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Productivity Lab is a community of ambitious entrepreneurs, creators and professionals. Join the Lab and we'll help you double your productivity, focus and consistency in your work and life, so you can do more of what matters to you, while enjoying the journey along the way.
The Reason Your
Productivity System
Hasn't Worked
Let's be brutally honest: there’s a tonne of productivity advice out there, but you still find yourself drowning in work, overwhelmed by tasks, and drained at the end of each day.
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Why?
...because the typical “productivity hacks" don't really solve the problem. In fact, they often make it worse.
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Your incessant drive...
...to get more done robs you of the time and energy for the things that truly matter. And while you’re grinding away using a productivity technique that doesn’t suit you, your personal and professional life suffers.
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We’ve all been there...
...Your friends get relegated to rushed texts.
… You mentally check out when you’re working, uninspired by the daily ritual of sitting in front of your computer all day, every day, making little to no progress..
… And the side hustle or creative business you’re so passionate about begins to stagnate - or is constantly put on the back burner - due to a lack of clear direction, a chaotic calendar, and a sense of isolation because nobody else in your circle truly understands your entrepreneurial ambitions.
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The bottom line...
... is that your current approach to productivity is making you feel drained and isolated rather than energised and supported
In particular,
you're getting trapped in:
The Productivity Maze
You've read the books, downloaded the apps, watched the YouTube videos, and maybe even attended a seminar or two. You know you should be setting goals, finding time for deep work, and implementing a regular habit of weekly, monthly and quarterly reviews.
But, despite your best efforts, you're still stuck in the same cycles of inefficiency and procrastination.
Pseudo-Productivity
You're busy. In fact, you're really busy. But busy doing what? If you're honest, you know you're spending most of your time on tasks that don't really matter in the long run.
You're caught up in 'urgent' matters and losing sight of what's truly important for your business, creative, or professional ambitions.
The Overwhelm Spiral
With every passing day, your to-do list grows longer and your energy levels seem to deplete at an alarming rate. By the time you’ve finished your chores, checked off your admin, and pushed through the boring stuff you ‘have to’ do, you're too exhausted to spend time on the things you really care about.
Gradually you feel more stressed, more burnt out, and more behind on where you want to be.
And the more you try to get more done, be more disciplined,
and focus on the work in front of you, the harder it seems to get.
Productivity feels like a never-ending, lonely, and uphill battle.
A battle where your effort isn’t translating into the most important goal in life:
A happier, more fulfilled you. With more time to do what truly matters.
How Feel-Good Productivity
Helped Me Build
a Life I Love
Hey there — if we haven't met yet, I'm Ali 👋
5.41m followers
Productivity Expert
A few years ago, when I first started on my entrepreneurial journey, I shared all of these frustrations.
I was working full-time as a Junior Doctor, putting in 50-60 hour shifts every week in the hospital. I’d then spend my evenings, weekends and days off working on my YouTube channel and my business. I was working hard, making little progress, and had no close-knit circle of friends who shared similar interests or ambitions to me.
It was pretty depressing.
Some days I’d feel a burst of motivation to make a video or to work on my digital products. But most days, I’d feel drained, unmotivated, and alone when I got home from the day job.
I knew that if my life continued like this I’d lose friends, lose sight of my goals, and begin to hate the life I’d been working so hard to build.
Everything changed when I stumbled into the philosophy of Feel-Good Productivity - the idea that when we make our work actually feel good, it makes us more energised, creative and productive.
12 months later, I’d managed to grow my YouTube channel to over 1 million subscribers, built a thriving business generating over $1 million, and rekindled an active social life with my friends and family.
A few years later, I published a bestselling book on this topic - on how to transform your work into a source of energy through enjoying the process. In the book (which has now been translated into 34+ languages and is sold all around the world), I talk about the 3 Ps that make work energising:
Play. Power. People.
The Three Ps
Ultimately, work feels-good when we incorporate play, power, and people into it. And it’s that feel-good factor that makes us more productive.
Introducing: Productivity GPS
Play
Approaching work with a sense of play.
Power
Feeling empowered in all aspects of life.
Goalkeep Doc:
My 3-5 major moves
90 Day Plan:
My dream quarter
Ideal Week:
My repeatable routine
People
Spending more time with uplifting and like-minded people.
This is why I created Productivity Lab, which effortlessly combines all three of these things into our life.
Play, through monthly challenges, collaborative problem solving and online coworking ‘parties. Power through the Productivity Catalyst course, regular reflection workshops, and vision setting. And People —which is arguably the most powerful —by bringing motivated and ambitious individuals together so that we can all do more of what matters to us, while making friends along the way.
The Secret to Sustainable Productivity
It’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking, like I had done, that if you want to be productive you have to do more, work harder, and be more disciplined.
Or think that productivity has to be this exhausting, never-ending grind.
But, after dedicating tens of thousands of hours to researching, reading, and writing about productivity - and investing over half a million dollars in courses and coaches - I’ve realised that the traditional approach to productivity is fundamentally flawed.
The truth is, productivity isn’t about working harder, powering through endless tasks, glorifying busyness, or being more disciplined.
The secret is to make our work feel good.
And having people around us working towards similar goals is the most streamlined way for us to feel more energised and literally boosts our overall productivity and creativity.
It's what I've found key to my success over recent years and it's why we’re now building a community that will solve the problem that so many of us are struggling with on a daily basis.
Here’s what you get when you join the lab
By joining the lab you gain access to a thriving community designed to transmute your productivity into playful progress.
Here’s a sneak peek into the suite of things that await you:
Direct Access to Productivity Coaches
Access to productivity coaches who can provide tailored advice and support. Feel free to discuss your progress, your goals, and identify areas for improvement.
Regular sessions with productivity experts, successful entrepreneurs, and specialists in various fields to share their insights, strategies, and tips for optimising your work and life.
Daily, live deep-work focus sessions designed to boost motivation and focus, regardless of where you are across the globe. These are facilitated by one of our productivity coaches every single working day, and sometimes on weekends too.
Weekly, monthly, and quarterly review & reflection workshops to help embed lasting changes. You’ll reflect on your progress, celebrate your wins and learnings, and figure out your most important outcomes to work towards next.
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But that's not all...
Because this is the first time we’re opening the doors to the Lab, we’re launching with an exclusive Live Cohort online course, the Life Productivity System, where over 4 weeks of live sessions and workshops, I’ll teach you everything you need to know to build your own simple, effective productivity system.
This is what the system looks like:
Workshop #1
The Life Productivity System
Understand and explore the fundamentals of the Life Productivity System, including what it means to have a Focus Hour and a Balanced Week. By the end of the session, you’ll not only have a solid understanding of what it takes to optimise your productivity, but also how to effectively assess your own productivity baseline (which we’ll then use to measure how your productivity improves over time).
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Workshop #2
Joyful Day Spotlight
In this workshop, we’ll walk through the five key skills to having a Joyful Day: Align, Focus, Recharge, Reflect, and Organise. You’ll learn what constitutes a Joyful Day and learn the core components of a fulfilling morning ritual and effective evening shutdown. You’ll also be given a framework on how to experiment with different routines to identify your ideal morning and evening rituals, setting the stage for days filled with joyful productivity.
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If someone were to ask you “What’s the vision you have for your work and for your life?”, would you be able to answer? In this introspective session, you’ll be guided through the significance of having a clear vision and direction, how it sustains motivation and ensures alignment with your personal and professional goals. Together, we’ll explore the steps to articulate your own Life Vision, helping you to discover what truly matters to you. You’ll discover how to empower yourself to pursue your goals with a renewed focus and clarity.
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Workshop #4
Integrating Your Life Vision & Goals
Now you have a clear understanding of your life vision and goals, the next step is to integrate these insights into your daily life. So, in this workshop, you’ll be guided through the process of embedding your vision and goals into your productivity system. You'll learn how to align your long-term aspirations with actionable steps by setting 'Quarterly Quests' and defining what your 'Ideal Week' looks like. Plus, you’ll be given the tools to translate your overarching goals into structured, achievable objectives, ensuring that every day, week, month and quarter is a positive step towards fulfilling your life vision.
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Workshop #5
The Inner Game of Productivity
In this workshop, we’ll walk through the five key inner game components that influence our productivity: Mindset, Motivation, Emotion, Confidence, and Wellness. We’ll spend time journaling together to explore ways to influence your productivity from within and discover strategies for improving your internal drivers of productivity. By the end of the session, you’ll be equipped with the tools to sustainably boost your productivity by cultivating a stronger, more adaptive inner game.
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Workshop #6
Review & Integrate
Finally, we’ll bring everything together by reviewing all the concepts and strategies we explored together over the previous 4 weeks. The workshop will be your opportunity to assess your progress and reflect on how well you’ve integrated the techniques into your daily routines. We’ll use this session to discover what’s next in your journey within Productivity Lab. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have a clearer perspective on how far you've come and an inspired vision for where you can go next.
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"The weekly review has become an essential part of my week, helping me stay focused, inspired, and connected with a community of like-minded individuals striving for personal growth. Thanks Ali!"
"I really like the idea of getting together and actually doing the work. This helps me get into the flow and start acting on my goals. I fid having these reviews and makingtime to reflect really, really useful."
Alexandrina Mehandzhiyska
Early beta tester
"I’ve been struggling to do a weekly review on my own even though I know it’s a crucial part of my organization and productivity system - but doing it in a group setting and having it be guided makes it so much easier and way more fun!"
Jin Chung
Early beta tester
Pricing
Productivity Lab is an annual membership that’ll help you double your productivity, focus and consistency, while enjoying the journey along the way.
If you’re reading this, we've just closed enrolment for the founding cohort of Productivity Lab after selling out in less than 48 hours 🎉
But, if you missed out, don't worry - we'll be relaunching again soon!
Just click the 'join the waitlist' button below and you'll be notified of when we launch the next cohort of Productivity Lab in July/August 2024 + you'll get first dibs on reserving your place 😜
Productivity Package 1
Purchase JumpstartYOU'LL GET ACCESS TO...
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The Feel-Good Productivity Curriculum
A 5 week drip-fed curriculum with over 7+ hours of material teaching you everything you need to know about productivity and helping you to do more of what matters to you, without feeling stressed or burnt-out.
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Lifetime Access
Lifetime access to all the course material so as you begin building your own productivity system, there’ll always be useful information and insights you can benefit from every step of the way.
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The Productivity Power List
You’ll learn my favourite 50 productivity tips that weren’t covered during the course itself, which you can plug-and-play in your own life so you have a framework for getting work done whatever the situation in front of you.
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Regular Updates
We’ll be constantly updating and adding to the course, with new stuff dropping every month sharing the latest information, tools, and resources to help you with your productivity.
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Our FGP Playbook
This is a 50+ information pack that gives you a written summary of the course lessons, giving you another way to consume the course content.
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Our FGP Workbook
This is a 50+ page digital supplement to the course which breaks down each of the lessons into exercises you can use to really consolidate the learnings into actions that will supercharge your growth.
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Productivity Vault
Access X+ hours of exclusive interviews and recordings with productivity experts that are normally exclusive to our community helping you to get alternative perspectives on vision setting, goal creation, and habit building.
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Exclusive Bonuses
Just for fun, we’re bundling in a bunch of incredible bonuses too. See below.
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Everything in Jumpstart
All the perks from our first productivity package.
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The Action Academy
Enjoy 1 year access to our exclusive Action Academy, where you'll benefit from 👇
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The ‘Action Academy’ Community
An online space where you can discuss the course content, share your progress, ask questions, discover more productivity resources, and network with like-minded individuals.
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Weekly Blueprint and Reflection Workshops
In these live, guided sessions, you'll map out your upcoming week step-by-step. This format encourages accountability and establishes a consistent rhythm for your work.
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Monthly Goals and Overview Workshops
In these live, guided sessions, you'll analyse your achievements from last month and create a clear vision for the month ahead. Ideal for those who appreciate a more panoramic perspective on productivity.
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Quarterly Alignment and Assessment Workshops
In these live, guided sessions, you’ll build a clear picture of how aligned you are with your life vision and the actions you need to take to bring you closer to those goals moving forward.
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Annual Review and Plan Workshops
In these live, guided sessions, you’ll get a 360-degree review of your achievements from the year before and a forward-looking plan for the year to come, giving you a comprehensive roadmap for long-term success.
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Daily Power Hour
A focused hour for productivity where you’ll join a group of motivated and ambitious people looking to kick-start their day with purpose and accountability.
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Accountability Pods
Partner with other people from the Action Academy (either in small groups or 1:1) through our accountability programme. We’ll help you to find the right person or the right group to give you the support, encouragement, perspective and accountability to take your productivity to the next level.
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Community Newsletter
A weekly or monthly roundup of community highlights, upcoming events, and additional productivity tips, delivered straight to your inbox.
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The Tool Vault
A collaborative, community-driven list of recommended tools, apps, and resources.
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Early Access to Live Workshops
We occasionally run live 2-day productivity workshops across the world, and we’ll give you early access to register for the event (and other fun, exclusive bonuses). Read more here:
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Life Productivity System
The 4-week live cohort course taught by me (Ali Abdaal), from 1st May to 30th May 2024. Join live, or catch up on the recordings and assignments afterwards.
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Daily Focus Lab
Join daily live, guided deep work focus sessions on Zoom that turn your goals into reality, faster and with more joy. These are facilitated by our Prouctivity Coaches every single working day, and sometimes on weekends too.
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Reflection Rituals
Join our weekly, monthly, and quarterly reflection rituals to help you reflect on your work and life, and to set goals that refine your focus and direction.
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Expert Workshops
Monthly workshops from experts in productivity, motivation, goal-setting and more.
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Build the community with us
You’re among the first to get access to the Lab, and we’re hoping to build it alongside you based on your feedback and requests. We want to build the Lab into a thriving community that helps members get tangible results in their work and life, while having fun along the way. We’re investing a lot of resources into it, and with your suggestions, hope to make it absolutely incredible.
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And much, much more
Productivity coaching, resource library, monthly challenges, and regular productivity sermons from me. Learn more here.
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Our Ludicrous Money-Back Guarantee
Given that Productivity Lab is a new product we’re launching we want the investment in it to be completely risk-free. As such, if you decide that Productivity Lab isn't the right fit for you, you can email us at any point during your 12 month subscription to request a full refund. All we ask is that you give us feedback / tips on what could’ve been better for you :)
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Bonuses
You’ll also get FREE access to…
4x Free Bonus Courses
Free access to a bunch of free courses, live events, and other resources that help you to build a life you love.
Creator Productivity
The Workflow module of my Creatorpreneur course (worth $799) aimed at creators to help them improve their creativity and output. Build systems to reduce friction, increase throughput, and optimise the quality and quantity of what you produce.
Coming soon
We’re working on another super exciting bonus that we’ll hopefully be able to give to you within the next couple of weeks - stay tuned 👀
But, this system isn't for everyone...
Upfront disclaimer: this community may not be for you.
The truth is that building an effective productivity system requires work, only improves with time, and requires you to have regular open & honest conversations with yourself.
In particular, this system
isn't for you if:
You’re not ticking the basics like sleep, nutrition, and exercise
Anyone who wants to be more productive needs to begin by laying a solid foundation for self development. If you’re struggling with these basics, the system isn’t going to magically solve your productivity woes.
You're after a magic bullet that'll solve everything overnight
No system - even this one - can make you an overnight productivity guru. True productivity is a journey, not a destination. It demands consistent effort, strategic planning, and a commitment to iterative growth.
Day 1 • Goals, Plan, Review
March • System Review
90 Days: Everything has been going incredibly well; I just need calibration on..
February • 5 Week Plan
This week focuses on defining the single most important metric for each..
January • Setting Goals
This week focuses on defining the single most important metric for each..
You’re not keen on turning up to the sessions.
Productivity isn't a 'set it and forget it' kind of deal. It’s like a garden that needs regular tending. If you're not willing to roll up your sleeves and spend a bit of time each week assessing how you're doing, recalibrating your goals, and setting aside time for deep work, then the system will fail.
Ultimately, this community is designed to be a powerful tool for those who are serious about improving their productivity. It’s an investment in ongoing growth and personal effectiveness. But, like any tool, its effectiveness depends on you.
So, if you have your fundamentals in check, are willing to put in consistent effort, and keep turning up to the sessions, your life will change.
It doesn’t matter if you’re a student dealing with tight deadlines, a creator with a never-ending to-do list, or an entrepreneur juggling business commitments, the community offers you a system that’s flexible, adaptable, and effective to work for you.
The end goal is to help you do more of what matters to you, while enjoying the journey along the way.
So, if that’s the future you’re working towards, then we’d love to welcome you to the lab.