Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal

Jodie Cook has built an incredible empire - she's an award-winning entrepreneur and author, as well as being a champion powerlifter. In this episode of Deep Dive, we chat about some of the tools and systems you can use to unlock your true potential. Whether it's starting your own business, freeing up your mind for more creativity, or just getting the most out of everyday, Jodie's insights and actionable tips are going to help reach towards your biggest dreams and ambitions. This episode gave me so much to think about and reflect on, and I hope you enjoy too!

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Season 7 Episode 5

(06:20) Jodie's backstory
(09:25) The education conveyor-belt
(11:57) Can anyone be an entrepreneur?
(17:23) Making the most of set-backs
(21:59) Starting a social media marketing agency
(26:24) Jodie's software company
(29:47) What is a lifestyle business?
(35:48) If you won the lottery, would your life change?
(43:18) The personal success system
(54:03) Keeping in touch with people
(59:06) The Ten-Year Career
(1:05:14) Is more always better?
(1:12:00) Motivation
(1:16:32) Effortless creativity
(1:20:50) Managing your schedule
(1:28:05) Obsession vs. hobby
(1:30:58) Having productive relationships
(1:37:01) What makes a top team member
(1:46:03) Relationship rituals

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📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED
Ten Year Career by Jodie Cook - https://geni.us/JTLdk
Principles by Ray Dalio - https://geni.us/uEwxV

📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT

Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/

🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor

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Some people believe that the only way to be successful in like is through grit and determination, but others would say enjoying the journey is the most fulfilling route. In this snippet Ali and Codie weigh up these two opposing point of views.

Listen to the full episode here.

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Chris Hutchins is creator and self-proclaimed 'life hacker' as host of the award-winning podcast All the Hacks which teaches listeners how to upgrade their life, money and travel - all while spending less and saving more. He's saved millions by breaking down every aspect of life, looking to maximize happiness at the lowest cost. In the conversation we start  by discussing Chris' career journey up until now, followed by a breakdown of some of his favourite hacks for life, money and travel. Enjoy :)

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📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!
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(00:00) Intro
(06:04) How did you get here?
(11:10) How does investment banking work?
(13:45) What did management consulting teach you?
(13:37) Building your first company in a weekend
(17:13) Laid off camp
(20:49) Why you should take a year off
(27:20) What did you learn on your trip and how did it change your life? 32:20 What is south by southwest?
(35:36) How important is community?
(41:44) Get your head down or go to conferences?
(48:39) The Luck Factor
(50:22) Working at a startup
(56:41) The most successful investors
(58:08) How are you so good at staying in touch with people?
(1:09:30) How do you think about money?
(1:14:40) Hotel hacks
(1:19:06) What’s the deal with having an au pair?
(1:21:53) Recommendation pages
(1:24:50) Money is the no.1 cause of stress and divorce - financial planning
(1:35:17) When did you start All The Hacks Podcast? 1:42:52 What does running a podcast full-time look like?
(1:46:31) Principles for life optimisation
(1:55:33) Hacks for productivity 1:59:02 Parting hacks

🔗 CONNECT WITH JULIE

🎙 All The Hacks Podcast
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🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI

📲 Join My Telegram Community - https://t.me/+bH5gLHty5kBiOGZk

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor

If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏

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Steven Bartlett is a multi-millionaire, in this Snippet he reveals his holy grail habits for success in work and life.

Listen to the full episode here

🔗 CONNECT WITH STEVEN

📕 33 Laws Of Business and Life 

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Have you ever struggled with stress and anxiety? Maybe you’ve been feeling overwhelmed at work or school, or things have been difficult at home and you’re having a hard time. You might find yourself overthinking for hours, or panicking, or struggling to sleep, which only makes you feel worse. Or, maybe a friend or a loved one is struggling with their mental health and you’re not sure how to help. In this episode of, I speak to Dr Julie Smith, a psychologist with 4.6 million followers on TikTok who shares brilliant mental health advice. Her book ‘Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?’ is a Sunday Times Bestseller and is full of simple, actionable insights to help you take control of your wellbeing. While Dr Julie's expertise cover a whole range of topics, in this conversation we focus on how to manage stress and anxiety, overthinking, and burnout. Enjoy :) 

Sponsored by Huel - go to https://www.huel.com/deepdive and with your first order you’ll get a free t-shirt and shaker.

Sponsored by Kajabi - go to https://www.kajabi.com/ali to get FREE access to the keynote.

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📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!
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🔗 CONNECT WITH JULIE

📕 Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?
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🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI

📲 Join My Telegram Community - https://t.me/+bH5gLHty5kBiOGZk

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor

If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏

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Do you panic under pressure? Maybe it’s a job interview, or an important exam, or a presentation at work. Expectation and nerves can get to us, and we don’t know how to cope. But - there are ways that we can build our resilience and work towards the goals that really matter to us. Today on Deep Dive I’m joined by Dan Carter - one of the greatest rugby players of all time. He’s super famous in his home country of New Zealand, where he played for the All Blacks for over fifteen years and lead them to historic victories. He is the highest ever points scorer in test match rugby history and many people think he is the best ever fly half the game has ever known, having been named International Player of the Year three times. But he’s also encountered significant setbacks in his career, and since his retirement from the professional game, he’s gone on to become a leader, advisor and writer, helping people achieve their potential. His new book, The Art of Winning, is all about how to become the best in your game - whatever that may be. In this conversation we’re going to be talking about how to find your purpose, overcome setbacks and perform well under pressure. I hope this episode gives you some tools you can use to reach your potential. Enjoy!

Sponsored by Huel - go to https://www.huel.com/deepdive and with your first order you’ll get a free t-shirt and shaker.

Sponsored by Kajabi - go to https://www.kajabi.com/ali to get FREE access to the keynote.

Sponsored by Trading 212 - go to https://trading212.com/promocodes/ALI and use the promo code "ALI" after signing up and depositing to receive a random free share worth up to £100. (This is not financial advice. Investments can fall and rise. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Other fees may apply*. Capital is at risk).

📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!
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Check out Dan's new book, The Art of Winning, here 👉 https://geni.us/tJwJ  

Season 7 Episode 2

(00:00) Dan Carter
(06:44) Repurposing over retirement
(12:46) Finding purpose and goals
(19:25) Why people struggle with goals
(20:40) Goals vs vision
(23:58) How important is enjoying the journey?
(32:37) Poetry and plumbing
(36:25) Dan's routine
(39:01) Dan's gratefulness practice
(44:22) Why purpose can be selfish
(46:03) Striving for high performance and having balance
(50:35) It’s a privilege to have pressure
(1:01:49) Working with psychologists
(1:07:41) Narratives around masculinity
(1:11:17) Team first mentality
(1:15:24) Humility
(1:17:52) Dealing with setbacks and building resilience
(1:26:16) Questions to help you work out your purpose
(1:31:49) Final thoughts

🔗 CONNECT WITH DAN 
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💻Website

🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI
📲 Join My Telegram Community - https://t.me/+bH5gLHty5kBiOGZk
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📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED
The Art of Winning by Dan Carter - https://geni.us/tJwJ

📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT

Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/

🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor

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RSS - https://feeds.transistor.fm/deep-dive

🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW 

If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...

👋🏼 GET IN TOUCH 

You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, ideas or thoughts about the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏

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

For a lot of people, the creator economy can seem like a bit of a mystery. You might be wondering how to start creating online, or how to scale a side hobby into a monetisable business. And with trends and platforms and algorithms changing all the time, it can be really hard to keep up, let alone know what your next steps could be to make the most of your potential. Today I’m joined by Colin and Samir, the podcasting duo and Youtube experts who have spent over ten years helping creators navigate the creator economy. They got their start building a small online network for college lacrosse, before their business was built and they then pivoted into helping creators make the most of the online space. Their main channel has over 1 million subscribers, and they have interviewed some of the world’s biggest YouTubers like MKBHD and MrBeast. They also have a side channel called Creator Support, where they answer questions from audience members to help them scale their creator businesses. In this episode we’re going to talk about everything they've learned in 12 years on YouTube, how to build a long-lasting creative business, and the future of the creator economy. Enjoy!

Sponsored by Huel - go to https://www.huel.com/deepdive and with your first order you’ll get a free t-shirt and shaker.

Sponsored by Kajabi - go to https://www.kajabi.com/ali to get FREE access to the keynote.

Sponsored by Trading 212 - download the Trading 212 app https://trading212.com/promocodes/ALI and use the promo code "ALI" after signing up and depositing to receive a random free share worth up to £100. This is not financial advice. Investments can fall and rise. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Other fees may apply. Capital is at risk. Sponsored by Kajabi - go to https://www.kajabi.com/ali to get FREE access to the keynote.

📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!
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Website

(00:00) Colin and Samir 
(01:16) How did you get to becoming thought leaders in the creator economy?
(03:17) To what extent would you recommend being a creator as a career? Pros and cons
(06:58) How much money were you making in the early days and how much do you make now?
(10:41) Starting a job for passion vs. money
(26:21) A roadmap to success in the creator economy in 2023
(31:07) Advice for a music YouTuber
(40:51) To what extent passion is prerequisite for success in the creator economy?
(47:43) What are the commonalities you see among the creators who managed to make it professionally vs. the ones who treat it as a hobby?
(59:07) The fear setting exercise  
(01:02:28) What is it like to be a duo of co-founders?
(01:10:19) Would you ever start a couple’s channel with your respective partners?
(01:15:16) Filming with no commercial intent
(01:21:10) Productivity guilt
(01:24:36) Finding the format
(01:30:46) Format FOMO
(01:33:19) Experimenting with formats
(01:40:54) To what extent would you recommend starting a podcast to someone who’s new to the creator world?
(01:49:23) The story behind publish press
(02:04:24) The “Daily Productivity” newsletter
(02:09:24) Is going viral a bad thing?
(02:12:59) “Brand is more important than reach in the long term”
(02:19:07) Long form vs. short form while building a new channel
(02:22:16) If you won the lottery, what would change about the way you’re spending your time?
(02:24:13) How long should you spend building and creating content before thinking about monetisation?
(02:27:52) What are you working on up until the end of the year?
(02:29:29) Final pieces of wisdom

🔗 CONNECT WITH COLIN & SAMIR 

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📸 Instagram
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🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI

📲 Join My Telegram Community - https://t.me/+bH5gLHty5kBiOGZk

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor

If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏

Check out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.

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BONUS EPISODE: Today I’m joined by Daniel Ek - a man you might never have heard of but whose business you’ve almost certainly used. Daniel is the co-founder and CEO of Spotify, and he ‘s taken the company from an struggling start-up to industry giant. And, Spotify has just launched a new Audiobook platform - so excited about it. In the episode we talk about  Audiobooks on Spotify, and how giving literally hundreds of millions of people one-click free access to basically every audiobook in the world is going to change the industry for authors, publishers and of course, readers and listeners. Daniel’s approach to entrepreneurship and building businesses - Daniel shares his frameworks for how entrepreneurs can think about adding value, the balance between thinking and action, and the 3 different types of advantage that different businesses can have, in terms of informational, analytical and behavioural advantages. And we talk also about Daniel’s personal productivity - as a ridiculously busy CEO of a huge public company worth tens of billions of dollars, how does he think about time management, focus, and work-life balance as it relates to balancing the running of his companies with being a father and a husband. Enjoy!

📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!
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🔗 CONNECT WITH DANIEL

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor

If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏

Check out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.

See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

Sponsored by Huel - go to https://www.huel.com/deepdive and with your first order you’ll get a free t-shirt and shaker.

Sponsored by Trading 212 - download the Trading 212 app https://trading212.com/promocodes/ALIand use the promo code "ALI" after signing up and depositing to receive a random free share worth up to £100. This is not financial advice. Investments can fall and rise. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Other fees may apply. Capital is at risk.

📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!
Amazon
Website

(00:00) Intro 
(02:08) Skill 1 
(04:49) Skill 2 
(11:05) Skill 3 
(25:11) Skill 4 
(34:35) Skill 5 

🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI

📲 Join My Telegram Community - https://t.me/+bH5gLHty5kBiOGZk

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor

If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏

Check out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.

See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy

There's a lot of things human beings crave in life - happiness, knowledge, status, wealth, abundance - and most of us embark on seeking out this relentless pursuit of success without really knowing how to juggle all of our aspirations and goals in life. But what if I told you that there's a way to achieve all of these things and have them exist in harmony, no matter who you are, or where you start out in life? Today I'm joined by the genius mind who has done just that and is inspiring so many others to unlock their potential too. Steven Bartlett is one of the most brilliant entrepreneurs of our time, a best-selling author, investor and truly engaging speaker. As the founder of Social Chain and a number of other wildly successful companies he's reshaped digital marketing. He was the youngest ever Dragon on Dragons’ Den, and he's the host of the No.1 podcast Diary of a CEO. In the conversation we talk about his incredible backstory of how he went from a university drop out to a multimillion dollar entrepreneur and the fundamental principles he's learned along the way that have contributed to his success and are detailed in his new life-changing book 'Diary of a CEO - The 33 Laws of Business and Life'. I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did :)  

Sponsored by Huel - go to https://www.huel.com/deepdive and with your first order you’ll get a free t-shirt and shaker.

Sponsored by Trading 212 - download the Trading 212 app https://trading212.com/promocodes/ALIand use the promo code "ALI" after signing up and depositing to receive a random free share worth up to £100. This is not financial advice. Investments can fall and rise. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Other fees may apply. Capital is at risk.

Sponsored by Shopify - visit https://www.shopify.com/deepdive to sign up for your free trial.

📚Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity!
Amazon
Website 

🔗 CONNECT WITH STEVEN

📕 33 Laws Of Business and Life 

🎥 YouTube Channel

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🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI

📲 Join My Telegram Community - https://t.me/+bH5gLHty5kBiOGZk

🎥 YouTube Channel

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🐦  Twitter

👥 Linkedin

🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives.

Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor

If you enjoy listening to the podcast, please do leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts - even one line helps! You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, thoughts from the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in 🙏

Check out the episode on the Deep Dive YouTube Channel.

See privacy policy at https://transistor.fm/privacy