Sunday Snippets

By Ali Abdaal

I’m Ali, a junior doctor, YouTuber and podcaster from Cambridge, UK. Every Sunday I write an email newsletter with some thoughts, life lessons and interesting articles I discovered on the internet that week.

Previous issues

How my Housemate Saved Me

#141 Mar 1, 2021

Why You Should Listen To Your Lazy Self

#140 Feb 21, 2021

Why is asking for help so hard?

#139 Jan 31, 2021

#138

Jan 24, 2021

My Fear of Being too Personal – Hey friends,If you've spent your valuable time watching my Day in the Life videos, you may have thoug
#137

Jan 17, 2021

Oops I did it again – Hey friends,I've done it again. Set up an sweet little perfectionism trap for me to fall right into.Y
#136

Jan 10, 2021

How I Productively Make Friends – Hey friends,PS. I messed up and didn't include the link to my Book Journey Newsletter in my last issu
#135

Jan 3, 2021

I need some help lol – Hey friends,Happy New Year! Hope you managed to have some fun celebrating it - I had a cheeky pizza +
#134

Dec 27, 2020

My Annual Review 2020 – Hey friends,In last week's issue, we talked about the most important thing I do each year - the Annua
#133

Dec 20, 2020

The most important thing I do each year – Hey friends,In true end-of-year-fueled productivity, I've stopped being a wasteman and have gotten ba
#132

Nov 23, 2020

Quantity over Quality – Hey friends, We've just wrapped up the first week of the first cohort of my live online course, the P
#131

Nov 8, 2020

The Power of Power Hour – Hey friends, Quick announcement to start - Final call for anyone wanting to join the 390 students in
#130

Oct 25, 2020

The Trap I Fell Into – Hey friends,Before we launch into this week's email, just wanted to let you know that my new course T
#129

Oct 11, 2020

Mimetic Traps – Hey friends,Quick thing before we launch into this week's Sunday Snippet - I'm getting an ever-increa
#128

Oct 4, 2020

An interesting realisation – Hey friends,I had an interesting realisation this week.It happened while I was at a shopping centre w
#127

Sep 21, 2020

How I Think About Goals – Hey friends,I recently had a conversation with Ben Hardy, author of the book Personality isn’t Perman
#126

Sep 13, 2020

The Value of Saying Yes – Hey friends,I'm on a road trip to Scotland with the boys this weekend, and so this week the newslette
#125

Sep 7, 2020

The Power of Clarity – Hey friends, Quick plug before we get into the meat - very excitingly, I'm speaking at the Teachable
#124

Aug 31, 2020

A Simple Trick to Beat Procrastination – Hey friends,As you know, I’m all about finding little hacks and mindset shifts that boost my producti
#123

Aug 23, 2020

How to Build a Second Brain – Hey friends,In March 2019, I shared the concept of Building a Second Brain in this newsletter. I'd ju
#122

Aug 17, 2020

A Week of Unemployment – Hey friends, This week has been my first full week of unemployment. From Monday to Friday I haven’t h

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