Hey, I’m Ali. I’m a Doctor turned Entrepreneur, YouTuber, and the author of the New York Times bestseller, Feel-Good Productivity
Hey, I’m Ali.
I’m a Doctor turned Entrepreneur, YouTuber, and the author of the New York Times bestseller, Feel-Good Productivity
Quick Facts About Me
Quick Facts About Me
- I studied medicine for 6 years at Cambridge University. I then spent 2 years working full-time as a Junior Doctor in the UK’s National Health Service, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- I started my YouTube channel in 2017 while I was at university. My early videos were about life as a medical student and how to study more effectively for exams.
- My content these days focuses on the books, strategies, ideas and tools that can help us be more productive, live more intentionally, and build a life we love.
- I’m the co-founder of Sparkle Studios, where we’re building a suite of delightful productivity apps that help make work a little more efficient and enjoyable. VoicePal is our first app, with more on the way.
- In 2023, I published my first book, Feel-Good Productivity, which became an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. It’s since sold hundreds of thousands of copies and been translated into 35+ languages.
- In 2024, I got married and moved from London to Hong Kong, where I now live with my wife 🙂
My Journey from
Doctor to Entrepreneur
My Journey from
Doctor to Entrepreneur
My YouTube journey started back in 2017 when I was still a student at Cambridge University. I was studying to become a doctor (the dream was to specialise in Emergency Medicine).
Back then, I started making videos to help other people with studying for and acing their exams. Fast forward a few years and the videos I was creating started to be geared more towards productivity and passing on the knowledge that got me through medical school.
It’s been a pretty wild ride – from a dorm room at Cambridge University, to working full-time as a doctor during the pandemic, to leaving Medicine to build a business and a life I feel much more passionate about.
If you’ve supported any part of the journey, for any length of time – thank you so much. None of this could’ve happened without you, and I hope to continue building and sharing useful stuff online, for free, forever 😄
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