7 Life Lessons I Know at 30 But Wish I Knew at 20

I turned 30! To celebrate, I wanted to share 7 life lessons from my last 7 years on YouTube. I hope you find it useful! Enjoy x

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WHO AM I?
If we haven’t met 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 - I turned 30!
0:30 - 2017 - Have a bias to action
5:05 - 2018 - Enjoy the journey
9:44 - 2019 - Remove passive barriers
14:40 - 2020 - Design your life intentionally
19:39 - 2021 - Enjoy the journey 2
24:35 - 2022 - Less is more
28:08 - 2023 - It's okay to leave money on the table

[rongitmukherjee]

I loved this video. Genuinely took notes after so long:
1. Just get started, think later
2. Enjoy the process, 5K subscribers or 5M, you're still the same person with same interests (I read the blog post too - the day I became a millionaire)
3. Add friction to overcome bad habits, remove friction and make obvious to create good ones
4. Progress comes when you're having fun
5. Less (3-5) projects is more progress and fun
6. Ok to leave money on the table, don't get so serious that you forget to enjoy the journey
These advices are accumulated from your real life experiences over years, which is why I know these are fundamentally important.
I'm 22, super grateful to have a channel like yours to follow. Ngl you might be my favourite youtuber. Been following you since the early days of the pandemic, you're the reason why I got obsessed with notion. You made studying cool, blew my mind. I'm proudly an "og fan", I could say I've seen your journey. Always been one of the first people to click when you upload. You are genuinely a friendly big brother figure. Will always be here no matter what man, keep growing🍀

[ArjunSinghBhadauriya]

"I thought 7 years ago would be 2013 or something, but I can't believe it's actually 2017!"

[Simplyryanne]

Happy birthday! 🎉 I turn 40 this year, it goes so fast! One thing I wish I would have known or realized at 20 is how much better life gets with time; I was so afraid to get older when I was a teenage and early 20s and it’s actually amazing being here later in life.

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[chiggz]

"the way I spent the last two years is not how I would choose to spend the rest of my life"

"if I could design my life completely from scratch, what would it look like?"

"focusing on enjoying the process leads to better results than focusing on trying to get better results"

I think you may have just changed my perspective of life!

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[SarahCrowder]

June 2017—It is amazing how much has happened in 7 short years! I'm 15 years older than Ali, but 7 years ago, I began my master's, and now I'm in a Ph.D. program and about to travel to study for 4 weeks in Germany. I love these kinds of reflective videos!!!

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[GOATiology]

One of the things I envy about you Ali, is how you have been able to build your life and business such that views aren’t the core objective anymore.
Freeing yourself from that cycle must be absolutely freeing!
I hope to get to that position one day.

[PritySarkar]

I will be turning 20 this November. "Have a bias to action" is what I'm most pleased to hear about. I always wanted to try new things but doubted whether they were worth it, so I never started. Glad to watch this video ❤ and looking forward to applying these in my life.

[jennagrier]

Crazy to see how far you've come. I started watching you 5 years ago when I was half-way through my undergrad for studying and productivity techniques, that's why I came, but why I stayed is because I loved watching you grow and the value you have given me over the last 5 years is priceless. BTW - I finished my degree and at the top of my class, thanks to your videos and Make It Stick recommendation ❤

[viixken]

These type of videos you've started making— has such a rawness in it... In a sense that it is genuine, unfiltered, calming and assuring. Love that you're continuing to work on your pace, Ali! You're doing great, as you always have.

Looking forward to your next videos.

[tankirafutho]

When I was a teenager, I downloaded your video about things you wish knew about being a teenager and only watched half, nowthat I am 20 i will download this one

[thissunchild]

Dear Ali,
Firstly, happy birthday 🌷
Secondly, I absolutely love these long, from the heart videos you're doing now. I watch/listen to every one of them from start to finish, and more of often than not, several times.