What motivates us in life?

📚 Pre-order my book to get an exclusive ticket to The Feel-Good Productivity Annual Planning Workshop! Website: https://www.feelgoodproductivity.com/... Amazon: https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/b... To improve your thinking and learning skills, visit https://brilliant.org/ali and sign up for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription :) 🧠 Superfocus: Our Ultimate Productivity System for People with More Ambition than Time → https://superfocus.me/?utm_source=you... 🚀 Lifestyle Business Academy: Our MBA alternative to build a 6-figure online business → https://lifestylebusiness.com/academy... MY OTHER PRODUCTS 🦄 My Productivity Course: LifeOS → https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifeos/ytd 🤑 Grow / Monetise your YouTube Channel → https://go.aliabdaal.com/PTYA/yt 👻 Voicepal: AI Writing App (iOS/Android) - Download for Free → https://go.aliabdaal.com/voicepal/ytd MY BOOK 📕 My New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity (2,000+ 5-star reviews) → https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/a... CONNECT WITH ME 💌 Join LifeNotes, my weekly email where I share what I'm reading & learning: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/yt 📸 Instagram:   / aliabdaal   📱 TikTok:   / aliabdaal   👨‍💻 Linkedin:   / ali-abdaal   🐥 X/Twitter: https://x.com/aliabdaal 🌍 My website / blog: https://www.aliabdaal.com/ In this episode of book club we're looking at The Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson which shines a light on the hidden motives of everyday life. We look at the theory behind the elephant, why we all secretly hide our true motives and how these motives play out in everyday life. 📚 The Elephant in the Brain - https://geni.us/elephante Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:52 The Elephant in the Brain Thesis 02:10 Why We Hide Our True Motives 07:46 The Hidden Motives of Everyday Life ------ 📕Book Club Episode 1 - What Makes People Successful? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGbCR... 📚The Unfair Advantage by Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba - https://geni.us/e83Ll 📘Book Club Episode 2 - Tiny Changes Remarkable Results - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT7tQ... 📚Atomic Habits by James Clear - https://geni.us/atomichabitsbook 📙Book Club Episode 3 - My Favourite Productivity Book - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NBhJ... 📚Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky - https://geni.us/vzDlPbD 📗 Book Club Episode 4 - Why Motivation is a Myth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzAuv... 📚 The Motivation Myth by Jeff Haden - https://geni.us/ozAf 📘Book Club Episode 5 - Grit -    • Is Success Luck or Hard Work?   📚 Grit by Angela Duckworth - https://geni.us/gXqfuf7 📕Book Club Episode 6 - The Happiness Advantage -    • The Happiness Advantage (Shawn Achor) - Bo...   📚 The Happiness Advantage - https://geni.us/9MIFf -------- TOOLS OF THE TRADE: 🎥 My YouTube Camera Gear - https://kit.co/AliAbdaal ⌨️ My Keyboard - Wireless Coral mechanical keyboard (Cherry Blue) - https://go.aliabdaal.com/keyboard 📝 My favourite iPad Screen Protector - Paperlike - https://go.aliabdaal.com/paperlike 🎒 My Desk Accessories + Todo List - Ugmonk - https://go.aliabdaal.com/ugmonk 📚 How I remember what I read - Readwise - https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise 🎵 Where I get my Music (amazing for YouTubers) - https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound 👻 Where I get my Website Themes from - https://go.aliabdaal.com/ghost-themes 👻 My personal Ghost Website Theme - https://go.aliabdaal.com/ghost-theme-ali What I Use For Analytics - https://go.aliabdaal.com/tubebuddy 🌐 My website platform (Ghost) - https://go.aliabdaal.com/ghost PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜 PS: I donate 10% of my income to charity every year. Would you like to join me? Learn more about the 10% Pledge: https://aliabdaal.com/giving-what-we-...