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How To Get Rich

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Getting rich, in this account, comes down less to tactics and more to psychology and time allocation: the fastest path to wealth tends to run through...

Wealth ObsessionTime AllocationContent Diet

Why Everyone Should Start a YouTube Channel

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Starting a YouTube channel—even when nobody watches—can be a powerful engine for internal growth, not just a path to views or income. The most...

Ego and JudgmentLearning to LearnBeginner Video Prompts

How to Change Your Life

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Changing your life, in this framework, comes down to making better decisions on purpose—then turning those decisions into concrete actions. The...

Think Day MethodWheel of LifeFear Setting

Success Is Hard Until You Build Systems Like This

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Success becomes far more achievable when life is run on repeatable systems rather than improvised effort. The core claim is that goals—whether...

SystemsGoal SettingTime Management

How to Actually Make Money Online in 2026 - Case Study

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Aman’s path from broke college student to quitting his job runs on one repeatable engine: internal belief plus a bias toward shipping things quickly,...

Entrepreneurship MindsetBias to ActionContent Consistency

Make 2026 the Best Year of Your Life (Evidence-Based)

Ali Abdaal · 2 min read

The GPS method—Goal, Plan, System—turns goal-setting into a fast, diagnostic workflow for actually doing the work needed to reach almost any target....

Goal SettingHabit SystemsMental Forecasting

How to Get Ahead of 99% of People (Discipline Isn't Enough)

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Climbing from the top 20% to the top 1% requires more than discipline and hard work—it demands a different operating system for action, emotion, and...

Iterative MindsetEmotional AcceptanceEnjoyment Compass

How to change your life by journaling in 2026

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Consistent journaling is presented as a practical lever for life change because it forces people to externalize the thoughts and feelings that...

JournalingHabit BuildingGoal Setting

22 ONE-MINUTE Habits That Save Me 25+ Hours a Week

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

The central time-saver is a simple system: decide the one most important task fast, lock it into the calendar, then protect focus with phone and...

Daily PrioritizationPhone FocusKeyboard Shortcuts

I Tried AI as a Life Coach for 365 Days - Here’s What I Learned

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

AI can function as a practical life coach when it’s treated less like an authority and more like a high-powered mirror—one that reflects a person’s...

AI Life CoachingPrompt EngineeringJournaling Workflows

How to Make Time for Everything (Then Actually Do It)

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Making time for everything starts with a blunt arithmetic reality: the average week already gets fully allocated before most people add “extra” goals...

Time Budgeting168 Hours SpreadsheetTime Audit

The Easiest Business to Start in 2026 for Beginners

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

A beginner-friendly path to financial freedom hinges on one practical shift: stop trying to win with huge customer volume at tiny prices, and instead...

Pricing EquationService vs ProductDone-For-You Services

How to Find Your Purpose (with Tiny Experiments)

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Feeling lost, behind, or stuck in life’s “in-between” can feel like a personal failure—but the core insight here is that uncertainty is not a bug to...

PurposeTime AnxietyLiminal Spaces

If I was a student again, I’d do this

Ali Abdaal · 2 min read

University is worth it—but only if students treat the degree as the main quest and deliberately “level up” through side quests that build high-income...

University StrategyHigh-Income SkillsVideo Game Analogy

How to Get Rich on Easy Mode

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Getting rich “on easy mode” comes down to one rule: help other people make money—and tie your work to measurable revenue. The core claim is that...

Capitalism and WealthRevenue RetentionB2B vs B2C

What to do if you hate your job

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Hating a job doesn’t have to end in either “grin and bear it” or quitting to start a business. The core finding is that job satisfaction is driven by...

Job SatisfactionIntrinsic MotivationEnergy Calendar

Getting Rich is a Game. Here’s How to Win.

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Getting rich is framed as a “game” with clear rules: only governments or central banks can create new money, and everyone else can only earn money...

Market ValueValue CreationSales and Leverage

The Consumption Trap - How to Finally Lock In

Ali Abdaal · 2 min read

A “consumption-to-creation ratio” may be the simplest lever for people chasing freedom—and it’s often backward. The common pattern, based on the...

Consumption vs CreationFreedom GoalsEducational Treadmill

If you’re ambitious but lazy, watch this

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Ambition without follow-through usually isn’t a motivation problem—it’s a goal clarity and execution problem. The framework presented splits people...

Productivity MatrixGoal ClarityMotivation

You’re Not Behind (Yet): How to Learn AI in 19 Minutes

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

AI fluency is less about “getting AI to do everything” and more about building a disciplined workflow—starting with habits and tools, then using AI...

AI FluencyPrompt EngineeringAI Automation

17 Micro-Habits to Improve Your Focus

Ali Abdaal · 2 min read

Improving focus often comes down to managing the first few minutes of a task and reducing the forces that pull attention away—especially the phone. A...

Micro-HabitsFocus TrainingPhone Distraction

How to Stop Overthinking (and Finally Achieve Your Goals)

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Overthinking derails progress because it substitutes information-gathering for the one thing that actually creates momentum: taking the next step...

OverthinkingLean LearningFear and Action

I didn't want to make this video...

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Consistency doesn’t come from feeling motivated—it comes from acting while motivation and confidence are absent. The core message: thoughts and...

ConsistencyImposter SyndromeOverthinking

My ONE Piece of Advice for Someone in Their 20s

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

A single, concrete habit—listening to one audiobook every week for a year—can be a high-leverage upgrade for people in their 20s because it replaces...

AudiobooksGoal SettingLearning Systems

If I Started A Business in 2026, I'd Do This

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Financial freedom, time freedom, and creative freedom all point back to one practical lever: building a business that solves a valuable problem for a...

Business Idea GenerationNiche SelectionDiverge Converge Emerge

How to Start and Grow a YouTube Channel in 2026

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

YouTube growth comes down to a simple loop—get people to click, keep them watching, and earn their liking—but the real engine behind sustainable...

YouTube GrowthClick-Through RateAudience Retention

The mindset slowly destroying your life

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Big dreams often die not from lack of talent, but from a mindset built to demand certainty before acting. That “prison of certainty” is the belief...

MindsetOverthinkingEntrepreneurship

How I use AI as an Entrepreneur (My complete workflow)

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

AI is treated as an end-to-end “work engine” for a modern entrepreneur: capture raw inputs quickly, process them through a single writing brain, and...

AI WorkflowClaudeVoice Dictation

Brutally Honest Truth On How To Get Rich

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Getting rich isn’t a mystery of motivation—it’s mostly a time-allocation problem. People who end up making more money tend to spend more of their...

Time AllocationWealth BuildingDeliberate Practice

How to Make More Money in your Job

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Making more money in a job doesn’t require quitting for entrepreneurship; it usually comes from becoming the kind of employee who gets visibility,...

Career AdvancementManager RelationshipsOne-on-Ones

How I Would Build A Business in 2026 (If I had to start over)

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

A practical roadmap for starting a business from scratch in 2026 hinges on one central shift: most people don’t lack “ideas,” they lack understanding...

Entrepreneurship EducationLifestyle BusinessRisk and Experiments

My honest advice to someone who wants financial freedom

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Financial freedom is less a matter of luck than a learnable sequence of skills—so the path to a six-figure lifestyle business becomes a “skills...

Financial FreedomLifestyle BusinessEntrepreneurship Skills

How to Find Your Life’s Purpose

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Life’s purpose isn’t something to hunt down later—it’s something to recognize in the present through how work feels, how money is framed, and how...

Life PurposePurpose AuditAuthenticity Experiments

If I Started YouTube from Scratch in 2026, I’d do THIS

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

A sustainable YouTube growth plan in 2026 starts with a simple triad: strong content skills, a strategy built around a clear goal, and systems that...

YouTube GrowthAlignmentContent Strategy

Watch this if you feel like you’re behind in life

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Feeling “behind in life” isn’t just about having slower progress—it often comes from comparing your life to other people’s milestones and treating...

Mimetic DesireFeeling BehindThick vs Thin Desires

The Ultimate Guide to Building a Lifestyle Business

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

A lifestyle business is built for “fun, fulfillment, and freedom,” not for chasing maximum revenue at any cost—and the practical path to it starts...

Lifestyle Business FrameworkNiche TargetingPerson Problem Solution

The psychology of making money

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Financial freedom hinges less on landing a “good job” and more on understanding how money is created and captured—then choosing vehicles that let...

Money EquationSales as ServiceSelf-Learning Skills

How I'd Create Content in 2026 (If I Had To Start Over)

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Content growth in 2026, according to Ali Abdaal, comes down to treating posting like a strategic system rather than a creative gamble—then keeping it...

Competitor AnalysisContent ExperimentationAI in Content

The Ultimate Guide to Discipline

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Discipline is framed as an internal decision that defeats excuses, turns “I don’t feel like it” into action, and ultimately delivers freedom. Jocko...

DisciplineSelf-DisciplineConsistency

Honest YouTube Advice for 45 Minutes Straight (2026)

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

YouTube growth, monetization, and creative consistency hinge less on “perfect production” and more on packaging—especially the title and the first...

YouTube HooksTitle ThumbnailAudience Overlap

What 8 Years on YouTube Taught Me About Life

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Eight years of YouTube taught Ali Abdaal that long-term success in uncertain, creative work depends less on having the “right” plan and more on three...

Starting Without CertaintyIntrinsic MotivationConnection and Contribution

How to Read More Books

Ali Abdaal · 3 min read

Reading more books comes down to engineering daily friction and defaults—so books win over phones, boredom, and guilt. The most decisive move is the...

Bedtime EnvironmentDigital DefaultsAudiobooks