In this episode, Ankur reflects on his recent meeting with Ali Abdaal, a renowned content creator and expert on productivity. He shares his fascinating experience of spending four hours with Ali, discussing various topics such as curiosity, equality, the importance of being a student of life, and the value of listening without assuming shared experiences.
Join Ankur Warikoo as he dives into the lessons he learned and explores what it means to be a true student.
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[00:00:00] Hey everyone, you're listening to Angkor Warikku on Voice with Warikku.
[00:00:07] On this podcast, I talk to you about entrepreneurship, how to grow in life, manage personal finances,
[00:00:12] handle failures, and a lot more things that just come to my mind.
[00:00:16] The episode begins.
[00:00:18] I was in London over the weekend for some work and I wanted to meet one person who's
[00:00:24] one of the few people that I know who lives in London and that person's name is Ali years of age. He was born in Pakistan, then moved to the UK, got himself trained as a doctor at Cambridge University, was practicing medicine. Then he started creating content in 2017 on YouTube. And today he's just like the biggest thing ever.
[00:01:41] He has 5 million plus followers on YouTube
[00:01:43] and several hundred thousands and more
[00:01:46] across other platforms. pace at which he kept asking me questions all through our interaction. He never stopped. He just didn't stop. He had questions. And it didn't matter whether this question was a stupid question. It was a basic question. It was a deep question or with a superiority complex that, oh my God, I'm the master. It's intensely hard to see yourself as an equal. And that's what Ali did.
[00:04:20] Ali saw me as an equal.
[00:04:23] And I loved that.
[00:04:24] Because he treated me like an equal.
[00:04:26] He questioned me like an equal. because here's a true student. Ali and his audition wants to be a teacher and wants to teach forever. But I think he'll be the finest teacher out there because he's a student and he's a student of life. He loves just learning. He loves listening and he's such a great listener.
[00:05:41] He asked me such brilliant follow-up questions,
[00:05:44] which told me that he part of some agenda.
[00:07:01] And the fifth one, which I found to be most fascinating.
[00:07:05] Here's a thought experiment. you essentially are closing the doors for any new experience and learning around that same experience to come in. The second you say, me too, you're essentially saying both of us know exactly the same thing, but we don't. My experience may be the same as yours,
[00:08:21] but my interpretation of that experience
[00:08:23] and my learning from that experience
[00:08:25] is and could be wildly different from yours.