Monthly Favourites #9 - Ali Abdaal

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Hey friends, in this episode of Monthly Favourites we're talking about (1) Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, (2) the Invest Like The Best podcast ft. Tim Urban and Eugene Wei, (3) Tiago Forte's blog Praxis, and (4) the board game The Resistance: Avalon. Enjoy xx

TIMESTAMPS
00:20 - Bad Blood (John Carreyrou)
02:16 - Invest like the Best Podcast
04:51 - Praxis (Tiago Forte’s blog)
06:46 - The Resistance: Avalon

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[nawafumer]

Is it even an Ali Abdaal video if there are no mentions of 'Active recall' and 'Spaced repetition' ?

[natalihalfdan]

Been following you for almost a year now, absolutely love your work, especially the podcasts. You and your brother Taimur have a way of speaking that's incredibly to the point and efficient, and I'm completely hooked! Sending my best from Hong Kong!

[dhiyadenny]

I have been watching your videos for many months now. One of the reasons why I keep up with productivity is due to your videos! I found your channel with the iPad 2018 review and you convinced me to buy myself one with my hard earned tutoring money! Thank you for making great content, I am obsessed with your studying videos. They also helped me improve the way I look towards studying. I am more than excited to continue to see what greater things you are up to in the future. Wishing you all the best and really want to start on readings that you recommend!

[Maineuser]

Hi, Ali.

Now, I’m learning about books and games. Can’t believe it...

It started, finding you teaching on handwritten notes. How fantastic. I had to subscribe.

Then, something about a class where you teach, mentioned in your “My Elderly Medicine Placement” had me finding out you had both a blog and a podcast, too.

Was captured by your two minute blog posts, and enamored about Podcasts. Now, I subscribe to three. (And I’ll be looking into the classes taught, too!)

Now, I find there’re Monthly Favourites”, too, where I’ll have to go back to the beginning to see them all.

How terrific are you! You’ve enriched my life in a way that’s hard to describe. How wonderful and caring you are to make the time to spend, helping to educate others.

Had to say Thank you!
Linda

[manaseetelaang]

is Ali a legend? Yes.
do we watch every single second of content he makes? Absolutely.
Do we love him 3000? Duh.

[pratyayshetye]

Thanks you for such wonderful videos! I have been actively watching your videos since a month and the time stamps really are an amazing idea! Love the monthly favourites series!!

[gamalsaleh]

I just wanna say that you’re a great role model for the younger generation aspiring for success. So much value in this channel; keep it up!

[maryfulworld]

I truly love your channel specially the way every video is organized (you exactly know what you’re doing) and have timestamps. I don’t feel guilty spending time watching your videos at all.

[renelesch]

just wanted to thank you i am a german stuedent and i am now in my first out of three years to get my „abi“ and your learning videos really help my and cause of you i finally made the leap into learning with an ipad...

[tintintuntun]

It's such a joy hearing you enthusiasticlly summerising your month.

[Ivan-sywh]

Rlly enjoying your monthly favourites... something in you really resonates with me :)

[jerinetan]

Another great monthly favourites, definitely going to dive right into it once finals are over!!

[aerinkimbrell]

Since you loved Avalon so much, Ali, I highly recommend trying out the board game Hanabi! Hanabi is a creative board game where instead of being competitive, it is a cooperative game where everyone playing either wins together or loses together. Like Avalon, Hanabi focuses more on the people than the board, but what makes Hanabi unique is that in this game you must think of different ways to communicate as much information as possible to your partner when you are only allowed to give limited information.

I personally like (and recommend) playing where you must get a perfect score to win to make the game more intense. Once again, as a bit of a board game geek, I highly recommend that you try out Hanabi! As a plus, it is super portable and a few dollars cheaper than Avalon on Amazon!

[kafka]

i found interesting how you always seem to discover new thing that are useful for daily life but also that are really interesting for the rest of us. thank you.

[evelynnpikachu]

I very much enjoy this monthly favorites series of yours!

[cecean]

I always look forward to your favourites!! I have recently got back into reading and podcasts and being more productive with my time largely thanks to you :)) Serena

[maishahussain]

Ironically I discovered your studying videos while procrastinating during revision for my exams! Love how you explain things and how clear your videos are!

[stormprince]

I've been using your google sheets method for over a month and after two weeks just due to scoping my subject and focusing my attention on the weaker parts I've got two 100% test back in maths and an A* in a past test, I've got my UCAS in 2-3 weeks and seeing how I'm progressing is so helpful. Thank you so much.

[eric]

Love these videos, your podcasts, and just recently subscribed to your email newsletter and can’t wait for those.

[michellechang]

Love your monthly favourite videos! Thanks!