The One Thing Rule

Ali Abdaal · · 1 min
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Ali, This Week in Startups, Chris and Tom agree on 24 things

See what they all use, in their own words. Paid ads are left out.

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Also mentioned

0:31 The One Thing · "Gary Keller has a book, The One Thing."
0:33 Essentialism · "Greg McKeown has a book, Essentialism."
0:34 Slow Productivity · "Cal Newport's book, Slow Productivity, talks a lot about this."
1:12 Zoom · "We usually have several thousand people from all around the world on a Zoom call planning our goals together."
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What do Ali and experts like them all swear by?

24 things in common

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