Channel: Ali Abdaal

Category: Education

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Description: So I've been agonising about this for a few months now, and I think I'm at a point where I can comfortably say that I'm leaving medicine for good. In this video we're going to have a bit of a chat about the thought process behind this decision, and I'll share my thoughts around the main fears that I had after investing 8 years of time and money into it. Maybe I'll change my mind and come back one day...who knows?! Giving What We Can: givingwhatwecan.org My friend Lucia's charity - Lead Elimination - leadelimination.org Give Well Against Malaria Foundation: givewell.org/charities/amf How many lives does a doctor save?: 80000hours.org/2012/08/how-many-lives-does-a-doctor-save Steven Bartlett on Quitting: twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC/status/1220441830350905344?s=20 Playlist where you can see my thinking process on this journey to eventually quitting medicine: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7BImOT2srcG5kHA5cD6KIxRSUIi7KJBI Timestamps - 00:00 INTRO 01:46 WHY WE WORK - MONEY 03:25 WHY WE WORK - FUN 05:46 WHY WE WORK - HELPING PEOPLE 09:58 WHY WE WORK - PURPOSE/MEANING 12:55 WHY WE WORK - SOCIAL STATUS 14:25 MY STRUGGLES - RISK AVERSION 16:42 MY STRUGGLES - FEAR 18:12 GOING PART-TIME AND WHY IT DIDN’T WORK 21:22 HELPING PEOPLE (THE LONG VERSION) 32:27 ANSWERING TWITTER MY FREE ONLINE COURSES: 🚀 Productivity Masterclass - Principles and Tools to Boost Your Productivity - go.aliabdaal.com/course/productivity 🎬 Video Editing with Final Cut Pro X - From Beginner to YouTuber - go.aliabdaal.com/course/video-editing 🎓 How to Study for Exams - An Evidence-Based Masterclass - go.aliabdaal.com/course/studying PART-TIME YOUTUBER ACADEMY: 🍿 My 6-week live online course - academy.aliabdaal.com MY FAVOURITE GEAR: 🎥 My YouTube Camera Gear - kit.co/AliAbdaal ⌨️ My Keyboard - Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) - go.aliabdaal.com/keyboard 📝 My favourite iPad Screen Protector - Paperlike - go.aliabdaal.com/paperlike 🎒 My Desk Accessories + Todo List - Ugmonk - go.aliabdaal.com/ugmonk MY FAVOURITE SOFTWARE: ✍️ The best summaries of books (Shortform) - go.aliabdaal.com/shortform 📚 How I remember what I read (Readwise) - go.aliabdaal.com/readwise 🎵 Where I get my Music (amazing for YouTubers) - go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound 👻 Where I get my Website Themes from - go.aliabdaal.com/ghost-themes 👻 My personal Ghost Website Theme - go.aliabdaal.com/ghost-theme-ali 🎙 My weekly podcast - notoverthinking.com 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: 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - aliabdaal.com/newsletter 🌍 My website / blog - aliabdaal.com 📸 Instagram - instagram.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - twitter.com/aliabdaal 🎮 Twitch - twitch.tv/aliabdaal WHO AM I: I’m Ali, a YouTuber, podcaster, soon-to-be author and ex-Doctor working in London, UK. I make videos that explore the strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. I also have a weekly podcast called Deep Dive (youtube.com/channel/UChfo46ZNOV-vtehDc25A1Ug), and I write a weekly email newsletter that contains some quick thoughts + links to interesting things (aliabdaal.com/newsletter/). 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 😜