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Ali Abdaal

Ali Abdaal

Startups and entrepreneurship 6,700,000 subscribers

If you’re ambitious but inconsistent, please watch this

10.09.2026
Published: 10.09.2026 Category: Startups and entrepreneurship

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Get 1 month of Wispr Flow Pro completely free here 👉 http://ref.wisprflow.ai/ali_youtube 🍂 Join my free Autumn Reset Workshop, live Sat 26th Sept at 1pm UTC → https://go.aliabdaal.com/autumnreset_desc 🧠 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=K8AMhj-ImMI 🚀 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=K8AMhj-ImMI MY OTHER PRODUCTS 🦄 My Productivity Course: LifeOS → https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifeos/ytd 🤑 Grow / Monetise your YouTube Channel → https://go.aliabdaal.com/PTYA/yt 👻 Voicepal: AI Writing App (iOS/Android) - Download for Free → https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal/ytd MY BOOK 📕 My New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity (2,000+ 5-star reviews) → https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/amazon/yt CONNECT WITH ME 💌 Join LifeNotes, my weekly email where I share what I'm reading & learning: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/yt 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 📱 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal 👨‍💻 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 🐥 X/Twitter: https://x.com/aliabdaal 🌍 My website / blog: https://www.aliabdaal.com/ --- Hey friends, this video is about why we know exactly what to do and then still don't do it. I invited Nir Eyal over to Hong Kong to talk it through, because his new book Beyond Belief makes the case that what's really stopping us sits underneath our discipline and our motivation, in the beliefs we carry around without ever examining them. We get into the motivation triangle, the rats that swam for 60 hours, the actual formula for burnout, and the four questions Nir uses to swap out a belief that's causing him to suffer. He also does a live turnaround on one of my own limiting beliefs about making YouTube videos. Hope you enjoy xx 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO - Nir Eyal: @nirandfar - Nir's website: https://www.nirandfar.com/ - 📗 Beyond Belief by Nir Eyal: https://geni.us/beyondbelief-ali - 📘 Indistractable by Nir Eyal: https://geni.us/mRRd3RR - 📕 Loving What Is by Byron Katie: https://geni.us/lovingwhatis-ali ⌚️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:57 Why do we know what to do, but then just not do it? 05:17 The motivation triangle 08:54 How our beliefs change our behaviour 11:39 The placebo steroid…

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