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How I Grew to 1M YouTube Subscribers in Medical School - Kharma Medic

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Nasir KharmaguestAli Abdaalhost
Mar 28, 20221h 37mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released
March 28, 2022
Duration
1h 37m
Channel
Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal
Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

๐Ÿ‘‰ [Free live masterclass, Sat 21 Nov] Launch your online business by Christmas and land your first high-paying client by January โ†’ https://go.lifestylebusiness.com/bf26desc Plus: [Free 3-hour course] Turn your expertise into a $100k/year income stream โ†’ https://go.lifestylebusiness.com/lbafound Subscribe to LifeNotes ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes_deepdive First 200 get 20% off the annual premium subscription for Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/deepdive ๐Ÿ“š Check Out My New York Times Bestselling Book Feel-Good Productivity! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/podcast ๐Ÿ“ง Sign up for LifeNotes - my weekly newsletter where I share actionable productivity tips, practical life advice, and high-quality insights from across the web directly to your inbox.ย ๐Ÿ‘‰https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/podcast A lot of the time we can find ourselves on this hamster wheel of trying to optimise every waking hour of our days, hyper-focused on time and paranoid about how the decisions we make today will influence our future selves. But ultimately the hamster wheel just keeps on spinning when we donโ€™t take a moment to slow down, reflect and enjoy the moment. Nasir Kharma is a medical student Kingโ€™s College London, best known for his YouTube Channel, Kharma Medic, where he talks about studying, productivity and what itโ€™s like being a med student. In the conversation we chat about how he started his channel and began to play the YouTube game, how his time in therapy has shifted his thinking around time management and how weโ€™ve been thinking about what it means to live a meaningful life recently. Season 2 Episode 11 00:00 Coming up... 02:05 How did you get here? 07:57 What study tips did you wish you knew earlier? 08:56 Deciding on your career 12:25 Starting your YouTube channel 20:25 What was your strategy for growth on YouTube? 30:16 Your goals and motivations for YouTube 38:17 Medicine vs YouTube 43:33 Finding meaning at work 50:45 Making decisions 54:19 Starting therapy 57:32 Changing your relationship with time management 01:02:00 Hustling vs overworking 01:05:44 Lessons from therapy 01:17:22 Relationships and privacy online ๐Ÿ”— CONNECT WITH NASIR ๐ŸŽฅ YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/KharmaMedic ๐Ÿฆ Twitter - https://twitter.com/KharmaMedic ๐Ÿ“ธ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kharmamedic/ ๐Ÿ’ป Website - https://www.patreon.com/KharmaMedic ๐Ÿ”— CONNECT WITH ALI ๐ŸŽฅ YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/aliabdaal ๐Ÿฆ Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal ๐Ÿ“ธ Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal ๐Ÿ’ป Website - https://aliabdaal.com ๐Ÿ‘ฅ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ ๐Ÿ“š RESOURCES MENTIONED Nasir's Med School & Study Playlists - https://bit.ly/3tGVUSE Ali's How To Study For Exams Playlist - https://bit.ly/3IGZNex The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd - https://geni.us/LvvriRs Four Thousand Weeksโ€ Embrace Your Limits Change Your Life by Oliver Burkeman - https://geni.us/qxNSz Anything You Want by Derek Sivers - https://geni.us/gdv5 ๐Ÿ“„SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/ ๐ŸŽ™ ABOUT THE PODCAST Deep Dive is the podcast that delves into the minds of entrepreneurs, creators and other inspiring people to uncover the philosophies, strategies and tools that help us live happier, healthier and more productive lives. In each episode, Ali has conversations with guests from wide-ranging areas around the five pillars of a good life: health, wealth, love, happiness and impact - to empower you to live your best life. Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor ๐ŸŽง LISTEN FOR FREE Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7gZkflC... RSS - https://feeds.transistor.fm/deep-dive ๐Ÿ™ LEAVE A REVIEW If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts to help others discover the show :) https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... ๐Ÿง  SPONSORED BY BRILLIANT This episode is kindly supported by Brilliant, the best way to learn maths, science and computer science online. Brilliant focuses on helping you learn through interactive courses that work to develop your intuition and first principles knowledge, rather than just memorising methods and facts. Sign up at https://brilliant.org/deepdive - the first 200 people will receive 20% off the annual premium subscription. ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ GET IN TOUCH You can also Tweet @AliAbdaal with any feedback, ideas or thoughts about the lessons you've learnt from the episodes and we can thank you personally for tuning in ๐Ÿ™ PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from ๐Ÿ˜œ

SPEAKERS

  • Nasir Kharma

    guest

    Medical student and YouTube creator known for the KharmaMedic channel.

  • Ali Abdaal

    host

    Doctor-turned-creator and host of the podcast Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal, featuring Nasir Kharma and Ali Abdaal, How I Grew to 1M YouTube Subscribers in Medical School - Kharma Medic explores How Nasir built YouTube momentum and rethought productivity through therapy Nasir described starting his YouTube channel in medical school after failing to gain traction helping applicants via forums, with an initial goal of helping others get into medical school and later an expansion of more self-interested motivations like maintaining a large platform.

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