Arrogance, Expectations & Inspiration – Personal Q&A with my Brother | Ali & Taimur Abdaal

🎙Our weekly podcast –

🏙 Taimur’s Instagram:
📸 Ali’s Instagram –

🐧 Taimur’s Twitter:
🐦 Ali’s Twitter –

TIMESTAMPS
0:01:08 – Introducing Taimur
0:02:53 – Similarities and differences
0:04:11 – Fights and disagreements
0:04:50 – What inspires you about each other?
0:05:56 – Academic pressure growing up?
0:06:53 – Taimur’s weird instagram captions
0:08:14 – How the podcast + YouTube channel has changed our lives
0:09:20 – Taimur’s weird username
0:10:22 – Best and worst things about Oxford + Cambridge
0:11:29 – What are you proud of about each other?
0:13:39 – Does Ali brag about his accomplishments?
0:15:53 – Comparison
0:16:37 – The most annoying thing about having a doctor brother (Rant)
0:19:28 – Podcast preparation + scripting
0:20:02 – Hobbies, favourite movies and series
0:22:33 – Blog posts
0:23:26 – Our shared projects

👩🏼‍💻 Taimur’s startup:
✍️ Taimur’s blog:

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MY FREE ONLINE COURSES:
🚀 Productivity Masterclass – Principles and Tools to Boost Your Productivity –
🎬 Video Editing with Final Cut Pro X – From Beginner to YouTuber –
🎓 How to Study for Exams – An Evidence-Based Masterclass –
😃 How to be Happier – Stoicism Masterclass –

TOOLS OF THE TRADE:
🎥 My YouTube Camera Gear –
⌨️ My Keyboard – Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) –
📝 My favourite iPad Screen Protector – Paperlike –
📚 How I remember what I read – Readwise –
🎵 Where I get my Music (amazing for YouTubers) –
🌐 My website platform (Ghost) –

OTHER RECOMMENDED COURSES
📔 Effortless Output with Roam Research –
📓 Building a Second Brain –

🎙My weekly podcast –
My brother and I host a weekly podcast where we discuss happiness, creativity and the human condition. You can find it by searching “Not Overthinking” on any podcast app (eg: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts etc).

BE MY FRIEND:
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WHO AM I:
I’m Ali, a junior doctor working in Cambridge, UK. I make videos about medicine, technology, productivity and lifestyle design. I also have a weekly podcast with my brother ( and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (

🌍 My website / blog –

GET IN TOUCH:
If you’d like to talk, I’d love to hear from you. Tweeting @AliAbdaal directly will be the quickest way to get a response, but if your question is very long, feel free to email me at hi@aliabdaal.com. I try my best to reply to things but there sadly aren’t enough hours in the day to respond to everyone 😭

PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜

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