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Abdulkadir Dogan
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I am Abbi, and I was distracted for 10 years of my life. I chased every shiny object out there, the frameworks, platforms, and content that drained me. In 2025, I flipped this distraction into meaningful work. I turned my 8-hour screen time into a personal brand, intellectual education, and this podcast you are listening to :) no distraction. is a place where I interview creative entrepreneurs from various ranges, ranging from coaching to community leaders, all the way to multi-award-winning actresses. My mission with no distraction. is to give people the insights from experts that helped me navigate through this period of my life. The topics revolve around: self-awarenessbeingentrepreneurshipbusinessenergy Excited to learn more about me? Follow me: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@abbiDogan Substack: https://substack.com/@abbidogan

  1. Oct 27

    The Ex-Guru: You Don't Need Followers. A Few Hundred Is Enough To Make A Living

    Michael spent his first months on X doing exactly what the gurus told him: post polished advice, sound professional, chase the likes. He signed a few clients, grew a decent following, and watched his real life quietly disappear. Then he realized he’d become the very thing he warned everyone about. Michael is a personal branding coach on X who went from zero to 1,000 followers in 55 days. Before that came mechanical engineering school, a 9-to-5, and a string of side hustles that never stuck: trading in-game skins and video editing. What he eventually found on X wasn’t a growth hack. It was clarity, and a brand built around giving it to others. He also has a refreshingly blunt take on why most of the advice in the creator space is noise. In this conversation, we get into: – Why does almost every “be unique” framework end up making you sound like everyone else?– Can you really make a living on X with only a few hundred followers?– Why does nobody act on how-to content, and what actually makes advice stick?– What’s the single question that reveals whether your offer solves a real problem?– Who are the “sheeples,” and why does fear of failure keep them copying the gurus?– Is personal branding saturated, or are 89% of brands not really brands at all?– Where should AI stop and you start? This is an honest conversation about chasing the wrong kind of success, admitting it, and building something that actually feels like yours. no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi's world: https://abdulkadirdogan.com/ Disclaimer: This is a legacy episode, and was filmed 1.5 years ago. So keep in mind that not everything that was said is 100% accurate in the present.

    The Ex-Guru: You Don't Need Followers. A Few Hundred Is Enough To Make A Living

  2. Oct 20

    The Brand Strategist: You Don't Need 1,000 Followers... You Have A Trust Problem!

    You’re posting every day. You’re tweaking your strategy. People like your posts and even praise you in the DMs, but nobody buys. According to Tanya, that isn’t a content problem. It’s a trust problem, and no follower count will fix it. Tanya spent seven months posting long-form content almost daily on X with nothing to show for it, then launched a product that flopped. That failure forced her to rethink everything. What came out of it is “memorable branding”: a way of writing that doesn’t just share value but changes how your ideal client sees themselves, so they believe in what you’re selling before you ever pitch it. Today she helps creators do the same, and in this episode she builds a brand belief live, from scratch, for my past brand. In this conversation: Why the creator who wants “1,000 followers to monetize” is chasing a false goal, and what to aim for instead What a “trust spike” is, and why your Stripe screenshot might be quietly losing you clients How to find your brand philosophy by writing down 20 beliefs in your niche and flipping the false ones The storytelling trick that turns a missed Deutsche Bahn train into a post your audience can’t stop reading Why being scared to give away value means there’s no substance behind your brand The mistake that kept her from selling to a warm audience for months, and the simpler offer she should have made What X changed about her discipline, her friendships, and where she wants to live If you’re a creator who’s doing all the “right” things and still hearing crickets, this one is for you. Disclaimer: This is a legacy episode, and was filmed 1.5 years ago. So keep in mind that not everything that was said is 100% accurate in the present. Follow Tanya: https://fr.linkedin.com/in/nobsghostwriter no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi's world: https://abdulkadirdogan.com/

    The Brand Strategist: You Don't Need 1,000 Followers... You Have A Trust Problem!

  3. Oct 6

    Julian Saad: Checking Your Phone In The Morning Is Like Letting 100 Strangers Into Your Bedroom

    Every action you’ve ever taken started as a thought. And according to Julian, the thoughts and words you choose aren’t just descriptions of your life. They’re instructions. Change the language, and you change what you’re able to see, do and create. Julian is a coach who calls language his superpower, and he’s a big reason this podcast exists. Twenty days before this recording, we had our first call. At the end, I admitted I had a whole list of questions I never got to ask. He told me it was time to stop admiring Steven Bartlett and become my own version of him. Two weeks later, my Podcast was born. This was Episode 1. In this conversation, we cover: Why your brain keeps showing you “the red car,” and how to point that filter at the life you actually want The four layers behind every outcome, and the one most people skip entirely What a live coaching exercise reveals about who you need to be before you can do anything Why waking up to your phone sends your brain the wrong message from the very first second What a power outage in Spain, a flock of birds and a Rick Rubin habit teach us about unwanted thoughts The one book Julian says you must read “about you,” and the strange rule for how to read it What happens when someone tells you “I don’t have time,” and why that might be exactly the problem Follow Julian: Julian Saad no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi’s world: https://abdulkadirdogan.com/ Disclaimer: This is a legacy episode, and was filmed 1.5 years ago. So keep in mind that not everything that was said is 100% accurate in the present.

    Julian Saad: Checking Your Phone In The Morning Is Like Letting 100 Strangers Into Your Bedroom

  4. Sep 18

    Ben Chan: I Failed For 4 Years! Then One Story Took Me From 300 Followers To $10K/Month

    You don’t need 10,000 hours to get good at something. According to Ben, you need 100. That’s enough to be better than 90% of people, and enough to start selling. Ben spent four years failing at side hustles. He pushed Brawl Stars trophies for pocket money, washed neighbours cars at 4am, and spent two hours pitching Google Pay QR codes in a Singapore mall and earned nothing. He also poured three years into a Minecraft channel that never paid him a cent. Then one Valentine’s Day love story on X changed everything. Today he’s one of the go-to brand strategists on X, teaching creators how to turn stories into clients, and he started from 300 followers. In this episode, Ben gets into: * What is the 100-hour rule, and how do you split those hours to go from zero to dangerous? * Why did rereading his own 2023 diary expose the real reason he kept failing? * Why is “content over comments” the opinion that gets him the most hate? * What can a vending machine teach you about how much to give away for free? * Is the era of spectacle over, and why are audiences choosing story instead? * How would he take a 300-follower account to $10K a month, step by step? * Why should you start with low prices when everyone tells you to charge high? This conversation is for anyone building something online while juggling a job, a noisy feed, and too many ideas at once. But please keep in mind that this is a legacy episode, and was filmed 1 year ago. Follow Ben: X: https://x.com/ItsMeBenChan no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi’s world: https://abdulkadirdogan.com/

    Ben Chan: I Failed For 4 Years! Then One Story Took Me From 300 Followers To $10K/Month

  5. Sep 1

    The Coach Who Did It Before Steven Bartlett: I Had Everything On Paper — Then I Broke Down At 25

    At 25, Alex Manzi had the job, the salary, the life that looks correct on paper — and he had a breakdown. The question he asked himself on the other side of it ("surely this can't be it") sent him into psychology books, meditation, and eventually a microphone. Twelve years and roughly 500 episodes later, he's still asking it. Alex started what became the first UK podcast focused on self-development, mental health and personal growth — a full year before Steven Bartlett launched Diary of a CEO. It hit the top three on Apple and got him messages from strangers asking for help, which is how he stumbled into coaching without knowing coaching was a thing. He now writes books, is finishing a graphic novel, and runs a six-month program that ends with six days in France he describes as two years of transformation compressed into a week. This conversation goes somewhere unexpected. It's less about strategy and more about who you're being while you execute it. Inside this episode: — Why your life will only ever make sense in the rear view mirror, and what to do in the meantime— The difference between your "default being" and your "created being" — and why most people never meet the second one— What a coach asked Alex that reframed every decision he's made since— Why you can't "get" energy, and the one Sunday-morning distinction that changes how it feels— The singer who said she wasn't good enough for the stage — and what happened in a bar in France— The empty page exercise Alex gives anyone who doesn't know what they want— Why consuming other people's version of success quietly deletes your own Find Alex: https://www.instagram.com/iamalexmanzi/ no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi's world: https://abdulkadirdogan.com/

    The Coach Who Did It Before Steven Bartlett: I Had Everything On Paper — Then I Broke Down At 25

  6. Aug 25

    The Coach Who Quit Coaching: "The Entire Industry Is Making You Weaker"

    Claire Doré spent sixteen years inside the personal development industry — then saw something she couldn't unsee. So she deleted her title, released her clients, walked away from her income, and gave away 95% of everything she owned, including her home. Her argument is simple and uncomfortable: the moment you call yourself a coach, you've placed the person in front of you underneath you. Claire now refuses a title altogether. She calls herself an energetic mirror — someone whose presence lets people see themselves clearly enough that the story they've been carrying just dissolves. It isn't theory. In this conversation she describes booking a £300 hotel room that left £30 in her account, the woman who sat down beside her in reception the next morning, and what happened after that. She describes a stranger who told her he'd made a mistake he couldn't forgive himself for — and what one sentence did to him. She talks about the label she now wants to walk into prisons and dismantle. What we get into: Why "the healing paradigm" might be quietly keeping millions of people brokenWhat she means when she says energy speaks before words ever doWhy she hasn't watched the news in sixteen years — and didn't know the clocks had gone backThe collapse before the click: why your reality blows up right after you make the real decisionWhy "I don't know" is the most fertile ground for clarity there isThe book she never intended to write, and why she'll never publish it the normal wayWhat it actually costs to let go of every single familiar thing in your life This one is less an interview than an energetic exchange. Claire's own words. no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi's world: https://abdulkadirdogan.com/

    The Coach Who Quit Coaching: "The Entire Industry Is Making You Weaker"

  7. Jul 8

    The Traveling Barista: "I Work 6 Months A Year To Buy The Other 6 Back"

    Claire didn't like coffee until she was 24 — one espresso and her "whole system said no." Today, she's a specialty barista who gets flown from Madrid to Vienna to Amsterdam to make coffee at events across Europe. Her explanation for how that happened is deceptively simple: follow what excites you, and don't argue with it. In this episode, I sit down with Claire — barista, visual creator, writer, and founder of IMMÄ Studio. She's the definition of multi-passionate: she's used hospitality jobs to travel through Switzerland, Australia, and Spain, managed one of Madrid's most respected specialty coffee shops, works in advertising production, and is now building a creative community rooted in one skill most of us avoid — being honest with ourselves. In this conversation we get into: — How do you figure out what you actually want when you could do anything? — The "research phase" most new creators skip — and why it costs them years — Why 90% of creators quit in the first three months, and the daily reflection habit that keeps Claire going — How to travel the world with a "low-skill" job (and why hospitality is the most underrated travel hack) — Why connections are made in the DMs, not the comments — The story behind IMÄ Studio — and why "you already are what you are" is the whole point — Plus: Claire ranks every coffee drink, and the latte macchiato does not survive Claire's honesty about the slow, unglamorous version of the creator journey — the one where your online income doesn't pay rent yet and that's okay — is something almost nobody talks about. Follow Claire: Substack: https://claireisonit.substack.com/  @imma__studio  no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi's world: https://linktr.ee/abbiDogan

    The Traveling Barista: "I Work 6 Months A Year To Buy The Other 6 Back"

  8. Jun 30

    The Mindset Coach: "Self-Development Is Secretly Keeping You Stuck"

    What if the self-development you keep consuming is the exact thing keeping you stuck? In this episode, Austra makes a confession most coaches never would: for years she taught people how to master their mindset while quietly struggling behind the scenes — until she realized that consuming personal growth had become her most sophisticated form of procrastination. Austra hosts two podcasts, Wisdom in Action and Chase the Impossible, and works as a mindset coach. But her story is anything but a polished highlight reel. She spent years convinced she "just couldn't run" — then went on to finish five half marathons, a half Iron Man, and the original marathon route in Athens, all by following one rule: commit before you're ready. Along the way she learned that realness, not perfection, is what actually makes people connect. In this conversation, Austra and I get into: – Why "consuming self-development" might be the most comfortable way to avoid actually changing – The difference between theory experts and life experts — and who you should really be listening to – What three weeks offline until 8PM does to the way you think (and why boredom became a superpower) – How to reframe rejection so a single "no" stops running your decisions – Why you'll never feel ready — and how to start anyway – The lesson she resisted longest: why you can't build, heal, or grow entirely alone – How to identify your own "impossible" and actually chase it This one is for anyone who's read all the books, saved all the clips, and still feels like they're standing still :) Follow Austra: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/austra.putnina/  @wisdominactionpod   @austraputnina  no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi's world: https://linktr.ee/abbiDogan

    The Mindset Coach: "Self-Development Is Secretly Keeping You Stuck"
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I am Abbi, and I was distracted for 10 years of my life. I chased every shiny object out there, the frameworks, platforms, and content that drained me. In 2025, I flipped this distraction into meaningful work. I turned my 8-hour screen time into a personal brand, intellectual education, and this podcast you are listening to :) no distraction. is a place where I interview creative entrepreneurs from various ranges, ranging from coaching to community leaders, all the way to multi-award-winning actresses. My mission with no distraction. is to give people the insights from experts that helped me navigate through this period of my life. The topics revolve around: self-awarenessbeingentrepreneurshipbusinessenergy Excited to learn more about me? Follow me: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@abbiDogan Substack: https://substack.com/@abbidogan

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  • Creator
    Abdulkadir Dogan
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Abdulkadir Dogan
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