Feel-Good Productivity

In 2018, Ali Abdaal was working as a junior doctor in the UK’s National Health Service while also running a popular YouTube channel to help people pass the entrance exams for medical school. When he found himself teetering on the brink of burnout, he began researching ways to work more sustainably, without sacrificing his productivity. His studies revealed a positive correlation between productivity and emotional well-being. This epiphany led Abdaal to develop his “feel-good productivity” framework.

Since then, Abdaal has become something of a productivity guru, teaching millions how to get energized, overcome procrastination, and avoid burnout. He has interviewed more than one hundred entrepreneurs on his podcast, Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, and his YouTube channel has nearly six million subscribers.