7 Mistakes to Avoid While Building Your First Business

I've made many a mistake over the years growing my business. Here are 7 that I've learned recently and am thinking about a lot at the moment. I hope you learn something useful from it. Enjoy x

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If we haven’t yet before - Hey 👋 I’m Ali, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur and I’ve somehow become the world’s most followed productivity expert. Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast Deep Dive and writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love.

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⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 Why I'm making this video
0:35 1. Not having a goal
3:54 2. Having too many goals
7:12 3. Multiple paths
10:46 4. Focus
12:18 5. Sequencing
13:59 6. Metrics
15:43 7. Thinking time

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You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. You don’t try to forget about the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.

[qwerrewq]

To all the followers of Ali.
Yes, he s given some valuable advice....
But remember that his job (role) at YouTube is to create content ALWAYS, so please don't get overwhelmed from his "videos" and don't fall at the toxic productivity, don't be just a receiver, apply what you learned and go a head at the journey of productivity.
HAVE A NICE DAY!

[Dr_Ayman_]

0:00 Why I'm making this video
3:50 1. Not having a goal
3:54 2. Having too many goals
7:12 3. Multiple paths
10:46 4. Focus
12:18 5. Sequencing
13:59 6. Metrics
15:43 7. Thinking time

[CodieSanchezCT]

Rare that people share the real. Love this friend.

[nathaliperera]

ALI, the value you are giving is crazy. keep up the good work.

[LeYuen]

I need to write summary from your videos everytime I watched it. Because it's so worth it to keep it as my motivation when I'm down. Thanks Ali

[dwrites]

There are so many insights packed into this short video. Thanks for putting this one together, Ali!

[chachiem]

My teacher in high school had us make 5 goals for the school year. No more, no less. Then, we had to prioritize them in a way we felt they needed to be prioritized. Like, listed most import to least important or most attainable or harder to achieve. And focus on the first goal on the priority list. Until it was achieved. Yes, the less prioritized goals were able to be changed as needed. By the end of the year, everyone accomplished every goal they originally made, and then some because they added more goals after the original goals achieved after making realistic goals. The teacher said it was a focus/prioritizing/goal setting assignment. Everyone aced it if they achieved their first 3 goals as those were the most important goals to be achieved.

[mariustomas]

Thank you, Ali, for helping to specify the 1 goal.
The “2 list method” helped a lot to write 5 goals and now, as I’m watching the part about goals, I connected them to 1 clear goal.
Keep on the momentum ⭐️

[JamilaMusayeva]

These are some really great advice! I love learning business advice from you, Ali!

[Mrnai_]

That’s so interesting to see how Ali has been turning from student to creator saying that metrics are evil and they just trying your enjoyment from the journey. And then he became an entrepreneur and started treating business seriously realizing the power of metrics, goals and OKRs. We need to balance different things on different stages of our lives!

[AyushiVerma-fwwp]

You are the elder brother I always needed.

[TalesOfTrillions]

I used to sail my business ship without a compass too, but now I'm setting my sights on clear goals. Thanks for the wake-up call Ali!

[bhaswatibhowmik]

That bee analogy completely changed my brain's attention span radar sensitivity. Right after that analogy I rewinded to the beginning of the video and started taking notes. All of a sudden instead of being overwhelmed by everything happening in life right now I made a GOALS list for the year and a to-do list for tomorrow 😲Love your videos!

[thepwporg]

As someone who took the leap 8 months ago, this video could not be more accurate. Great video, Ali!

[Max_Ivanov_Pro]

Your videos have truly been a game-changer for me, Ali. Keep up the amazing work!

[AprilAdventuring]

Great advice! Focusing on one goal has been majorly helpful for me too. I used to give energy to too many social channels and have found much more success focusing solely on growing YouTube first :) Letting go of the rest can be challenging, but necessary!

[smitinathan]

Love this! Sequence vs. series absolutely resonates!

[youngaggedick]

Your videos is always clear to the point helping and also referencing to my own life. I absolutely love these buisness tips that are so valueble if you need a sense of awareness towards different situations. When i was in highschool watching your videos had purpel my own progress, mostly focusing on literature, doing better in group discussions.

[_skyeline]

Hi Ali! Thanks for being an inspiration for me starting my own channel and life journey <3 Keep up the good work!