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experimental mindset

concept · in 9 sources (2020)

Treat tips, habits and career moves as experiments to test rather than commitments.

Sources by year: 2020: 9

Also known as: tiny experiments, treat it as an experiment

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What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2020

  • 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — recommendation: Noah Kagan: To find his calling, Noah tells a viewer to look back at what he enjoyed as a child and at what he does in his spare time for free. — 00:22:46
  • 2020-07-03 · I'm Moving to America 🇺🇸 - Life Update — Ali: The Odyssey Plan, an exercise said to be taught to Stanford business students: write in painstaking detail your life five years from now on your current path, on a completely different path, and if money and social expectations were no object, then see how you feel. — 00:08:55
  • 2020-07-14 · Is Success Luck or Hard Work? — recommendation: Ali: To people who say their passion is staying home playing PlayStation, Ali says you won't find your passion sitting at home: you find it by trying new things and stepping outside your comfort zone. — 00:03:27
  • 2020-08-04 · How to Make Money from your Passion — recommendation: Sarah Dietschy: With many passions, Sarah Dietschy focuses on one at a time and then figures out whether it is the one. — 00:00:29
    • If you have not yet found what you are passionate about, Ali suggests exploring and stepping outside your comfort zone until you find something to throw yourself into. (hedged) — 00:01:57
  • 2020-08-06 · My Last Day as a Doctor - Reflections — Ali's current view is that he should keep his options open and pursue what seems interesting now but also has long-term benefit, rather than go straight into a training programme without knowing what he wants. — 00:09:43
  • 2020-09-01 · Gymshark, Inspirations & Pet Peeves - ONE MILLION Subscribers Q&A — recommendation: Ali keeps his options open so that if an interesting opportunity comes along in five years' time he will be well placed to take it. — 00:12:55
  • 2020-10-27 · Think Like a Monk - @jayshetty - Summary + Key Points — recommendation: Ali thinks about the dharma equation in a more capitalist version: what do I enjoy, what am I good at, and what will the market pay me for, with the market paying as a proxy for being useful to others. — 00:04:52
  • 2020-12-13 · Love, Money and Relationships - Answering your Assumptions — Ali broadly agrees with those who say the idea that every life has one singular purpose is a myth: we are all trying to make meaning in our own ways. — 00:13:09
  • 2020-12-20 · 20 Lessons that Improved My Life — recommendation: Ali: The Odyssey Plan, which Ali found in an Unjaded Jade video: write out in detail your life five years from now on your current path, on a completely different path, and on a path where money and social obligations do not matter. — 00:18:26