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How To Actually Achieve Your Goals in 2026 (Evidence-Based)

Ali Abdaal3.7M views14:461y agoWatch on YouTube

23× its channel’s median of 165K views

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Computed from Measured only: YouTube's replay peaks and chapters as YouTube serves them; views and the multiple from Hook Detector's index (views over the median of 165,271 views across the channel's 29 recent uploads), read 2026-11-10. Page built Nov 11, 2026.

Where viewers rewatch Replay peaks, measured by YouTube, not retention

0:007:2314:46
  1. Peak3:23 to 3:32
  2. Peak7:58 to 8:07
  3. Peak11:57 to 12:06
  4. Flat stretch1:10 to 3:14

How it is built its chapters, as YouTube shows them

  1. 0:00Why I'm making this video
  2. 1:121. Write Them Down
  3. 4:162. Look at them every week
  4. 8:143. Monitor your Progress
  5. 10:314. Visualise Obstacles
  6. 12:285. Tie them to an Identity