I Tried 137 Productivity Tools. These Are The Best.
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Hey friends, I’ve tried hundreds of productivity tools over the past few years, so in this video I share all the ones I actually use on a day to day basis, in case you need any extra inspiration to improve your own productivity. Enjoy x
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WHO AM I?
If we haven’t yet before – Hey 👋 I’m Ali, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur and I’ve somehow become the world’s most followed productivity expert. Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast Deep Dive and writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love.
⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:15 Early Morning
1:15 Planning my day
2:21 Mid-morning
3:51 Writing in a coffee shop
5:25 Desk work
9:36 Filming a video
12:02 Bathroom shenanigans
12:52 Afternoon
16:00 Gym
17:03 End of the day
PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜
dont use treadmill when you are working in computer, it can be quite risky. posting this kind of video is nice to see, but very bad idea if someone practices, just my 2 cent input 🙂
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you should try Evernote, the latest version is awesome!
so this guy drops $400 a month on productivity software lol
ve always been chasing better productivity, believing it’s the foundation for success. I’ve done the usual—task lists, reminders, apps—but somehow, they all seemed to fall short. Then I read about the idea of having someone keep you accountable. I tried it with a friend, but we both slacked off pretty quickly. Now I’ve signed up for a structured program with Habit10x, and it’s already feeling like a much more reliable system. Fingers crossed that this will help me finally stick to my productivity goals!
Thank you Ali. Enjoyed your book. Very shotgun style in this video. I think one thing I would advise people given the heavy influx of approach, method, process, tracking here – please don’t forget the most effective tools of all time are 1) be intentional with how you define your life (my favourite thing ever is Jordan Peterson’s future life authoring program to get a vision, Ali has some good ones in his book too) and 2) just plan and track your time. Everything else is secondary to these two. Like maybe you just most of the time go to the gym when it’s in your calendar, instead of data entry into 4 apps and then writing about it in 3 later. Know what I mean? And if you don’t go, again Ali’s book has great tip about not beating yourself up. Cheers.
Things 3 – A to-do list app for daily tasks management.
Ulysses – A markdown writing app for drafting documents.
Notion – A versatile organization tool for managing projects and notes.
Superhuman – An email client focused on speed and efficiency.
Reader – An RSS feed aggregator for reading articles.
BetterHelp – An online therapy service.
Rise – An automatic time tracking app.
Day One – A journaling app.
Fitness App – For tracking workouts.
Strong – A workout tracking app for personal training.
Loom – A screen recording tool for communication.
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Have you tried PlanPlume?
I am using app called “habit radar” is the best app in this field .
It helps me to manage my task and get more productivity
Ali, how do you feel about Forest?
"Zen-Mode: Disciplined" leads the pack as the best free Pomodoro app for iOS.
Hello Ali,why prefer things 3 over todoist? , it saves more time with quick ess to add tasks
I don’t think I want be a computer..
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this reminds of a shopping list of an aspiring productivity freak. i am already overwhelmed syncing my watch to phone not to speak smart scale etc etc etc mentioned in the video. can’t imagine how much time do you need to use all these gadgets instead of actually doing things.
Let’s make a video and see just how much stuff I can SELL you.
Appena presa 😍 ho la fortuna di lavorare a 7 minuti a piedi da casa. Me la godo al weekend
I’m procrastinating
1:34 And dude, thats a "follow a day with me", you should have separated this in categories for us to go directly to our problems, to know what aspect of life we should target or simply for better orientation.
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Wabi sabi
Reducing the friction to start something is one of the best advices I have heard, great video and thank you!
What’s the app being used to screen record and camera video? Thanks!
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Going to a coffee shop to doodle in the morning? Bro, looks like you don’t have a 9-5 job like the rest of us.
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don’t use phone in the bathroom thanks me later
beautiful Mont Blanc plume 😉
Which treemill do you use actually? Looks very slim
Oh I love productivity so much as well!
what gets measured, gets managed
I stopped watching when you started marketing for weighing scale. Why? Why? You look smart enough. Then why?
I just switched to Motion and I love it!
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Bro you can’t do psychotherapy like Tinder or a monthly media subscription. It’s about building a deep and long-term relationship and not about choosing a therapist based on identity traits and switching to another one at any time.
This sleazy son of a bitch is more salesey than Jordan Belfort’s crew in Wolf of Wallstreet!
Thank you!
This helped me understand that productivity tools are the exact opposite of where I wish to go.
I’ll keep Obsidian and paper <2
Getting jealous over unaffordable productivity apps i wish i had is a new crazy experience
This is "How to make a video full of ads"
I’m stressed just listening to doing all these things before I even start work – to remind, remind remind. Wow!!
Whoever watching this video, Do NOT buy FABULOUS App, its a SCAM. I paid for the ANNUAL Premium version in july 2024 n in october 2024 my subscription was gone stating that i was Inactive, i mailed them, they said they couldnt LOCATED my mail id. N they needed 10 details. I gave them Proof of the mail i recieved in July. Till now i dint get reply. N my money was GONE
One of the gayest video thats not a gay p0rn
Edit: I am now at 5:25 the ad made it so fucking more gay
Skip this video
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"What gets measured gets managed"… that might be one of the most guilt-free motivating quotes I’ve heard for the first time here on your video. Thanks!
Great tips, Ali.
I greatly appreciate your efforts to think, write, make, edit & publish videos, Consistently.
However, quick que;
At 12:08 why would you ever use the a mobile in the washroom? I never liked it and would encourage you to drop this habit. It’s dirty.
Hope you give some thought.
Leuchtturm? The Rolls Royce of notebooks
This video is also like one massive sales pitch for ‘Afiliate Links’ sell sell sell !! I look in the despcription – and…….. there we go…. just as I thought, a full list of things to buy, and that is just one video. Too much
Nice Video. Which Browser do you use?