no distraction.

Abdulkadir Dogan
  • 0.0 (0)
  • Entrepreneurship

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. 3d ago

    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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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"

  5. 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"

  6. 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"

  7. Jun 23

    The Self-Made Creator: "I Tried Everything For 3 Years And Failed — Then I Bet My Last $300"

    She was kicked out of her home at 16, pulling 12-hour barista shifts for barely a few euros an hour, with $300 to her name and no backup plan. Three years and a string of failed online businesses later, she bet everything on one last shot — and stumbled onto the counterintuitive truth that built her entire brand: people don't relate to your wins, they relate to your suffering. Estere isn't a famous founder or a guru with a decade of credentials. She's a self-made creator who built a sold-out coaching business on X from absolute zero — twice — after her first account was banned overnight at 2,800 followers. Her edge isn't luck or a big audience. It's a philosophy she calls "world building": turning your story, your struggles, and the things you don't have into a brand people can't look away from. In this conversation she breaks it down with no fluff and no recycled advice. In this episode: — Why talking about what you DON'T have beats flexing your wins every single time — The "hill you die on" philosophy, and why having haters might be the whole point — How one post about quitting university got her 1,000 followers in 24 hours — The brutal reason most offers never sell, and the one question that fixes it — What losing her entire business overnight taught her about starting again — Why your self-esteem might be the real ceiling on your income — The lesson that changed everything: how letting go led to her biggest month yet If you've ever felt like you needed results before you were allowed to have a story, this one's for you. Follow Esther: X: https://x.com/esterezw no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Abbi's world: https://linktr.ee/abbiDogan

    The Self-Made Creator: "I Tried Everything For 3 Years And Failed — Then I Bet My Last $300"

  8. Jun 12

    The 5 Silent Reasons You Feel Like An Outsider Everywhere You Go

    For most of her career, Pragna carried something into every meeting, every project, every promotion: the feeling that she couldn't fully be herself at work. Then one ordinary network meeting in 2013 cracked something open — and changed the entire direction of her life. This is a conversation about what it actually costs to spend years not belonging, and what it takes to finally come home to who you are. Pragna spent nearly three decades in corporate tech before founding Belonging Matters, a consultancy built on a deceptively simple idea: people do their best work — and live their best lives — when they feel safe, seen, and like they genuinely belong. London-born, South Asian, and a member of the LGBTQ+ community, she's turned her own experiences of exclusion into a five-part framework that organisations now use to audit their culture. She's also the creator of the Belonging Cards, a deck designed to pull people out of small talk and into the conversations that actually matter. In this episode: – Why "slowing down" might be the fastest way to get where you actually want to go – The five hidden dimensions that quietly decide whether you belong — anywhere – What it really costs to stay in a job, a friendship, or a room where you don't feel safe – The 2013 moment that finally let her be herself, and why it took so long – How she moved from the hardest year of her life to her clearest sense of purpose – Is AI coming for your job, or freeing you to finally do human work? – Why she'd rather skip the small talk and go straight to the real conversation Follow Pragna: Website: https://belongingmatters.co.uk/ no distraction: Get weekly anti-letters: https://abbidogan.substack.com/ Follow Abbi: https://linktr.ee/abbiDogan

    The 5 Silent Reasons You Feel Like An Outsider Everywhere You Go
See All (19)

About

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

Information

  • Creator
    Abdulkadir Dogan
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Abdulkadir Dogan
  • Show Website
    no distraction.