About Ali Abdaal.

About Ali Abdaal.

About Ali Abdaal.

Born in Pakistan in 1994, moving to Lesotho and eventually moving to the United Kingdom, Ali studied medicine at Cambridge University and graduated, becoming a Junior Doctor. He worked as one for only two years before completely ditching it for his businesses, writing & ever-growing YouTube channel.

Born in Pakistan in 1994, moving to Lesotho and eventually moving to the United Kingdom, Ali studied medicine at Cambridge University and graduated, becoming a Junior Doctor. He worked as one for only two years before completely ditching it for his businesses, writing & ever-growing YouTube channel.

Born in Pakistan in 1994, moving to Lesotho and eventually moving to the United Kingdom, Ali studied medicine at Cambridge University and graduated, becoming a Junior Doctor. He worked as one for only two years before completely ditching it for his businesses, writing & ever-growing YouTube channel.

He now makes videos on productivity and doing what matters to one's person.

He now makes videos on productivity and doing what matters to one's person.

He now makes videos on productivity and doing what matters to one's person.

WHAT STOOD OUT
TO ME

WHAT STOOD OUT
TO ME

WHAT STOOD OUT
TO ME

Ali quit his medicine job after careful thinking and consideration. You can read all about it on his website. The basic wrap up is that he wished for a better, less boring and monotonous life. Leaving medicine in pursuit of starting his own business, YouTube Channel, podcast, writing, etc. gave him the freedom to do what he wanted, when he wanted, and the freedom to travel & work however he wanted to.

He found being a creator to be more exciting than being a doctor (he also specified that that's how he feels about it - not that it's true for anyone else).

Of course, he had some contradicting feelings. Some to do with his identity crisis. But, in the end, he made the final decision to leave and follow through with his plans, even with all his doubts and those of his family members. He then kept growing in online relevance and eventually got to 2.5M subscribers on YouTube in 2021, bringing him $4M in revenue that year alone.

Now, it wasn't the money, or the huge growth Ali went through that stuck out to me. Rather, the fact that he had the courage to do what he wanted and give it 100% of himself, regardless of the risk. I've suffered from the curse of overthinking before. "What do I have to say?", "No one will like this.", "What do I know, anyway? This is all new to me."
But through watching Ali and his growth as a person and as an entrepreneur, I've learned to trust myself more over the years (not to mention how to study better).

I've grown a lot more comfortable with what I like, regardless of what external forces (family, friends, society, etc.) have to say and have embraced everything I like doing for myself e.g. writing, storytelling, etc., and have found those who appreciate the authentic me and that choices I have made.

A lot of my courage stems from watching Ali do what he does. I look forward to seeing what else he has planned for himself.

Ali quit his medicine job after careful thinking and consideration. You can read all about it on his website. The basic wrap up is that he wished for a better, less boring and monotonous life. Leaving medicine in pursuit of starting his own business, YouTube Channel, podcast, writing, etc. gave him the freedom to do what he wanted, when he wanted, and the freedom to travel & work however he wanted to.

He found being a creator to be more exciting than being a doctor (he also specified that that's how he feels about it - not that it's true for anyone else).

Of course, he had some contradicting feelings. Some to do with his identity crisis. But, in the end, he made the final decision to leave and follow through with his plans, even with all his doubts and those of his family members. He then kept growing in online relevance and eventually got to 2.5M subscribers on YouTube in 2021, bringing him $4M in revenue that year alone.

Now, it wasn't the money, or the huge growth Ali went through that stuck out to me. Rather, the fact that he had the courage to do what he wanted and give it 100% of himself, regardless of the risk. I've suffered from the curse of overthinking before. "What do I have to say?", "No one will like this.", "What do I know, anyway? This is all new to me."
But through watching Ali and his growth as a person and as an entrepreneur, I've learned to trust myself more over the years (not to mention how to study better).

I've grown a lot more comfortable with what I like, regardless of what external forces (family, friends, society, etc.) have to say and have embraced everything I like doing for myself e.g. writing, storytelling, etc., and have found those who appreciate the authentic me and that choices I have made.

A lot of my courage stems from watching Ali do what he does. I look forward to seeing what else he has planned for himself.

Ali quit his medicine job after careful thinking and consideration. You can read all about it on his website. The basic wrap up is that he wished for a better, less boring and monotonous life. Leaving medicine in pursuit of starting his own business, YouTube Channel, podcast, writing, etc. gave him the freedom to do what he wanted, when he wanted, and the freedom to travel & work however he wanted to.

He found being a creator to be more exciting than being a doctor (he also specified that that's how he feels about it - not that it's true for anyone else).

Of course, he had some contradicting feelings. Some to do with his identity crisis. But, in the end, he made the final decision to leave and follow through with his plans, even with all his doubts and those of his family members. He then kept growing in online relevance and eventually got to 2.5M subscribers on YouTube in 2021, bringing him $4M in revenue that year alone.

Now, it wasn't the money, or the huge growth Ali went through that stuck out to me. Rather, the fact that he had the courage to do what he wanted and give it 100% of himself, regardless of the risk. I've suffered from the curse of overthinking before. "What do I have to say?", "No one will like this.", "What do I know, anyway? This is all new to me."
But through watching Ali and his growth as a person and as an entrepreneur, I've learned to trust myself more over the years (not to mention how to study better).

I've grown a lot more comfortable with what I like, regardless of what external forces (family, friends, society, etc.) have to say and have embraced everything I like doing for myself e.g. writing, storytelling, etc., and have found those who appreciate the authentic me and that choices I have made.

A lot of my courage stems from watching Ali do what he does. I look forward to seeing what else he has planned for himself.