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3 Surprising Things I Learned As a New Dad

2025-11-05 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:48 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Relationships and personal life · mode: List of tips or lessons · tags: Family

Ali lists three things fatherhood taught him: babies are very cute, being a dad is much easier than being a mum, and it is nice to have a reason to grind, since growing his business now feels like doing it for the family.

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00:00:00 — Three lessons from fatherhood

  • ★ Ali's first lesson from fatherhood is that babies are very cute, which he did not realise until he had one. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says being a dad is far easier than being a mum: his wife has it much harder with breastfeeding, pumping and mastitis. — 00:00:00 · Izzy Sealey
  • ★★ Ali finds it nice to have a reason to grind: growing his business used to feel like a video game played for himself, and he now feels he does it for the family. — 00:00:28

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Central: Ali Abdaal's daughter

Also: Izzy Sealey

Also centred on Ali Abdaal's daughter: We Had a Baby! Life Update + Reflections

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