Ali Abdaal

So you live in California where the taxes are really high. You have two kids. One thing I often worry about is like, well, I'm popular on YouTube right now. Who knows how long this fame will last? Surely I should be trying to make Hey While the Sun Shines.

So you live in California where the taxes are really high. You have two kids. One thing I often worry about is like, well, I'm popular on YouTube right now. Who knows how long this fame will last? Surely I should be trying to make Hey While the Sun Shines.

So you live in California where the taxes are really high. You have two kids. One thing I often worry about is like, well, I'm popular on YouTube right now. Who knows how long this fame will last? Surely I should be trying to make Hey While the Sun Shines.

And a few years from now, yeah, maybe I should just make videos about passive income ideas or some shit like that, that will get the views and will have high CPMs and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

And a few years from now, yeah, maybe I should just make videos about passive income ideas or some shit like that, that will get the views and will have high CPMs and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

And a few years from now, yeah, maybe I should just make videos about passive income ideas or some shit like that, that will get the views and will have high CPMs and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Because what if when I have kids and maybe, I don't know, they need to go to private school because the state schools in the area are a bit shit or whatever, then will I regret my past self for not having chased the money? Any advice? Yeah, sure.

Because what if when I have kids and maybe, I don't know, they need to go to private school because the state schools in the area are a bit shit or whatever, then will I regret my past self for not having chased the money? Any advice? Yeah, sure.

Because what if when I have kids and maybe, I don't know, they need to go to private school because the state schools in the area are a bit shit or whatever, then will I regret my past self for not having chased the money? Any advice? Yeah, sure.

So I have this scary thing in the back of my mind of like, what if I run out of money?

So I have this scary thing in the back of my mind of like, what if I run out of money?

So I have this scary thing in the back of my mind of like, what if I run out of money?

Okay, nice. That's a good action point. I'm going to do this, figure out how to set up this charity consulting situation and also the whole running the numbers thing. Okay, but running the numbers is one part of the equation.

Okay, nice. That's a good action point. I'm going to do this, figure out how to set up this charity consulting situation and also the whole running the numbers thing. Okay, but running the numbers is one part of the equation.

Okay, nice. That's a good action point. I'm going to do this, figure out how to set up this charity consulting situation and also the whole running the numbers thing. Okay, but running the numbers is one part of the equation.

You're also living in California and the sorts of people you hang out with may well be the sorts of tech multi-decker millionaire type people and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. How do you prevent lifestyle creep and mimetic desire from thinking that you need a Lamborghini, whatever the fuck it's called, or this sort of stuff?

You're also living in California and the sorts of people you hang out with may well be the sorts of tech multi-decker millionaire type people and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. How do you prevent lifestyle creep and mimetic desire from thinking that you need a Lamborghini, whatever the fuck it's called, or this sort of stuff?

You're also living in California and the sorts of people you hang out with may well be the sorts of tech multi-decker millionaire type people and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. How do you prevent lifestyle creep and mimetic desire from thinking that you need a Lamborghini, whatever the fuck it's called, or this sort of stuff?

Yeah. One of the nice things about having this podcast and interviewing people and now increasingly hanging out with people who are very rich is that I can start to kind of notice the desires within myself and try and like actively counteract them. A question I often ask myself is if I woke up with a hundred million in the bank, what would change about my calendar? Yeah.

Yeah. One of the nice things about having this podcast and interviewing people and now increasingly hanging out with people who are very rich is that I can start to kind of notice the desires within myself and try and like actively counteract them. A question I often ask myself is if I woke up with a hundred million in the bank, what would change about my calendar? Yeah.