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What To Do With Your Life

Ali Abdaal, 20 min, 175.4K views, Aug 15, 2026

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Try the free Niche Lab, built with Perplexity Computer: https://pplx.ai/ali-abdaal-youtube #PerplexityPartner 🧠 Superfocus: Our Ultimate Productivity System for People with More Ambition than Time → https://superfocus.me/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=ali_yt&utm_term=video-desc&utm_content=fEMHMd7fovM šŸš€ Lifestyle Business Academy: Our MBA alternative to build a 6-figure online business → https://lifestylebusiness.com/academy?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=ali_yt&utm_term=video-desc&utm_content=fEMHMd7fovM MY OTHER PRODUCTS šŸ¦„ My Productivity Course: LifeOS → https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifeos/ytd šŸ¤‘ Grow / Monetise your YouTube Channel → https://go.aliabdaal.com/PTYA/yt šŸ‘» Voicepal: AI Writing App (iOS/Android) - Download for Free → https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal/ytd MY BOOK šŸ“• My New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity (2,000+ 5-star reviews) → https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/amazon/yt CONNECT WITH ME šŸ’Œ Join LifeNotes, my weekly email where I share what I’m reading & learning: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/yt šŸ“ø Instagram: https://instagram.com/aliabdaal šŸ“± TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal šŸ‘Øā€šŸ’» Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 🐄 X/Twitter: https://x.com/aliabdaal šŸŒ My website / blog: https://www.aliabdaal.com/ --- Hey friends, figuring out what to do with your life is one of those questions that feels overwhelming because it's so vague - so in this video, I'm sharing my three-part method to actually get some clarity on it. We'll break your life down into different areas, map out what you want and don't want in each, and then zoom out to explore your bigger dreams and vision through some of my favourite journalling exercises. Hope you enjoy xx āŒšļø TIMESTAMPS 0:00 What to do with your life 0:12 Step 1: Define your life areas 1:41 What you want vs what you don't want 3:08 Applying it to work 7:03 Why do you want it 8:51 The vision board 10:31 Step 2: Define your dreams 14:17 Step 3: Define your life vision 14:39 The Odyssey Plan 16:14 The TED talk prompt 17:13 The Service prompt 18:22 Write your own eulogy 19:26 Final thoughts PS: I donate 10% of my income to charity every year. Would you like to join me? Learn more about the 10% Pledge: https://aliabdaal.com/giving-what-we-can/

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