The Third Door for a Polymathic Doctor with Ali Abdaal [Interview]

Summary

Today we are talking with Ali Abdaal the self-proclaimed productivity guru, former junior doctor, podcaster, and Youtuber! "How do we define ourselves, other than by the things that we do?" It was a lot of fun having him on, and we go into some really cool thought processes. Such as productivity, when to relax rather than work, and finding the third door! Links: https://aliabdaal.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/Sepharoth64 https://twitter.com/aliabdaal https://www.instagram.com/AliAbdaal/ https://www.facebook.com/aliabdaal https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ https://www.twitch.tv/aliabdaal https://www.notoverthinking.com/ https://twitter.com/noverthinking TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 3:00 Communication and How to Design Your Life 5:00 Learning to Delegate 10:00 How many books does Ali read? 14:00 Elephant in the brain 19:00 The Third Door 25:00 Running a Company, SixMed 30:00 Starting a podcast with his brother 35:00 Meeting people online 40:00 Music Creators 45:00 The intersections of the polymathic approach 46:01 What is a Polymath to you? 50:00 Forcing yourself to do something you don't want to do 55:00 Having dinner with Derek Sivers and Cold Outreach 01:00:00 Ghost CMS and Outro