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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
A practical look at coaching, confidence, creators, and writing books
- Ali interviews his business coach Hasan Kubba about what coaching is, why it’s valuable, and what Ali learned from being coached.
- Hasan defines coaching as primarily delivering clarity and accountability, often by asking structured questions rather than giving direct answers.
- Hasan and Ali discuss creator monetization through coaching, arguing that coaching helps creators deeply understand their audience and build premium offerings even with small audiences.
- Hasan shares how he built social confidence by pushing through shyness to talk to strangers, describing the mindset shifts and learning he pursued around communication and social dynamics.
- They explore writing and book creation: handling negative reviews, co-author dynamics, using simplified mental models for transformation, and the idea of running a live cohort to test and strengthen book concepts.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasCoaching’s core value is clarity plus accountability.
Hasan describes coaching as a process that helps people get clear on what they want and then follow through, emphasizing that the biggest benefits are clarity and accountability.
A practical coaching structure is “Achieve, Avoid, Act” (AAA).
Hasan explains his simple coaching framework: ask what someone wants to achieve, what they want to avoid, and what action they will take next, using “why” questions to deepen understanding.
You don’t need to be “the best” to help—being a guide is enough.
Hasan says many people undervalue what they know because they compare themselves to those far ahead, and the goalpost keeps moving; he frames this as being a guide rather than needing to be a guru.
Social confidence can be trained by repeatedly initiating conversations despite discomfort.
In discussing confidence and social skills, Hasan shares that he was shy and deliberately pushed himself to initiate conversations, which led to unexpected opportunities and improved rapport skills.
Handling criticism improves when you internalize your own success criteria and accept polarization.
Hasan says dealing with hate/negative reviews is easier when you accept you can’t appeal to everyone, recognize feedback may reflect others’ circumstances, and define success by your own criteria rather than external validation.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesThe two main benefits of coaching is, number one is clarity, because getting asked those questions back about what you're trying to achieve, what you're trying to avoid, why, and then just keep ... do we keep being asked why is very valuable. And by the way... Number two is a- accountability.
— Hasan Kubba
The gap rather than the gain.
— Ali Abdaal
It's so self-centered and so narcissistic to think it's all about how we approached it. They might be having a bad day.
— Hasan Kubba
Human beings are hierarchical creatures.
— Hasan Kubba
I think one of the issues with these sorts of nonfiction books is that really it's not really about what's true. It is about what's useful.
— Ali Abdaal
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SPEAKERS
Ali Abdaal
hostDoctor-turned creator and entrepreneur, host of “Deep Dive with Ali Abdaal.”
Hasan Kubba
guestEntrepreneur and business/creator coach, author of “The Unfair Advantage.”
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