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This is a fantastic 'speaking from the heart' video full of insights any aspiring or established entrepreneur can learn from. Please do more of these 'behind the scenes' videos. Thanks for sharing your business journey highs and lows with so much honesty and integrity.
I had to comment. I'm also a doctor working on a product but the perfectionist in me hangs me up in the middle of creative process... your IDEAs HELPED ME !! BY .1. READY, FIRE, AIM, 2. "Refunds are my friends" as i was stuck in quality of my product. Thanks a lot man. you always help in your own way. Keep being you...... LOVE
1 key takeaway from this video is that people have all the knowledge and watch all the videos and haven't started anything. I've started my own channel but its a bit slow at 150 subs maybe because my videos are not a big niche. From your video i found out that i need to do more research or have a research team to do some research for me to push out more videos. Btw I love you videos all of it.
It's not all about talent. It's about dependability, consistency, and being able to improve. If you work hard and you're coachable, and you understand what you need to do, you can improve.🎉
Productivity pirates is not it sorry Ali. However, I loved the video. These types of videos make me click instantly compared to other videos because I know you are being authentic and making videos you want to make. They inspire me so much to be a successful uni student, RUclipsr and business owner. I feel lucky to have had access to you over the years and become the best version of myself and know I can do anything. I can’t thank you and your team enough Ali ❤
Hey Ali! I'm Evan, I'm starting a business and committee at 16 years old centered around Social Emotional Learning and Social Media respectively- fulfilling my passion of Psychology & Education. As soon as I saw the title of this video, I knew I had to watch it. I saw it all the way through and the amount of insight I have is unparalleled. What I appreciate most about this video and you in general is your philosophy around selling to people. You're not selling to customers, to numbers on a screen, these are all human beings on the other side and that's something you place first, something that can't be said for most. You care about bringing value to people's lives, pure value, and as an aspiring educator and entrepreneur, that's something I will imitate on my endeavors. Seeing the Figma boards, seeing how you use emojis in your marketing and design, seeing iteration after iteration of the curriculum, and the impact the money-returns get to you, it speaks volumes, and it tells me your intentions are in the right place. I have much more insight on my early stage for my business, and I want to do it for the right reasons like you. I found this video to be incredibly valuable, thank you for making it 🙏
I occasionally teach our customers how to use our product, and at the beginning, I received the same feedback-they felt overwhelmed. Currently, I’m using a gaming approach. In a computer game, the hero doesn’t learn all the skills at level 1 either. Every 5-10 levels, new skills and abilities are introduced. By the way, I think the “Productivity Pirates” idea is awesome. I wish you had do it. After all, it’s your course, and people book it because they like you. If you had implemented the pirate theme, it might have felt more authentic.🏴☠️ Thanks for the video-I really enjoyed it! :)
Just interesting to learn about what happens behind the scenes. Like how open you are about “failure” and building in public like this. Would love to see more of the journey of inception, fruition, implementation and then iteration. I didn’t realise the video was so long, so hats off for keeping me engaged for as long as that😂
Hey! I usually do not comment on any videos but as you requested in the end, I wanted to give some honest feedback of this video 😊I'm currently starting my entrepreneurial journey, coming up with a business idea and refining that so it was especially helpful to hear what you concretely did in the beginning of the process (competitive analysis, dream outcome, "start-vehicle-destination", G=iv^2, "ready-fire-aim"). I got a tons of new ideas out of these how to apply these to my own "concept to execution"-process. However, all these came up in the first half of the video, and after that (after you started filming on the second day), I felt like the focus changed a bit; you started showing the Figmas/Miros (which is cool to see as well) but the focus was very much connected what kind of product names etc. you thought through with the team rather than just showing the overview of the process that "this is how much the product iterated, this is how many names we came up with". I think going so deeply into what is actually in the Figma-board will lose the kind of applicability for others to take that and apply it to their processes rather than showing only the overview of the product naming process etc. So maybe thinking "if I explain/show this to others, are they able to apply this to their own product building processes (or how much value they gain out of seeing all the little details of building the course structure etc.)" would help to shift the focus to have it on the actual process "from concept to execution" rather than going through all details of a course's history. But thank you so much for the video, got still many great insights from it and definitely more of these are welcome!
Hi Ali, nice to 'e-meet' you here. I'm a new subscriber to your channel and loving every single bit of it. I'm from Argentina but have been living in China for the last 8 years (Congrats on moving to HK, great place). First time I'm feeling the need of commenting on a video but, this hits different as I'm in the process of building a product myself and struggle with some things. Personally I think there's a missed step between 1) Set up a goal 2) Take action and here it is: MINDSET. I noticed that I have no problem coming up with goals I want to achieve and knowing the actions I should be taking in order to achieve it, however, the reason I failed is "wasted inner energy/resistance". This means: the internal struggle I face every time I want to go into a direction but my mindset or limiting belief tells me otherwise. I end up questioning myself and really slowing down the whole process.... I also believe this is the reason why most of us "fail" to even attempt to achieve a goal because we do get a burst of energy right off the start but that washes off as the resistance to change starts pushing you in the opposite direction with things like "You're not good enough" "It's possible for others but not for you" etc. We all know this inner shitty chat. Since I started working on my mindset and stop interrupting my own creative processes, I gained more confidence, less DOUBTS (confused mind always says no) and started moving forward. So my recap is: We all know deep down what we want and what do we need to do, however the reason why we don't do it it's because we think it's not possible (and try to find whatever reason to support this). Wish more productivity courses would include this. Grow your mindset, grow your business.
Ali, Ali, Ali, The best time of the year is seeing you reflect on your journey. I've been following you for almost three years, and your life story always inspires me. I'm not sure why, but I’ve found so many things that resonate with me. I’m not saying you’re perfect, but I do see you as an honest person, at least from my perspective, who truly wants to make a difference in people’s lives. Much love to you! My prayers are with you. :)
I really appreciate this video Ali. Thank you! I got that the resistance to doing what needs to be done is one of the things people struggle with the most, myself included. I would also like to hear more about the marketing channels you use. The insights on refunds is insightful. The reminder to create a waiting list before launching is important. Chief of all learnings: intensity beats consistency when you're first starting out. Thanks for the book recommendation of Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson. I have just bought the audiobook and plan to listen to it next. Thanks again Ali!
Watched the whole video from start to finish. Very engaging and interesting for me - because of the fact that I have my own productivity system that I teach to people (currently 1:1 Mentorship) and turn them into modern life Spartans.
Ali, I usually never comment on people’s videos, except when there’s something in the video that strikes me - like you questioning whether this ‘very long-chatty-detailed-random-facts type of video’ is even useful to anyone. So to keep it short, this video was SO useful to me, to the point that I decided to make this comment ;))) (in hopes that you see this & never stop making such videos) !😇
PS: The word productivity itself is associated with systems, routines, structures, rigid agendas and takes all the "fun" part of it. Actually, being productive for me doesn't mean "DO MORE" which already has a negative connotation but use your time wisely so you can be organized and focused for a short period of time in which you get things done so you can free up the rest of your agenda to spend your time doing whatever else you want. Productivity Pirates brings that kind of vibe like "stealing time" by being smart with your tasks.
I found this immensely useful as someone looking to start multi million dollar businesses with no business experience. These types of videos help me brainstorm and expand my vision. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Hi Ali, This came at the right time for me!! Thank you for putting this video out. I really appreciate your honesty and transparency!! I have been planning to come up with a online educational product and had so many doubts and confusions in my mind but with this video I have got a sense of clarity with which I can confidently go ahead. I look upto you and you has been my role model in my content creation journey as well as in my life journey!! I request you to put out more such BTS videos. The studio setup video also helped me so much! "Thank you" is an understatement for all that you have been "giving" to your community!! More power to you 🙏 Regards, Akshay Bulbule Bangalore, India
Thank you for this interesting video. I got out of it that we need to take action and it was cool to see the process that goes into creating a course as digital product. About the refund policy I have learned in my translations studies that it's always good to offer a full refund as you actually do, because if you give back the whole amount that was paid you are stepping back from a contract. From this point on you don't owe the buyer anything. And of course it makes you feel better if you don't keep the money of an unsatisfied customer. I found it good to know that you ask a question about how to improve the product. And it gives me strength to start my own course without knowing if people will like it.
I just watched the entire video start to finish, these are my fave videos from your channel. The really behind the scenes in depth long form. So interesting, thank you for being so open, honest and sharing.
The natural, no filter presentation genuinely makes this video more appealing, as we are fed up of people just pushing advice in all forms of media. This video also highlights the lengths your team has gone through to achieve the business goals. Kudos to you!! 🎉❤
Hi Ali, another great video, hugely valuable. Keep following your gut instinct about what your audience wants/needs. My two takeaways are you can't magic your way to your dreams, you have to find a way to 'do the work'. Your course provides people with more framework however you can't 'make them' put in the effort. My second takeaway is about being very clear what you want the goals from any exercise to be. Thanks once again and of course congratulations on all your recent personal good fortune/milestones 😊
I love this so much! I mean part of it is because my day job here in Canada is being a strategy and foresight consultant and the other part because I'm a newish mom and trying to get business/ volunteer stuff and creative pursuits all done. so in general I love watching how people arrive at whatever they are working on. Thanks and yes please share more process videos like this. Goodluck with the next iteration of the lab.
I took the PART TIME RUclipsR Academy. Absolutely awesome Programm. When you think what a single sponsorship brings you… I closed a contract about 10k last month and made over 1 million with RUclips so far, more close to two million. But money aside : I realized that is what I love, my place in life.
September 2018 rocked my family with the hurricane Florence. To lives and properties displaced we gave $45k. We also gave in 2020 COVID year. The "Treasure Principle" by Randy Alcorn helped my giving reason why getting $105k in two months is just evident of God's blessings on my household. God never faltered on his written and spoken promises over my household.
After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom.
Wow ...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.
I like your modular and corporate infographic UI. I actually make my notes to look like your websites and videos. using rounded boxes and flaticon icons. And gradient text.
Hives format goes crazy. Although, your hook was a lot longer than any of mine. The overlap of business and productivity is right in the sweet spot of stuff if I like!
If you're conserned that you're not building a brand seperated from ali abdaal Why not just stick to your ali abdaal brand as it can be your legacy. Like some businesses are branded to people meaning it runs down the family and apple which is it's on incorporation so It is not branded to a person and ceo is not the person who is a relitive of the last one I don't think they'll ever let an Indion person run that company at apple be a ceo because if they did then that person would like make his son or daughter Next ceo for sure.
Ali I’m so sad that I didn’t get to go to the meet up event😭 I moved to Canada from Hong Kong 2 years ago and that’s the first time in my life leaving Hong Kong😭 I started watching your videos when you first started and I basically watched all of your videos and read your blog. Just sad. Anyways, hope you had a great time!
Hey Ali, I got to say, this is been my favorite video of the year - of all the creators I follow. (For the record, I only follow a few). I've been in business for a will (done for you services) but didn't like the fact that I could nit leverage my time (or effort). So a year I go I made the decision to productize my service offering - like you said - intense bursts of creation. What this video did for me, was show me, that even the journey has been messy (product development), I'm still on the right track. Getting the product done, get it out, getting it wrong and improving on it, is all apart of the process. I really enjoyed this video man.
I've been subbed to this channel for more years than I can remember now, and while this is a bit dark I gotta ask, does it kind of suck spending years through medical school just to leave the field and do business instead? I'd love to hear your insight on what it's like abandoning something you've invested in to try something new, because I don't think most people can do that even if they knew they had a chance to be successful
Hey Everyone 🤠 Find the parts that interest you: 0:00 - Introduction to new product launch 1:12 - Behind the scenes of product creation 6:10 - Transition from RUclipsr Academy to productivity product 8:51 - Automating social media workflows 10:44 - Building the productivity community concept 14:47 - Questioning the purpose of productivity lab 18:06 - Selling the destination, not the vehicle 22:49 - Struggling with career direction 24:40 - Building a productivity Club 30:16 - Importance of intensity in product development 34:20 - The debate over naming the product 36:51 - Origin of the name "Productivity Lab" 38:35 - Filming and editing mindset 42:19 - Choosing the name "Productivity Lab" 46:22 - Discussing the challenges of membership fulfillment 50:35 - Deciding on a $97 monthly membership 54:04 - Color schemes for different courses 56:20 - Development of the productivity course 1:02:07 - Introduction to the productivity course design 1:04:47 - Feedback on course complexity and simplification 1:06:34 - Launching the productivity lab course 1:09:32 - Discussion on refund requests and product iteration 1:11:49 - Importance of reducing risk for customers 1:17:28 - Challenges with email responses 1:20:30 - Importance of refund requests for improvement Chat with videos via Bumpups 🌲
Hey Ali, really love your content and the aesthetics, look and feel of your brand. Just got curious to know which software you are using in this video to explain stuff. Is it a mindmapping software if "YES" can you suggest the name?
Been watching you for over 2 years now Ali. Commenting from another new channel we just started today. Can’t deny how much I’ve learned from you. Also before I miss this Congratulations on your marriage. Listening now to this ……. Have a wonderful week - Charlotte
I'd say the destination for me if I wanted to double my productivity would be feeling fulfilled that I'm living to my potential, I'm doing all that I can everyday, that would keep me happy and satisfied daily, to that there is an element of what the direction is for that potential, but that is another topic I guess.
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It's a long journey to our success. I wish good luck to everyone reading this comment.
Watched the entire video, always do. I love your openness and how you share what you do to achieve/build your success and products. It gives viewers confidence and a potential pathway to do the same. As a 46 year old father, I have procrastinated for 20 years on building my own software and even creating courses and videos over the more recent years. Seeing the behind the scenes of your Productivity Pirates (love the playful and adventurous name and am using it instead) makes me realize 1. I am literally the target audience as my main pain point is DOING the thing, and 2. Continues hope that I can still achieve my own entrepeneur/creator goals. Thanks for everything you’ve put out over the years, and congrats on your recent life updates: being a dad is the greatest journey.
Hey Ali. To be truthful I always skip your video without watching them till the end. But this one was different. While hearing your journey, I kind of questioned myself about my life and where it is going. This might not be directly relevant to the topic that you were talking about in this video but definitely it gave me the best advice on seeing myself growing into the person that I want to be in my future. This Process should be Effective, Intentional and enjoyable as you said. Thanks a lot man.
Thank you so much Ali ,i watched the whole video really interesting The most valuable lesson that I learnt from you Ali Is Provide value to people in exchange of money Please keep sharing
Thank you so much. It was one of the most important videos I've seen this year. I'm in the process of building a community right now and watching it was just the class I needed. You're the best.
I would like to thank you for this amazing video I enjoyed every moment of it because I got some value about starting and managing a business launching a product and how a successful Entrepreneur runs his business I really appreciate that and am looking forward to learning more from you.
I’m sold on Productivity Pirates! “Join the Crew” and the skull like pirate logo?! I really dig it! I love a good word like Lab too, but the vibe of Productivity Pirates is fun! Lab is fitting because it’s like focus. But with the whole productivity being fun and enjoying more of what matters, Productivity Pirates I really think is more fitting for the brand. Just my two cents!
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This is a fantastic 'speaking from the heart' video full of insights any aspiring or established entrepreneur can learn from. Please do more of these 'behind the scenes' videos. Thanks for sharing your business journey highs and lows with so much honesty and integrity.
I had to comment. I'm also a doctor working on a product but the perfectionist in me hangs me up in the middle of creative process... your IDEAs HELPED ME !! BY .1. READY, FIRE, AIM, 2. "Refunds are my friends" as i was stuck in quality of my product. Thanks a lot man. you always help in your own way. Keep being you...... LOVE
1 key takeaway from this video is that people have all the knowledge and watch all the videos and haven't started anything. I've started my own channel but its a bit slow at 150 subs maybe because my videos are not a big niche. From your video i found out that i need to do more research or have a research team to do some research for me to push out more videos.
Btw I love you videos all of it.
It's not all about talent. It's about dependability, consistency, and being able to improve. If you work hard and you're coachable, and you understand what you need to do, you can improve.🎉
What do we get out of this? A LOTTTT!! bro these types of videos are needed and very informative
Productivity pirates is not it sorry Ali. However, I loved the video. These types of videos make me click instantly compared to other videos because I know you are being authentic and making videos you want to make. They inspire me so much to be a successful uni student, RUclipsr and business owner. I feel lucky to have had access to you over the years and become the best version of myself and know I can do anything. I can’t thank you and your team enough Ali ❤
Hey Ali!
I'm Evan, I'm starting a business and committee at 16 years old centered around Social Emotional Learning and Social Media respectively- fulfilling my passion of Psychology & Education.
As soon as I saw the title of this video, I knew I had to watch it. I saw it all the way through and the amount of insight I have is unparalleled. What I appreciate most about this video and you in general is your philosophy around selling to people. You're not selling to customers, to numbers on a screen, these are all human beings on the other side and that's something you place first, something that can't be said for most. You care about bringing value to people's lives, pure value, and as an aspiring educator and entrepreneur, that's something I will imitate on my endeavors.
Seeing the Figma boards, seeing how you use emojis in your marketing and design, seeing iteration after iteration of the curriculum, and the impact the money-returns get to you, it speaks volumes, and it tells me your intentions are in the right place. I have much more insight on my early stage for my business, and I want to do it for the right reasons like you. I found this video to be incredibly valuable, thank you for making it 🙏
I occasionally teach our customers how to use our product, and at the beginning, I received the same feedback-they felt overwhelmed.
Currently, I’m using a gaming approach. In a computer game, the hero doesn’t learn all the skills at level 1 either. Every 5-10 levels, new skills and abilities are introduced.
By the way, I think the “Productivity Pirates” idea is awesome. I wish you had do it. After all, it’s your course, and people book it because they like you. If you had implemented the pirate theme, it might have felt more authentic.🏴☠️
Thanks for the video-I really enjoyed it! :)
Just interesting to learn about what happens behind the scenes. Like how open you are about “failure” and building in public like this. Would love to see more of the journey of inception, fruition, implementation and then iteration.
I didn’t realise the video was so long, so hats off for keeping me engaged for as long as that😂
Hey! I usually do not comment on any videos but as you requested in the end, I wanted to give some honest feedback of this video 😊I'm currently starting my entrepreneurial journey, coming up with a business idea and refining that so it was especially helpful to hear what you concretely did in the beginning of the process (competitive analysis, dream outcome, "start-vehicle-destination", G=iv^2, "ready-fire-aim"). I got a tons of new ideas out of these how to apply these to my own "concept to execution"-process. However, all these came up in the first half of the video, and after that (after you started filming on the second day), I felt like the focus changed a bit; you started showing the Figmas/Miros (which is cool to see as well) but the focus was very much connected what kind of product names etc. you thought through with the team rather than just showing the overview of the process that "this is how much the product iterated, this is how many names we came up with". I think going so deeply into what is actually in the Figma-board will lose the kind of applicability for others to take that and apply it to their processes rather than showing only the overview of the product naming process etc. So maybe thinking "if I explain/show this to others, are they able to apply this to their own product building processes (or how much value they gain out of seeing all the little details of building the course structure etc.)" would help to shift the focus to have it on the actual process "from concept to execution" rather than going through all details of a course's history. But thank you so much for the video, got still many great insights from it and definitely more of these are welcome!
Hi Ali, nice to 'e-meet' you here. I'm a new subscriber to your channel and loving every single bit of it. I'm from Argentina but have been living in China for the last 8 years (Congrats on moving to HK, great place). First time I'm feeling the need of commenting on a video but, this hits different as I'm in the process of building a product myself and struggle with some things. Personally I think there's a missed step between 1) Set up a goal 2) Take action and here it is: MINDSET. I noticed that I have no problem coming up with goals I want to achieve and knowing the actions I should be taking in order to achieve it, however, the reason I failed is "wasted inner energy/resistance". This means: the internal struggle I face every time I want to go into a direction but my mindset or limiting belief tells me otherwise. I end up questioning myself and really slowing down the whole process....
I also believe this is the reason why most of us "fail" to even attempt to achieve a goal because we do get a burst of energy right off the start but that washes off as the resistance to change starts pushing you in the opposite direction with things like "You're not good enough" "It's possible for others but not for you" etc. We all know this inner shitty chat.
Since I started working on my mindset and stop interrupting my own creative processes, I gained more confidence, less DOUBTS (confused mind always says no) and started moving forward.
So my recap is: We all know deep down what we want and what do we need to do, however the reason why we don't do it it's because we think it's not possible (and try to find whatever reason to support this).
Wish more productivity courses would include this. Grow your mindset, grow your business.
I kinda like Productivity Pirates! There’s an element of unexpectedness, of taking control, of the underdogs, etc.
Ali, Ali, Ali,
The best time of the year is seeing you reflect on your journey. I've been following you for almost three years, and your life story always inspires me. I'm not sure why, but I’ve found so many things that resonate with me. I’m not saying you’re perfect, but I do see you as an honest person, at least from my perspective, who truly wants to make a difference in people’s lives. Much love to you! My prayers are with you. :)
I really appreciate this video Ali. Thank you! I got that the resistance to doing what needs to be done is one of the things people struggle with the most, myself included.
I would also like to hear more about the marketing channels you use.
The insights on refunds is insightful.
The reminder to create a waiting list before launching is important.
Chief of all learnings: intensity beats consistency when you're first starting out.
Thanks for the book recommendation of Ready, Fire, Aim by Michael Masterson. I have just bought the audiobook and plan to listen to it next.
Thanks again Ali!
Watched the whole video from start to finish. Very engaging and interesting for me - because of the fact that I have my own productivity system that I teach to people (currently 1:1 Mentorship) and turn them into modern life Spartans.
40:10 to be transparent… I prefer this type of content over the 10 productivity hacks style videos, but your content is great all the same 😊
What a great video! I absolutely love your honesty. I hope I will join Productivity Lab soon (saving the money at the moment 😊).
I really appreciate THIS KIND OF VIDEOS! More please. On different topics based on your life experiences. Thank you.
Ali, I usually never comment on people’s videos, except when there’s something in the video that strikes me - like you questioning whether this ‘very long-chatty-detailed-random-facts type of video’ is even useful to anyone.
So to keep it short, this video was SO useful to me, to the point that I decided to make this comment ;))) (in hopes that you see this & never stop making such videos) !😇
PS: The word productivity itself is associated with systems, routines, structures, rigid agendas and takes all the "fun" part of it. Actually, being productive for me doesn't mean "DO MORE" which already has a negative connotation but use your time wisely so you can be organized and focused for a short period of time in which you get things done so you can free up the rest of your agenda to spend your time doing whatever else you want. Productivity Pirates brings that kind of vibe like "stealing time" by being smart with your tasks.
I found this immensely useful as someone looking to start multi million dollar businesses with no business experience. These types of videos help me brainstorm and expand my vision. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Hi Ali,
This came at the right time for me!! Thank you for putting this video out. I really appreciate your honesty and transparency!! I have been planning to come up with a online educational product and had so many doubts and confusions in my mind but with this video I have got a sense of clarity with which I can confidently go ahead. I look upto you and you has been my role model in my content creation journey as well as in my life journey!! I request you to put out more such BTS videos. The studio setup video also helped me so much! "Thank you" is an understatement for all that you have been "giving" to your community!! More power to you 🙏
Regards,
Akshay Bulbule
Bangalore, India
Watched entire Video. Interesting to see Applications and equipment used. I also paid attention to your behavior as a presenter. Good Video. Thanks
Thank you for this interesting video. I got out of it that we need to take action and it was cool to see the process that goes into creating a course as digital product. About the refund policy I have learned in my translations studies that it's always good to offer a full refund as you actually do, because if you give back the whole amount that was paid you are stepping back from a contract. From this point on you don't owe the buyer anything. And of course it makes you feel better if you don't keep the money of an unsatisfied customer. I found it good to know that you ask a question about how to improve the product. And it gives me strength to start my own course without knowing if people will like it.
love this type of video. Thank you Ali for sharing this.
Thank you for your sharing the process from start to finish, it help me give expectation and potential obstacle to let me build my own
Locked in, we got this
Ali is so back!
I just watched the entire video start to finish, these are my fave videos from your channel. The really behind the scenes in depth long form. So interesting, thank you for being so open, honest and sharing.
Yarrrrr... Productivity Pirates would have been a good name, ya scoundrel
Really like the vid!!!!! Great WORK and super helpfull!
Thanks, a video recommendation that I would like to see is advices about getting married and relationships. Thank you
The natural, no filter presentation genuinely makes this video more appealing, as we are fed up of people just pushing advice in all forms of media. This video also highlights the lengths your team has gone through to achieve the business goals. Kudos to you!! 🎉❤
Thank you Ali it been great that you are giving valuable information to your viewers to build business like you did
I love the name Productivity Pirates!
Hi Ali, another great video, hugely valuable. Keep following your gut instinct about what your audience wants/needs. My two takeaways are you can't magic your way to your dreams, you have to find a way to 'do the work'. Your course provides people with more framework however you can't 'make them' put in the effort. My second takeaway is about being very clear what you want the goals from any exercise to be. Thanks once again and of course congratulations on all your recent personal good fortune/milestones 😊
I love this so much! I mean part of it is because my day job here in Canada is being a strategy and foresight consultant and the other part because I'm a newish mom and trying to get business/ volunteer stuff and creative pursuits all done. so in general I love watching how people arrive at whatever they are working on. Thanks and yes please share more process videos like this. Goodluck with the next iteration of the lab.
I took the PART TIME RUclipsR Academy. Absolutely awesome Programm. When you think what a single sponsorship brings you… I closed a contract about 10k last month and made over 1 million with RUclips so far, more close to two million. But money aside : I realized that is what I love, my place in life.
Wow! That's amazing!
May I ask how long it took you to gain subs and the eventual monetary reward?
September 2018 rocked my family with the hurricane Florence. To lives and properties displaced we gave $45k. We also gave in 2020 COVID year. The "Treasure Principle" by Randy Alcorn helped my giving reason why getting $105k in two months is just evident of God's blessings on my household. God never faltered on his written and spoken promises over my household.
What a testimony! I'm glad you got your life back together
I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??
Thanks to my co-worker (Joe) who suggested “Ms Sallie Herzog Behnke” She's a licensed broker in the states 🇺🇸
After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom.
Wow ...I know her too she is a licensed broker and a FINRA agent she is popular in US and Canada she is really amazing woman with good skills and experience.
not me practicing how to flip my pen like that for an hr now haha, HOW DO YOU DO THAT ?!
I like your modular and corporate infographic UI. I actually make my notes to look like your websites and videos. using rounded boxes and flaticon icons. And gradient text.
You should have a free membership to maximise audience, and paid membership. Most successful businesses do duel memberships.
I am curious about how someone can get started with a business without any personal branding like RUclips.
Hives format goes crazy. Although, your hook was a lot longer than any of mine. The overlap of business and productivity is right in the sweet spot of stuff if I like!
Well done! Your videos are always worth the time. Thank you for sharing.
If you're conserned that you're not building a brand seperated from ali abdaal
Why not just stick to your ali abdaal brand
as it can be your legacy.
Like some businesses are branded to people meaning it runs down the family
and apple which is it's on incorporation so It is not branded to a person and ceo is not the person who is a relitive of the last one
I don't think
they'll ever let an Indion person run that company at apple
be a ceo
because if they did
then that person would like make his son or daughter Next ceo for sure.
Productivity Pirates - Great for designs and fun. But does not align with your target audience.
Love from India ❤
Ali I’m so sad that I didn’t get to go to the meet up event😭 I moved to Canada from Hong Kong 2 years ago and that’s the first time in my life leaving Hong Kong😭 I started watching your videos when you first started and I basically watched all of your videos and read your blog. Just sad. Anyways, hope you had a great time!
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Hey Ali,
I got to say, this is been my favorite video of the year - of all the creators I follow.
(For the record, I only follow a few).
I've been in business for a will (done for you services) but didn't like the fact that I could nit leverage my time (or effort).
So a year I go I made the decision to productize my service offering - like you said - intense bursts of creation.
What this video did for me, was show me, that even the journey has been messy (product development), I'm still on the right track.
Getting the product done, get it out, getting it wrong and improving on it, is all apart of the process.
I really enjoyed this video man.
Truly Respect, For This Man, "Ali Abdaal". He Put All of his efforts to provide best content and adding value to the viewer's Lives!😊😊❤❤❤
Learned a lot.
I've been subbed to this channel for more years than I can remember now, and while this is a bit dark I gotta ask, does it kind of suck spending years through medical school just to leave the field and do business instead? I'd love to hear your insight on what it's like abandoning something you've invested in to try something new, because I don't think most people can do that even if they knew they had a chance to be successful
nice I watched it all
Love this kind of content!
Hey Everyone 🤠
Find the parts that interest you:
0:00 - Introduction to new product launch
1:12 - Behind the scenes of product creation
6:10 - Transition from RUclipsr Academy to productivity product
8:51 - Automating social media workflows
10:44 - Building the productivity community concept
14:47 - Questioning the purpose of productivity lab
18:06 - Selling the destination, not the vehicle
22:49 - Struggling with career direction
24:40 - Building a productivity Club
30:16 - Importance of intensity in product development
34:20 - The debate over naming the product
36:51 - Origin of the name "Productivity Lab"
38:35 - Filming and editing mindset
42:19 - Choosing the name "Productivity Lab"
46:22 - Discussing the challenges of membership fulfillment
50:35 - Deciding on a $97 monthly membership
54:04 - Color schemes for different courses
56:20 - Development of the productivity course
1:02:07 - Introduction to the productivity course design
1:04:47 - Feedback on course complexity and simplification
1:06:34 - Launching the productivity lab course
1:09:32 - Discussion on refund requests and product iteration
1:11:49 - Importance of reducing risk for customers
1:17:28 - Challenges with email responses
1:20:30 - Importance of refund requests for improvement
Chat with videos via Bumpups 🌲
Is this through chatgpt?
Productivity Pirates does sounds fun tho, we just steal more time.
Hey Ali, really love your content and the aesthetics, look and feel of your brand. Just got curious to know which software you are using in this video to explain stuff. Is it a mindmapping software if "YES" can you suggest the name?
I think he mentioned Figma for mapping
Ali the value you're giving in these videos is inanse. Thank you so much.
That's obviously supposed to say 'insane' by the way. Haha.
WOW. First one to comment!
Greg and Ali looks similar!!
So the secret to a milion is to sell a course on how to get a milliom, who would thought of that!
I prefer Productivity Pirates 🤭
Been watching you for over 2 years now Ali. Commenting from another new channel we just started today. Can’t deny how much I’ve learned from you. Also before I miss this Congratulations on your marriage. Listening now to this ……. Have a wonderful week - Charlotte
From india ❤
this is good
Should have gone with Time Lords, lol 😂
Wow to good
I’m here first 😂
I love seeing you really fight for the Productivity Pirate.. I’m not really sure if you’re also a fan of Peter McKinnon.. 😆
I'M your real client sir
I'd say the destination for me if I wanted to double my productivity would be feeling fulfilled that I'm living to my potential, I'm doing all that I can everyday, that would keep me happy and satisfied daily, to that there is an element of what the direction is for that potential, but that is another topic I guess.
It's a long journey to our success. I wish good luck to everyone reading this comment.
As someone who wants to start something for the future at a young age, ty ali ❤
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I liked: new product requires intensity.
I've been watching your video for more than 4 years.. from Bangladesh
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Students in school*
From Bangladesh
Watched the entire video, always do. I love your openness and how you share what you do to achieve/build your success and products. It gives viewers confidence and a potential pathway to do the same.
As a 46 year old father, I have procrastinated for 20 years on building my own software and even creating courses and videos over the more recent years. Seeing the behind the scenes of your Productivity Pirates (love the playful and adventurous name and am using it instead) makes me realize 1. I am literally the target audience as my main pain point is DOING the thing, and 2. Continues hope that I can still achieve my own entrepeneur/creator goals.
Thanks for everything you’ve put out over the years, and congrats on your recent life updates: being a dad is the greatest journey.
would you please make a behind the scenes video the process of creating a course
PS like if you like the idea 👍🏼
Hey Ali. To be truthful I always skip your video without watching them till the end. But this one was different. While hearing your journey, I kind of questioned myself about my life and where it is going. This might not be directly relevant to the topic that you were talking about in this video but definitely it gave me the best advice on seeing myself growing into the person that I want to be in my future. This Process should be Effective, Intentional and enjoyable as you said. Thanks a lot man.
Productivity Pirates - Ali you're a dork. But you're a 6M subscriber dork 😂
Thank you so much Ali ,i watched the whole video really interesting
The most valuable lesson that I learnt from you Ali Is Provide value to people in exchange of money
Please keep sharing
Hi Ali, small RUclipsr here! Love your content and hope I can grow my channel through learning from you!
Should I learn skills and freelance while preparing for a serious, almost toughest exam ?
Loved the Business class so much ❤️👌🏻
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Fast Comment ❤❤
All I could think when Ali was writing was, "Man, I also have terrible handwriting."
Thank you so much. It was one of the most important videos I've seen this year. I'm in the process of building a community right now and watching it was just the class I needed. You're the best.
Productivity lab is perfect hahah the other one no
I really appreciate the mind map behind the scenes process
I have to agree with your team Productivity pirates sounds playful. It’s not easy to take it serious.
This felt like a 1hr ad💀
I would like to thank you for this amazing video I enjoyed every moment of it because I got some value about starting and managing a business launching a product and how a successful Entrepreneur runs his business I really appreciate that and am looking forward to learning more from you.
Great insight and advice. Stay Uncommon!
I’m sold on Productivity Pirates! “Join the Crew” and the skull like pirate logo?! I really dig it! I love a good word like Lab too, but the vibe of Productivity Pirates is fun! Lab is fitting because it’s like focus. But with the whole productivity being fun and enjoying more of what matters, Productivity Pirates I really think is more fitting for the brand. Just my two cents!