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journey before destination

concept · in 15 sources (2020–2021)

From the Stormlight Archive: value the process over the outcome.

Sources by year: 2020: 4 · 2021: 11

Also known as: the journey is the destination

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

The Stormlight Archive (8) · Brandon Sanderson (11) · feel-good productivity (concept) (2) · Ryan Holiday (3) · stoicism (3) · James Clear (2) · Atomic Habits (2) · World of Warcraft (2) · London (2) · 6med (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2021

  • 2021-02-10 · 21 Life Lessons for Teenagers — Ali sums up the point with Brandon Sanderson's words from his fantasy books: life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination. — 00:11:03
  • 2021-02-24 · i wasted the last 6 months of my life… — Ali's mantra throughout life is journey before destination: more important than setting and achieving ambitious goals is enjoying the journey and the process of doing them. — 00:11:01
  • 2021-02-26 · Brandon Sanderson on Writing, Storytelling and Fantasy Books — recommendation: Brandon Sanderson tells Ali that hitting the list is a reasonable goal for him: journey before destination does not mean ignoring the destination; new authors should not aim for the list with a first book, which they cannot control, but Ali has an established audience. — 01:04:41
  • 2021-05-21 · 5 Essential Tips for Long-Lasting Productivity — Ali's approach, used most of his life: instead of doing the things you enjoy, learn to enjoy the things you are doing; it needs no privilege, and he calls it the true secret of productivity: journey before destination. — 00:04:33
  • 2021-08-04 · The Greatest Enemy of Success - Ego is the Enemy — recommendation: Ali: Following Brandon Sanderson's "journey before destination" from The Stormlight Archive, Ali says the more we think about the journey and the less we fixate on the destination, the more we combat ego and the likelier a happy, fulfilled life. — 00:13:36
  • 2021-08-08 · Dating, Regrets and Boxing - 2 Million Subscriber Q&A — Ali's core message is to optimise for enjoyment, journey before destination: if you have fun doing what you do, you become more productive as a side effect and will not need productivity videos. — 00:04:28
    • Ali advises young entrepreneurs to find a way to enjoy the journey and make it fun: then they will enjoy it more, do more of it and have a happier life. — 00:21:18
  • 2021-08-18 · 10 Rules I Follow Everyday — Ali's ninth rule is journey before destination, a quote from Brandon Sanderson's series The Stormlight Archive that he says he always talks about. — 00:09:09
    • Ali says the goal itself is kind of irrelevant: hitting it brings five seconds of celebration before moving on, while the journey is where we spend 100% of our time. — 00:09:26
  • 2021-09-08 · The Best Productivity Hacks of All Time — Ali, who says he keeps changing his mind about goals, rates setting goals C these days: useful in some areas of life, but he is more about systems and the journey than the destination. — 00:12:26
  • 2021-11-30 · Why I Left Medicine... Forever — Ali does not feel he wasted his years in medicine: medical school and two years as a doctor were fun and fulfilling, and what matters is the journey, not the destination. — 00:33:55
  • 2021-12-03 · Reflecting On My Fears - Day in the Life — Ali wants to live by "journey before destination": life is less about hitting some arbitrary goal than enjoying the journey, because the journey is all we have. — 00:05:22
  • …and 6 statements more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2020

  • 2020-09-01 · Gymshark, Inspirations & Pet Peeves - ONE MILLION Subscribers Q&A — Ali: Asked where he sees himself in five years, Ali says all he can do is keep enjoying the journey: "journey before destination", or, as Miley Cyrus would say, it's the climb. — 00:12:55
  • 2020-09-29 · How to See Problems as Opportunities (The Obstacle is the Way) — Ali calls "journey before destination", an ideal of the Knights Radiant in Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive, focusing on the process rather than the outcome, one of the fundamental pieces of life advice that all self-help converges on. — 00:03:10
    • Ali says most overthinking, anxiety and worry come from being too fixated on the outcome; focusing on the process makes everything more fun, because we are present, and makes us less anxious. — 00:03:51
  • 2020-12-28 (said on 2020-12-15, implied) · How Much Money I Earn as a Doctor + YouTuber — Ali keeps in mind "journey before destination" from Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive: if you enjoy the journey, everything becomes fantastic because you are having fun doing the thing. — 00:17:45
  • 2020-12-31 · I WAS WRONG - How I Set Goals — Ali's first objection to goals was that they make us focus too much on the destination and not enough on the journey; he believes in "journey before destination", as Brandon Sanderson would say. — 00:00:58