Can You Apply Productivity Strategies to Dating? with Ali Abdaal

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In this episode, Hannah chats to someone outside the sex ed and sex positivity bubble about their dating journey and experiences: Ali Abdaal, who is a doctor and YouTuber and makes content about productivity, tech, and living a healthy, happy life. Ali discusses the premium offerings from dating apps and what they actually give you, and also whether there's such a thing as being too independent to be able to fit a partner into your routine. He and Hannah talk about if we can learn anything from pick-up artists, and whether you can apply productivity theories to dating! Finally, Hannah asks whether Ali really does have a marriage folder in his email inbox to help him find a wife.

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Ali Abdaal is a doctor, YouTuber and podcaster who explores the strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier, more productive lives.
- YouTube: https://youtube.com/aliabdaal
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AliAbdaal/
- Website: https://aliabdaal.com/

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0:00.0	I was polling some friends around and asking, right, how many dates should you go on someone,
0:05.0	even when you're not feeling it? And everyone pretty much said that you've got to go on at least
0:09.0	a second date because you might as well. And so I kind of set a little rule for myself, the three-date
0:15.1	rule, which is that I have to go in at least three dates with someone before deciding one way
0:19.6	or another about them.
0:31.9	Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships, dating, and our bodies.
0:38.1	Hi, welcome back to doing it.
0:43.9	Today's episode is a bit of a wildcard because if you know who my guest is, you might be thinking,
0:47.4	what's he doing on a podcast about sex and relationships?
0:50.3	But it'll all make sense, I promise.
0:56.4	Today I am joined by Ali Abdol, who is a doctor and YouTuber and he makes content about productivity, tech and living a happy and healthy life. And yes, you're probably still
1:02.8	thinking, what has that got to do with the themes of this podcast? We do in fact find some
1:08.1	crossovers with productivity and dating.
1:11.6	But also, this podcast isn't just about interviewing experts or people inside the sex-positive
1:17.6	community.
1:18.6	I think it's also important to share stories of people who are outside of that bubble, which is
1:24.6	most people.
1:25.6	Everyone has experiences of sexuality, relationships and dating, even if it is just fantasies of those things
1:35.3	and watching media representations of them and internalize feelings about them.
1:41.3	And you do not have to be an expert or part of a movement to experience
1:45.7	and feel those things. So this interview with my friend Ali is just that someone's story.
1:54.0	We talk about Ali's journey with dating and what actually all of the premium offerings from
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