[Free 3-hour course] Turn your expertise into a $100k/year income stream → https://go.lifestylebusiness.com/lbafound Apply to join the Lifestyle Business Academy: [Free 3-hour course] Turn your expertise into a $100k/year income stream → https://go.lifestylebusiness.com/lbafound Make money with the skills you already have: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lbapoddesc Subscribe to LifeNotes 👉 https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes_deepdive Sponsored by Heights - go to https://www.yourheights.com and use the code Ali15 at checkout to get an extra 15% off your first quarterly subscription. Sponsored by Shortform - go to https://www.shortform.com/deepdive to get 20% off the annual premium subscription. Sponsored by Paperlike - Check out Paperlike's iPad screen protector: https://go.aliabdaal.com/paperlike-deepdive 📚 Check Out My New York Times Bestselling Book Feel-Good Productivity! 👉 https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/podcast 📧 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. 👉https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/podcast Lana Blakely is a Swedish YouTuber and content creator who makes videos on life advice, self-care, and her personal journey, covering topics like introversion, making friends, and dating. Lana’s channel blew up three years ago with a video titled ‘a real day in the Life of an Introvert’, and her channel now has over 1 million subscribers. In this episode we talk about the Swedish concept of Ro, which means ‘peacefulness and tranquility’, our thoughts on the real meaning of productivity and relationships in the modern world. Enjoy! Season 4 Episode 9 00:00 Intro 01:25 Quitting your job to do YouTube 13:34 Finding your niche & how your channel became so popular 28:32 What does the term introvert mean to you? 36:50 The concept of Ro 46:28 Tips on finding Ro in life and at work 58:30 Relationship reviews 01:03:10 Advice on dating 01:03:1 Dating experiences 01:13:31 Dating dos and don'ts 01:35:54 What are your thoughts on self-care? 01:31:26 How do you motivate yourself? 01:37:10 Journaling tips 01:47:15 Book recommendations 🔗 CONNECT WITH LANA 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@UCfBqaomkd7VcyOibBX2xtqA 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lanablakely 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/lanablakelys 🔗 CONNECT WITH ALI 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 💻 Website - https://aliabdaal.com 👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 📚 RESOURCES MENTIONED Mark Manson: Why It’s Not too Late to Start Over After 30 - https://youtu.be/hLkkMI4CX0A Alonement: How To Be Alone and Happy - https://youtu.be/c2UFZdq6Rjc Change Your Brain: The Power Of Neuroplasticity And Braincare - https://youtu.be/njhNz6irWws The Courage To Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi - https://geni.us/GjDv The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Anchor - https://geni.us/QCsvd Lana's video on grief - https://youtu.be/TD8vTHTnF_A 📄SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT Visit the website for the transcript and highlights from the conversation - https://aliabdaal.com/podcast/ 🎙 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. Want to start your own podcast? We use Transistor! https://go.aliabdaal.com/transistor 🎧 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 🙏 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... 👋🏼 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 🙏 PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜