How to Beat Procrastination ![rw-book-cover](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RP0oVOH4Zz4/maxresdefault.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[YouTube]] - Full Title: How to Beat Procrastination - Category: #articles - Document Note: --- tags: [productivity, procrastination, creativity] author: Ali Abdaal source: YouTube reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4 date created: 2024-12-29 14:30 --- # 🏷️ Title: How to Beat Procrastination ## 🧰 Action Inbox - [H1] Read "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield — foundational book for understanding resistance 0:00 #reading - [H2] Apply professional mindset to creative projects — show up daily regardless of mood 6:30 #mindset - [H3] Set input goals instead of outcome goals — focus on what you control 12:15 #goals ## 🧭 Table of Contents - [📝 Summary](#-summary) - [📖 Main Content](#-main-content) - [🗒️ Notes](#️-notes) - [📚 References](#-references) - [🗣️ Paraphrase](#️-paraphrase) - [📰 Newsletter](#-newsletter) - [✅ Action Items](#-action-items) - [🧪 Hypotheses](#-hypotheses) - [📊 Methodology](#-methodology) - [❓ Questions](#-questions) - [🔮 Future Research](#-future-research) - [💡 Implications](#-implications) - [🧠 Learning Styles Assessment](#-learning-styles-assessment) - [📊 Accessibility Assessment](#-accessibility-assessment) - [🌍 DEIB Assessment](#-deib-assessment) - [✅ Logical Validity](#-logical-validity) - [🛡️ DARVO Analysis](#-darvo-analysis) - [🎯 Conclusion](#-conclusion) ### 🔗 References - [The War of Art by Steven Pressfield](https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/1936891026) - [Audible Free Trial](https://audible.com/aliabdaal) ## 📝 Summary - What happened: Ali Abdaal explains three key strategies from "The War of Art" to overcome procrastination - Why it matters: Procrastination prevents people from pursuing creative and entrepreneurial endeavors that could transform their lives - Key audience: Content creators, entrepreneurs, and anyone struggling with creative blocks - Risks: Overapplying professional mindset to hobbies could remove enjoyment - Bottom line: Understanding resistance as the enemy, adopting a professional approach, and focusing on input goals can defeat procrastination ## 📖 Main Content The core argument centers on Steven Pressfield's concept of "resistance" - a negative force that specifically targets meaningful creative work while leaving trivial activities untouched. This resistance manifests as procrastination, fear, and excuses that prevent us from pursuing projects we know would improve our lives. Three strategies emerge to combat this force: First, recognizing resistance as the enemy helps identify when it's operating. Second, adopting a professional mindset means showing up consistently regardless of mood or inspiration. Third, focusing on the "self" rather than the ego involves setting input-based goals within our control rather than outcome-based goals dependent on external validation. The framework distinguishes between amateur and professional approaches - amateurs wait for inspiration and focus on external rewards, while professionals prioritize the work itself and show up daily. This shift from outcome goals (views, subscribers) to input goals (consistent creation) reduces resistance and enables sustained creative output. ## 🗒️ Notes #### ⏱️ [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=0) — [H1] Introduction to Resistance - Key idea: Procrastination stems from a force called "resistance" that blocks meaningful creative work - Evidence: "Most of us have two lives, the life we live, and the unlived life within us, and between the two is this thing called the resistance" #### ⏱️ [00:02:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=135) — [H2] Know Thy Enemy - Defining Resistance - Key idea: Resistance specifically targets creative, entrepreneurial, and risk-taking activities - Evidence: "Resistance isn't really that feeling that we get when we can't be bothered to clean the desk... resistance with a big R is the resistance that... force that's holding us back from doing creative or entrepreneurial things" #### ⏱️ [00:03:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=210) — [H2] Procrastination's True Face - Key idea: We don't say we'll never do something, we just postpone it indefinitely - Evidence: "We don't tell ourselves, 'I'm never going to write my symphony,' instead we say, 'I am going to write my symphony, I'm just going to start tomorrow.'" #### ⏱️ [00:04:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=285) — [H2] Fear as Fuel for Resistance - Key idea: Fear both powers resistance and indicates what we should be doing - Evidence: "The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it" #### ⏱️ [00:05:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=330) — [H2] Resistance as Compass - Key idea: The amount of resistance indicates the importance of a project to our growth - Evidence: "The more resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art or project or enterprise is to you" #### ⏱️ [00:06:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=390) — [H1] Become a Professional - Key idea: Professionals shape their life around the work while amateurs wait for inspiration - Evidence: "A professional shapes their life so that the work is a priority, they are determined and committed to succeed by following their inner drive and creative spirit" #### ⏱️ [00:07:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=465) — [H2] Professional vs Amateur Mindset - Key idea: Being professional means doing work for its own sake, not just for money - Evidence: "A professional is someone who does it for the sake of doing the work and takes pride in the work itself" #### ⏱️ [00:08:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=510) — [H2] Daily Commitment - Key idea: Professionals show up every day regardless of how they feel - Evidence: "If you're a professional, then you'll show up every day to your job no matter what, you wouldn't just not go to work because you don't feel like it" #### ⏱️ [00:09:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=555) — [H2] Professional Growth Mindset - Key idea: Professionals welcome criticism and work through adversity - Evidence: "If you're a professional, you work through adversity and you're open to criticism because you always wanna improve" #### ⏱️ [00:11:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=660) — [H2] Balancing Professional Approach - Key idea: Treating hobbies professionally doesn't mean monetizing everything or working excessively - Evidence: "There's certainly something to be said for not monetizing all of your hobbies... because like for me, a hobby is fun when it makes a bit of money" #### ⏱️ [00:12:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=735) — [H1] Banish the Ego - Key idea: The ego focuses on external validation while the self focuses on inner fulfillment - Evidence: "Our ego is more focused on external events and how other people see us, whereas the self is this inner calm that we have which is about the way that we see ourselves" #### ⏱️ [00:14:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=840) — [H2] Input Goals vs Output Goals - Key idea: Goals based on external outcomes create more resistance than input-based goals - Evidence: "I get a lot more resistance, i.e., procrastination when I've got goals that are based on outcomes that are outside of my control" #### ⏱️ [00:15:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=930) — [H2] YouTube Goals Example - Key idea: Focusing on view counts creates procrastination while focusing on creation enables action - Evidence: "'I'm gonna make two videos a week for the rest of my life,' is an input goal, it's something that's broadly within my control" #### ⏱️ [00:16:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4?t=1005) — [H2] Book Writing Application - Key idea: Thinking about bestseller lists creates resistance while focusing on writing quality enables progress - Evidence: "Any time I even think of that outcome goal, I feel the procrastination... whereas when I think, 'My job is to is to just write the best book that I can,' it becomes a lot easier to do" ## 📚 References - [The War of Art by Steven Pressfield](https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/1936891026) - [Audible Audiobook Service](https://audible.com) - [Mistborn Series by Brandon Sanderson](https://www.amazon.com/Final-Empire-Mistborn-Book-1/dp/0765311844) ## 🗣️ Paraphrase - Procrastination isn't laziness but rather a specific force called resistance that targets meaningful creative work while leaving trivial activities untouched - The solution involves three steps: identifying resistance as the obstacle, adopting a professional mindset of consistent daily work, and focusing on controllable inputs rather than external outcomes - Fear and resistance actually point toward the most important work we need to do, making them useful compasses for prioritizing creative endeavors ## 📰 Newsletter **Beat Procrastination with Professional Creativity** Struggling to start that creative project? Ali Abdaal's breakdown of "The War of Art" reveals why we procrastinate on meaningful work while easily binge-watching Netflix. The secret: understanding "resistance" - the force that specifically targets growth-oriented activities. **Three game-changing strategies:** 1. **Name the enemy**: Recognize resistance as fear pointing toward important work 2. **Go professional**: Show up daily regardless of mood or inspiration 3. **Focus inward**: Set input goals (write daily) vs outcome goals (get published) This framework has helped thousands of creators overcome creative blocks and build sustainable practices. **Quick win**: Identify your highest-resistance project this week. That's likely your most important creative work. Resources: [The War of Art](https://www.amazon.com/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/1936891026), [Ali's YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/c/aliabdaal), [Audible Trial](https://audible.com) ## ✅ Action Items #### DevRel - Developer advocacy: Apply professional mindset to documentation writing and community engagement - Education: Create consistent content schedules for tutorials and workshops regardless of inspiration - Developer experience: Set input goals for feature improvements rather than adoption metrics - Developer marketing: Focus on value creation over viral content outcomes - Community management: Show up daily for community interactions as professional practice #### OSPO - Policy & Governance: Write contribution guidelines as daily professional practice - License Compliance: Establish routine scanning schedules independent of discovery outcomes - Security Management: Set input goals for vulnerability response time vs external security ratings - Software Inventory: Focus on consistent SBOM generation over compliance scores - Developer Support: Provide regular training sessions regardless of attendance numbers - Community Engagement: Maintain steady upstream contribution rhythms - Strategic Alignment: Track effort investments rather than just outcome KPIs #### Community - Maintainers: Commit to regular roadmap reviews as professional discipline - Contributors: Create onboarding content consistently rather than waiting for perfect timing - Sponsors: Publish transparent impact reports on schedule regardless of funding levels - Ecosystem: Show up for cross-project coordination meetings as professional commitment #### WordPress - Core: Participate in weekly dev chats as professional practice regardless of immediate needs - Core Performance: Run performance audits on regular schedule independent of crisis moments - Mobile: Maintain steady development rhythm over feature launch timing - Playground: Create educational content consistently rather than waiting for major releases - Community: Support meetups and WordCamps as ongoing professional commitment - Training: Develop lesson plans on schedule regardless of immediate demand - Design: Conduct UX reviews as regular professional practice - Documentation: Update DevHub/HelpHub consistently rather than in response to complaints #### The WPCC - Programs: Evaluate fellowship applications as scheduled professional discipline - Projects: Provide governance support consistently regardless of project visibility - Funding: Process grant applications on regular cycles independent of funding amounts #### FAIR - Technical independence: Conduct regular metadata audits as professional practice - Governance artifacts: Update charters and agreements on consistent schedules ## 🧪 Hypotheses - Projects with higher perceived stakes generate proportionally more procrastination through resistance mechanisms - Input-focused goal setting reduces creative blocks compared to outcome-focused approaches - Daily professional practices overcome inspiration-dependent creative workflows - Fear intensity correlates positively with creative project importance and potential impact ### 📊 Methodology - Survey creators on resistance levels across different project types and stakes - A/B test input goals vs outcome goals among YouTube creators and writers - Track consistency metrics between professional vs amateur approaches to creative work ### ❓ Questions - How can organizations systematically identify and reduce resistance in innovation processes? - What specific daily practices most effectively build professional creative momentum? - How do input-focused metrics change team dynamics compared to outcome-focused KPIs? ### 🔮 Future Research - Neuroscience of creative resistance and fear-based procrastination patterns - Cultural variations in professional vs amateur creative approaches across different societies - Long-term career outcomes comparing input-focused vs outcome-focused creative professionals ### 💡 Implications - Practice: Shift from inspiration-based to schedule-based creative work - Policy: Design incentive structures around input metrics rather than only outcome measures - Security: Resistance patterns may indicate cybersecurity vulnerabilities in creative workflows - Education: Train consistent practice habits rather than relying on motivation for skill development - Funding: Evaluate grant applications on sustainable input commitments over ambitious outcome promises ### 🧠 Learning Styles Assessment Reading level estimate: 8th grade (accessible language with clear examples) #### 👀 Visual learners - Present: Clear video presentation with speaker, book visual, concepts illustrated through examples - Improve: Diagram showing resistance vs self relationship, flowchart of professional traits #### 🔊 Aural learners - Present: Full 17-minute audio explanation with clear narration and examples - Improve: Accompanying podcast episode or audio summary of key strategies #### 🗣️ Verbal learners - Present: Strong storytelling, personal examples, clear analogies (doctor examples) - Improve: Discussion questions for book clubs, terminology glossary #### 🧩 Kinesthetic learners - Present: Actionable steps clearly outlined, practical application examples - Improve: Daily practice checklist, resistance identification worksheet #### 🧠 Logical learners - Present: Clear three-part structure, cause-and-effect relationships explained - Improve: Decision tree for identifying resistance, systematic evaluation rubric #### 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Social learners - Present: Personal sharing of creator struggles, community building through shared challenges - Improve: Study group guides, peer accountability systems #### 🧘‍♀️ Solitary learners - Present: Self-reflection prompts through personal examples and introspection - Improve: Private journaling exercises, self-assessment tools #### 🌿 Naturalistic learners - Present: Organic creative process analogies - Improve: Seasonal creative cycles, natural rhythm metaphors ### 📊 Accessibility Assessment #### Screen reader semantics - Present: Video has clear audio narration, book title clearly stated - Improve: Transcript with timestamp markers, chapter headings for navigation #### Keyboard navigation - Present: Standard YouTube player keyboard controls - Improve: Jump-to-section markers, keyboar - Document Tags: [[goals]] [[mindset]] [[reading]] - Summary: How to Beat Procrastination - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0oVOH4Zz4 - The blank screen, the empty page, the unfilmed video. Whenever we sit down to start writing or creating anything, we're often paralysed by a force stopping us from starting, stopping us from typing that first word, writing that first page, or filming that first video. Now the most common question I get asked on the internet is, "Ali, how are you so cool?" But the second most common question is, "Ali, how do you beat procrastination?" And the answer is in this book, "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield. He says that most of us have two lives, the life we live, and the unlived life within us, and between the two is this thing called the resistance, and that is the secret to overcoming procrastination. And this is actually a surprisingly life-changing insight. And I first read this in 2017 and it actually completely changed the way that I approach life and meaningful productivity, and it kinda helped me stop being a chronic procrastinator. And so in this video, we're gonna talk about three key points from the book that have helped me personally beat procrastination and hopefully they can help do the same for you. Point number one, know thy enemy. So the first question we need to address is what is resistance? Resistance is the negative force that's actively working against us to stop us from doing the things we want to do. It doesn't stop us from watching Netflix or from playing video games, instead it stops us from doing anything that we know in our hearts is gonna level up our lives. Like resistance isn't really that feeling that we get when we can't be bothered to clean the desk or can't be bothered to... I don't know, wash the dishes, that is resistance with a small R, but resistance with a big R is the resistance that... That force that's holding us back from doing creative or entrepreneurial things or things that require any level of risk-taking or putting ourselves out there. And whenever we try and do any of this stuff, we always have to go up against this hill of procrastination that's a constant battle. And there's a nice quote from the book where he says, "We don't tell ourselves, 'I'm never going to write my symphony,' instead we say, 'I am going to write my symphony, I'm just going to start tomorrow.'" I've heard this a million times, of people being like, "You know what?" "I wanna start a YouTube channel at some point." "I'm gonna start a podcast, but you know the timing's not quite right." "Oh, I haven't quite got the gear, I haven't quite got the kudos, why would anyone care what I have to say?" This is all resistance, it's all that procrastination that's building within us. But what really fuels resistance is fear. Resistance is activated by fear and gains strength whenever we give in to that fear creating a cycle that we fall into and which leads to resistance becoming even stronger as our fear becomes even greater. But as he says in the book, fear is actually a very good thing, because when we feel scared about doing something, it usually means we should just do the thing. He writes, "Remember one rule of thumb, the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it." And in a way, resistance is that compass that points towards the thing in our life that's actually most important for us to do. Like I never feel any resistance towards sitting down and playing "World of Warcraft," but I do feel resistance towards sitting down and writing my book, and that tells me that sitting down to write my book is currently the most important thing I need to be working on. And the key rule of thumb here as Steven Pressfield writes, is, "The more resistance you experience, the more important your unmanifested art or project or enterprise is to you." And since I first read this in 2017, I've actually started using this as a model for... In a way a model for decision-making. Like if I feel scared about doing something, then more often than not I will try my very best to actually do the thing, and so far in my life, I have never doing something that I'm scared of but I've always regretted not doing something that I was scared of. So now that we've done step one, which is know our enemy and we've defined resistance and figured out what it actually is, it's that source that makes us procrastinate, we need to figure out some ways of dealing with it. And the first one is key point number two in this video, which is become a professional. In the book, Pressfield introduces the idea of the professional versus the amateur. An amateur takes action whenever inspiration strikes or when they're in the right mood, they're not committed, and the goals are focused on fun, money and status. A professional shapes their life so that the work is a priority, they are determined and committed to succeed by following their inner drive and creative spirit. Now, our boy Steve says, that the only way we can deal with resistance is if we become a professional with our work rather than an amateur. And I think... I think it's interesting how he doesn't define professional as being someone who makes money from the thing, 'cause you can wanna make money from a thing but still treat it like a complete amateur. But instead, a professional is someone who does it for the sake of doing the work and takes pride in the work itself. And there's a few other traits that professionals have when it comes to doing their job. Like if you're a professional, then you'll show up every day to your job no matter what, you wouldn't just not go to work because you don't feel like it. If you're a professional, you work through adversity and you're open to criticism because you always wanna improve. Whereas if you're an amateur, then you feel like... If you draw something or make a video and someone gives you bad feedback or you get a bad comment, you get like really kind of woe is me and like it hurts your feelings and it like ruins your life because you're treating it like an amateur. Whereas if you treat it as a professional, you would be more inclined to actually grow from the feedback. A professional as well will understand that fear is just part of the work. Like if you're a doctor and that's your profession, you know that you're gonna be stepping outside your comfort zone. Whereas if you approach things with an amateur perspective, like starting a YouTube channel or whatever, as soon as the going gets tough, then you're gonna fold like a cheap suit, as they say. And finally, if you're a professional with your work, you recognise that facing the resistance is the daily battle. When I'm working as a doctor, when I wake up in the mornings and I think, "Oh, I don't really feel like going to work," I do it anyway, it's part of the daily battle, it's just what you have to do. When you're a doctor and you... Someone asks you to put an IV or a cannula into a patient who you know has difficult veins, that's resistance, you're like, "Oh, I don't wanna do this," but it's part of the work, it's part of the job, this is what I have to do. And we wanna be kind of taking that sort of attitude towards our other like creative and entrepreneurial stuff. And obviously there is some level in which you can take this too far, like being so focused on like treating your hobbies as a professional to the point where you're doing it for eight hours a day is probably a little bit excessive, and there's certainly something to be said for not monetizing all of your hobbies or at least not trying to make a living from your hobbies, because like for me, a hobby is fun when it makes a bit of money. Like playing the guitar, if I could get paid a bit of money to play the guitar, that would make it really, really fun. But if I was reliant on playing the guitar for earning a living, I'd be starving on the street and it would also make playing the guitar a lot less fun. So treating our creative and entrepreneurial stuff as a professional doesn't mean it takes over our life, it just means that we're approaching it with a bit more of a professional mindset rather than the mindset of, "Oh, I'll do my thing whenever I feel like it," cause that doesn't really work if you're treating something like a pro. Key point number three, is we need to banish the ego. And he said that once we've become a professional, the next thing we need to do is recognise that the ongoing battle between the self and the ego. And the way I see this is that our ego is more focused on external events and how other people see us, whereas the self is this inner calm that we have which is about the way that we see ourselves. When we're led by our ego, our main priority is to maintain the status of the eye in the world, and we're just focused on how external events affect us, and everything is very superficial and surface level. Then we've got the self, which is made up of the individual and collective unconscious areas of our minds, which includes our dreams, intuition, visions and aspirations. It encompasses the deepest form of who we are, and when we sit down to create, we're attempting to channel the self because it's through the self that we can beat resistance. Now some of this stuff is a little bit woo-woo for my liking, like Pressfield goes on about like how creative endeavours are like a new plane of existence, and we're all striving for that plane of existence, and resistance is like the devil that gets in the way, it kind of got a bit woo-woo at times. It's kinda similar to like the growth mindset and fixed mindset stuff in a way. When we have a fixed mindset, and we get like negative feedback or something, or we do something that we know is not very good, it really shakes us to the core because it like damages our ego. Whereas when we have a growth mindset to something, we recognise that if we fail at something, it's just part of the process of improving over time. And another way that I think of this is when it comes to goal setting, so I found that for me, I get a lot more resistance, i.e., procrastination when I've got goals that are based on outcomes that are outside of my control. So for example, if I'm making YouTube videos, which is an easy example, one way of thinking about my goals for YouTube is to think about, "Okay, I want this video to get this many views," or, "I wanna hit this many subscribers by the end of the year," that's a very outcome goal, and it's very outside of my control. The only thing in my control is making the videos, but if I have a goal that, "I want this video to be really good," then that's when perfectionism takes hold, that's when I feel the resistance, that's when I procrastinate so much to the point that I don't even make the video, and I've seen this basically with every student who's been through my part-time YouTuber Academy. Anyone who's doing YouTube or starting YouTube or getting better at YouTube or taking it seriously, if you start thinking that, "This video needs to be good," as defined by what other people think of it, it makes it really hard to actually make the video. Whereas what I prefer, is to have most of my goals being input goals, i.e., they are entirely within my control, they're entirely based on inputs that I control. So, "I'm gonna make two videos a week for the rest of my life," is an input goal, it's something that's broadly within my control. "I'm gonna write the best book that I can or... And a book that I'm happy with," is an input goal, it's a goal within my control. Whereas, "I'm gonna write a book and I want it to hit the New York Times Best Seller list, which is what I've been thinking about recently," that's very much an output goal and it's broadly outside of my control. And I find that when it comes... Again to writing my book, any time I even think of that outcome goal, I feel the procrastination, I feel the resistance, I feel the pain, whereas when I think, "You know what?" "My job is to is to just write the best book that I can," it becomes a lot easier to do. And now I've realised that for basically whatever I do, if I'm struggling with procrastination, usually it's the resistance getting in the way, and usually it's because I have some kind of outcome goal associated with the thing which for me personally is bad, it works for some people, but I don't personally like it. Now we've talked about three ways of beating procrastination, number one, name the enemy, i.e., the resistance, number two, become a professional, and number three, banish the ego. There's a lot more really good stuff about this in the book, "The War of Art," which as you can see is quite small. It doesn't take very long to read, and in fact, it only takes two hours to listen to, or one hour if you're going at double speed like I do, and you can do that on Audible who are very kindly sponsoring this video. Now, whenever Audible sponsor my videos, I always need to pinch myself because basically beyond any other brand I work with, it is the dream one, because I've been evangelising Audible to all of my friends and anyone who listened to me for the last... I don't know, God knows how long, even when I didn't have this YouTube channel and when they weren't sponsoring my videos. And in fact, it's one of the nicest feedings in the world, when one of my friends signs up for Audible and starts getting into audiobooks and tells me, "Oh my God, I signed up to Audible because of your recommendation, and now I'm reading the "Mistborn" series and my mind is blown because it's just so good." So if you wanna learn more about beating procrastination, then definitely check out "The War of Art" audio book, but if you're looking for fiction recommendations, which is what I personally prefer to listen to most of the time on Audible, I would, 1000% recommend the "Mistborn" series by Brandon Sanderson. This series is narrated by a guy called Michael Kramer who is like the best narrator in the world, in my opinion, and he's narrated the "Mistborn" series and "The Stormlight Archive," and "The Wheel of Time," and these are like amazing fantasy books that I've been listening to on Audible since like 2017. And I basically had Michael's... Michael Kramer's voice in my head at all times. So if you're new to the world of audiobooks, a hundred percent, I'd recommend "Mistborn" series by Brandon Sanderson, the first book of that is "The Final Empire," and I started listening to that in like... Yeah, 2017, has completely changed my life, because now Brandon Sanderson is my favourite author, and I fricking love listening to fantasy books on Audible. Another really good one to try is "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman, you might've seen the film, it's a pretty good film, but the book is even better, and it's a really nice love story, and it's just like narrated very well by Neil Gaiman himself. To get started with a totally free 30 day trial, in which you can get one free audio book to listen to, please head over to audible.com/aliabdaal, and then you can sign up for your 30 day trial, get your free audio book, I'd recommend "The Final Empire" by Brandon Sanderson, or "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman if you wanna go fiction, or "The War of Art" if you will like the topic in this video and you wanna learn more about how to beat the resistance. And honestly of the hundred plus apps that I subscribe to, I always say, even when they're not sponsoring my videos, I always say that Audible is the single subscription that I would hold on to above all else. I would even cancel my Netflix subscription and my "World of Warcraft" subscription if I had to in order to just subscribe to Audible as the only thing, because the amount of value it's added to my life in terms of how little I pay for it each month, it's just absolutely astronomical and probably the most cost... Like cost effective thing that I own in my life. So if that sounds up your street and you wanna get into the world of audio books, and join me on this journey of listening to audiobooks forever, then head over to audible.com/aliabdaal, to get your 30 day free trial and a free audio book. Anyway, I wanna end with a quote from the book where he says, "Never forget, this very moment, we can change our lives." "There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny." "This second, we can turn the tables on resistance." Now this book had a pretty profound effect on my life, and my creative and entrepreneurial journey. And if you liked this video, and you wanna check out my thoughts on more books that have really impacted my life, then check out this short playlist over here. The first video in it is about three books that changed my life, and then we've got a few other very short videos summarising some of the other books that I loved and have really helped me in life. So thank you so much for watching, do hit that subscribe button, if you aren't already, and I will see you next time. Good day. (gentle music playing), How to Beat Procrastination, YouTube, 01ka83pr7ygmzr43bw1rqcpnz0.