before, and you end up changing nothing.

@PinkiePi 1 year ago

I am in an EXTREMELY advantageous position. Worst case scenario has already occurred. My life can't get much worse, and has already started to improve as I've been pursuing the things I've always wanted to. It can only improve from here. The grind is on.

@AroosaMalik 1 year ago

I’m so glad you never quit YouTube. Your content is always impeccable, and your voice is so soothing to listen to. Thank you for giving us your time when you could be spending it elsewhere.

@CodeBreakerByBG 1 year ago

⏱ 4 hours to reset your life:
• Wheel of Life check
• “Can’t fail” question + fear-setting
• Journaling prompts
• Decide → act → review
Smashing like if you’re doing one this weekend! 🙌

@AryaRupadiya 1 year ago

A few months ago, I used to feel so embarrassed about my body. I wasn’t even overweight, but I just didn’t feel comfortable in my own skin. No matter what I did, I wasn’t happy with myself. But then I started reading The Silent Feminine Power by Lana Cressel and instead of scrolling my fyp I watched self-love and ‘that girl’ type videos on YouTube. This book truly changed everything for me. I started working out, cut down on sugar, started drinking 3L water daily, and instead of watching useless content on YouTube, I’ve started watching videos like you make. I focused more on myself, and now my acne is gone, my body feels like a new version of me, and most importantly my mindset has changed. Even my hobbies have shifted. I started my own small business, something I never thought I’d have the confidence to do. I used to be super shy, never stood up for myself, and let people say whatever they wanted. But now I’ve learned to speak up, to defend myself, and to be proud of who I am. I’m honestly so grateful for this growth. 💖 ✨

@vaikastash 10 months ago

Just when you were trying to meet up to the quality of videos Ali Abdaal makes indoor, man moves to shooting videos in traffic😫😫😭

@justkhaoula6775 1 year ago

What would I do if I know I couldn't fail?
_ Quit job
_ Freelance writing
_ Start my YouTube channel
_ Write my own book
_ Travel alone
The list goes on and on
( I'm going to build my own list of fears and actually do every single one of them . Life is a one shot why not take the shot)

@shmosbygaming1 1 year ago

honestly, i have to rewatch this video because my brain the whole time "is he on a bus?! ali's filming a YT video on a bus? that's SO gangsta! he really doesn't care what people might think. Imagine being on a bus and a famous YT'ers in the back talking to a camera. .....unless there's no one on the bus. what are the odds that there's no one on at the same time you film a video? wait. can you rent a bus? did he rent a bus? OMG Ali bought a bus just to film a video! that's SO gangsta! wait, fear? what about fear? oh crap, i'm lost." 😆

@haxrbyte 1 year ago (edited)

Finally starting my Youtube channel! Uploaded my first video :face-turquoise-covering-eyes: -> After watching this great video, with the prompts it made me realize I don't have an excuse not to start.

@MahmoudAliv 1 year ago

You're the one who pushed me to start my YouTube channel, and I'm so grateful for that❤

@YTPAJ12 1 year ago

After watching this, I now have 3.5 hours of time to think of something and make a decision to change my life.

@MrM0rre 1 year ago

1:16 - lovely how casually you are walking around town with your portable bidet in your backpack :D

@HikmetYolcusu 8 months ago

The most important part is where Ali talks about how 'FEAR' influences your decisions from 11:07 up to 17:55. However, I got invested in watching the man in the background doing his normal routine in a relaxed slow manner. His activities match perfectly with the background music Ali's team used, in fact it matches better than Ali's nervous rant about how fear might effect his decisions etc. Lol, such is life :)

@frugalcreativeliving 1 year ago

I'm turning 50 in a few months and I wanted to take one day to go an hour away from home by myself and think and you just gave me a great way to structure that day!! This is so helpful! Thank you!

@jacquelynburke 1 year ago

I worked for a doctors office and realized that at no point in med school does it seem to teach doctors how to run their own practice. It seems like a good niche academy branch of what you’re thinking of could be an entrepreneurship course for doctors running their own office. That could be a step in building your academy with a more focused audience, to scale up from there

@EmilyRaskett 1 year ago

As a civil engineer … I can confirm we don’t design bridges in our head lol if you want to engineer change in the world or your life you have to use scientific strategy to identify the fastest path to success and then take aligned action to turn that dream (blueprint) into reality…, and create a system of safeguards to pick up up and get back on track if the plan goes off course