Ali Abdaal

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I wholeheartedly agree. That's what I'm doing here in London, by the way. There's something called the podcast show that's going on right now. And I'm giving a talk or two there. However, I've carved out the whole week. I've got interviews and stuff like this one. However, if someone's like breakfast tomorrow, I'm not like, what company is this person at? Do I want to spend that time?

I wholeheartedly agree. That's what I'm doing here in London, by the way. There's something called the podcast show that's going on right now. And I'm giving a talk or two there. However, I've carved out the whole week. I've got interviews and stuff like this one. However, if someone's like breakfast tomorrow, I'm not like, what company is this person at? Do I want to spend that time?

I wholeheartedly agree. That's what I'm doing here in London, by the way. There's something called the podcast show that's going on right now. And I'm giving a talk or two there. However, I've carved out the whole week. I've got interviews and stuff like this one. However, if someone's like breakfast tomorrow, I'm not like, what company is this person at? Do I want to spend that time?

What else could I be? I'm like, yes, right? Because I'm saying no to the random coffee that's next week when I'm off, when I'm hanging out with my family. So I carve out time to do that. It's almost always at events because there's people from Spotify and Apple and other companies in town, but there's also people that are working for companies I've never heard of that might be doing something.

What else could I be? I'm like, yes, right? Because I'm saying no to the random coffee that's next week when I'm off, when I'm hanging out with my family. So I carve out time to do that. It's almost always at events because there's people from Spotify and Apple and other companies in town, but there's also people that are working for companies I've never heard of that might be doing something.

What else could I be? I'm like, yes, right? Because I'm saying no to the random coffee that's next week when I'm off, when I'm hanging out with my family. So I carve out time to do that. It's almost always at events because there's people from Spotify and Apple and other companies in town, but there's also people that are working for companies I've never heard of that might be doing something.

And I will spend time with all of those people all week long. It will be exhausting and fun. And then I don't feel bad about saying no when they ask me in a month. I say, no, I'll catch you at Podcast Movement in Washington, D.C. in August. What's your take on hopping on random Zoom calls with people? I don't do that. Well, actually, that's an overstatement. I usually don't do that.

And I will spend time with all of those people all week long. It will be exhausting and fun. And then I don't feel bad about saying no when they ask me in a month. I say, no, I'll catch you at Podcast Movement in Washington, D.C. in August. What's your take on hopping on random Zoom calls with people? I don't do that. Well, actually, that's an overstatement. I usually don't do that.

And I will spend time with all of those people all week long. It will be exhausting and fun. And then I don't feel bad about saying no when they ask me in a month. I say, no, I'll catch you at Podcast Movement in Washington, D.C. in August. What's your take on hopping on random Zoom calls with people? I don't do that. Well, actually, that's an overstatement. I usually don't do that.

There has to be a certain bar that gets met. If you introduced me to somebody and they were like, let's chat, I would say yes. If somebody emails me cold and is like, I would like to get to know you, let's hop on a Zoom, I will probably say no. And the reason is because they haven't told me what this thing is about.

There has to be a certain bar that gets met. If you introduced me to somebody and they were like, let's chat, I would say yes. If somebody emails me cold and is like, I would like to get to know you, let's hop on a Zoom, I will probably say no. And the reason is because they haven't told me what this thing is about.

There has to be a certain bar that gets met. If you introduced me to somebody and they were like, let's chat, I would say yes. If somebody emails me cold and is like, I would like to get to know you, let's hop on a Zoom, I will probably say no. And the reason is because they haven't told me what this thing is about.

Even if they were like, I really need to learn about this and you're the only person who can teach me, then I would probably say yes. But if they just seem to have passing curiosity, that is not enough for me to justify that kind of thing.

Even if they were like, I really need to learn about this and you're the only person who can teach me, then I would probably say yes. But if they just seem to have passing curiosity, that is not enough for me to justify that kind of thing.

Even if they were like, I really need to learn about this and you're the only person who can teach me, then I would probably say yes. But if they just seem to have passing curiosity, that is not enough for me to justify that kind of thing.

But if they wrote to me and they said, I know you can't do Zooms, but I don't understand how this works and you're one of the only people who can explain it, I'll probably send them a message back and explain it. So I try to accomplish that without just saying yes to every sort of random request.

But if they wrote to me and they said, I know you can't do Zooms, but I don't understand how this works and you're one of the only people who can explain it, I'll probably send them a message back and explain it. So I try to accomplish that without just saying yes to every sort of random request.

But if they wrote to me and they said, I know you can't do Zooms, but I don't understand how this works and you're one of the only people who can explain it, I'll probably send them a message back and explain it. So I try to accomplish that without just saying yes to every sort of random request.

Because I launched my show 17 years ago and then I started a new one seven years ago on the back of that one when I was already well known in the space. I am the last person you should ask for advice on how to launch when you don't have that done. But you're right.