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All statements about hell yeah or no

26 statements about hell yeah or no in 14 sources, by upload date.

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2021

  • 2021-01-03 · The Most PRODUCTIVE Thing I Do Each Year — Ali: The most important thing to come out of visualising your future, Ali says, is what you are not doing in that vision: what is no longer a priority, and why you are still doing it now. — 00:09:33
  • 2021-02-26 · Brandon Sanderson on Writing, Storytelling and Fantasy Books — recommendation: Brandon Sanderson says coming up with rules and criteria that let you say no is a really good plan, since you cannot say yes to everyone. — 01:27:30
  • 2021-03-17 · Is Learning to Rap Useful? — Ali's mental model for deciding whether to do something: does it seem like it would be fun, and would it be an interesting journey to go on? — 00:03:07
  • 2021-03-24 · My Toxic Relationship With Productivity — Ali changed his calendar link so no one can book a meeting with him before 2 p.m., leaving mornings free for creative work and an hour for lunch, with only two or three calls between 2 and 6 p.m. — 00:14:48
  • 2021-03-24 · My Toxic Relationship With Productivity — Ali calls his booking-link limit a system solution to a people problem: he is too keen to say yes, but the link itself does not let him overbook himself. — 00:15:37
  • 2021-03-24 · My Toxic Relationship With Productivity — Ali: As you get more famous you get too much inbound, Ali says; spending his working day on meetings would make no sense, because people follow him for the videos he makes time to make. — 00:16:02
  • 2021-03-31 · How to Beat Procrastination — recommendation: Ali: Since 2017 Ali uses fear as a model for decision-making: if he feels scared about doing something, he more often than not tries his very best to do it. — 00:02:49
  • 2021-04-18 · How I Manage My Time - 10 Time Management Tips — recommendation: Ali: Following Derek Sivers's Hell Yeah or No, Ali says to say yes to most things while young with few opportunities, then, once requests exceed your time, to treat anything that is not a "hell yeah" as a no. — 00:01:30
  • 2021-04-18 · How I Manage My Time - 10 Time Management Tips — Ali is still trying to get better at saying "hell yeah or no": his calendar is full of things he only half wanted to do, and he always regrets doing them. — 00:02:00
  • 2021-07-04 · Productivity for Lazy People - The RAD System — recommendation: Ali: The first way to reduce in Ali's RAD system, spending less time on what you have to do, is simply to decide not to do things. — 00:01:05
  • 2021-07-04 · Productivity for Lazy People - The RAD System — Ali: Backing out of his medical-school projects was really good for Ali, who could focus on what he wanted, and for the team, which no longer had him half-assing work he was not interested in. — 00:02:33
  • 2021-07-04 · Productivity for Lazy People - The RAD System — recommendation: Ali says it is totally okay to say no to things up front, though he is very bad at it and trying to get better. — 00:02:33
  • 2021-07-04 · Productivity for Lazy People - The RAD System — recommendation: Ali: Once you have said yes to something, Ali says, you are allowed to change your mind later and withdraw your consent. — 00:03:02
  • 2021-07-04 · Productivity for Lazy People - The RAD System — Ali: Every few weeks, when overwhelmed, Ali goes through his projects list, finds ones he no longer wants to do and messages the people involved to back out; he has always been glad of it in the long run. — 00:03:02
  • 2021-08-18 · 10 Rules I Follow Everyday — Derek Sivers (quoted): Derek Sivers says we say yes to too many things; he proposes raising the bar so that anything less than "hell yeah, that would be amazing" is a no, leaving time for the occasional great thing. — 00:02:22
  • 2021-08-18 · 10 Rules I Follow Everyday — recommendation: Ali recommends his friend Derek Sivers's book Hell Yeah or No, calling it very good. — 00:02:22
  • 2021-08-18 · 10 Rules I Follow Everyday — Ali says he still does a terrible job of following hell yeah or no, with a calendar full of reasonable-seeming obligations he said yes to, and is trying to make anything short of "hell yeah" a no. — 00:03:17
  • 2021-12-03 · Reflecting On My Fears - Day in the Life — Ali says he has said yes to way too many cool things; had he applied Derek Sivers's "hell yeah or no" filter, he would have said no to most of what is now in his calendar. (hedged) — 00:02:41

2020

  • 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Noah Kagan: Noah calls success a horrible word and says decide your own metric: when he chased money he was less fulfilled and earned less, and when he did what he loved he earned most. — 00:58:47
  • 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — Ali's first question about anything is whether it is fun: he does what is fun and skips what only makes money; early on he took on unfun work for money, but now doing what fills him with joy makes more sense. — 00:59:13
  • 2020-06-21 · A HUGE Unboxing Day — Ali is trying to get better at saying no, which is always hard because people's requests are usually so reasonable; he likes Derek Sivers's framing of when to say no. — 00:02:48
  • 2020-06-21 · A HUGE Unboxing Day — Derek Sivers (quoted): Derek Sivers says that early in a career it helps to say yes to everything to maximise opportunities, but once demands on your time pile up you switch to "hell yeah or no", with no middle ground. — 00:03:18
  • 2020-07-06 · How To Find Opportunities EVERYWHERE — recommendation: Bobby Siegel: After University Challenge, Bobby Seagull was very much a yes man: whatever opportunity he was given, such as a 6 a.m. studio slot, he made it happen, though he has since changed his view slightly. — 00:03:04
  • 2020-07-06 · How To Find Opportunities EVERYWHERE — Ali sees Bobby Seagull as a door knocker: he says yes to random opportunities without worrying whether they are good for his career, and eventually good things happen. — 00:04:43
  • 2020-12-20 · 20 Lessons that Improved My Life — recommendation: Ali: To grow as a person Ali leans into the fear: unless his life is in physical danger, being scared of doing something is for him a very strong indicator that he should do it. — 00:02:09

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