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Death to Deadlines
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It’s a rainy day in Long Beach.
Hurricane Hillary has made landfall and I’m curled up with a cup of Philz Coffee, my cat… and the new Colin and Samir interview with Ali Abdaal.
We all have an internet business or productivity guru.
Ali is my guru.
He quit his job as a doctor to become a full-time YouTuber.
5 years later he’s pulling in 4+ million dollars a year making videos.
He is the reason why I started my YouTube channel back in September of 2020 and began playing the great online game of building an audience and getting paid for doing what I love.
Ali, while an absolute master of creating and monetizing YouTube videos, neglects one of the core components of how YouTubers make money…
Sponsorship deals.
Even Ali, the productivity godfather, procrastinates making videos that have sponsorship deals in them.
His reason is simple:
I got into this game because I wanted to build a career and a life on my own terms.
