I've been struggling.

This newsletter started out as a highly produced weekly article to give you a boost in life.

In the beginning that was easy, but as time went on I've ended up with a bit too much on my plate.

Med school, filming, editing, writing and this.

Lately the priority has been to grow my social media channels, change my video style and focus on setting up my medical career. This newsletter fell behind a little, for which I'm sorry.

I think it's time to say Goodbye.

And hello to my new approach. (Gotcha)

As a creator I love the idea of taking people on the journey.

Showing them the behind-the-scenes as you build up your online presence.

I want to do the same, and I think this is the perfect place to do just that.

Apparently, newsletter subscribers are your most loyal 'fans'.

That's my second least favourite F word.

I consider you 'friends' instead.

So, friends. Today is the first of many newsletters where you get a backstage pass to my creator life.

I won't do this every week - those high value posts will come from time to time.

But occasionally I will share an 'Insight' about my creator life (see what I did there? The newsletter is called Insight.)

What's new?

Basically, a lot.

We recently hosted my first Anki Masterclass which was a live paid event. It was quite a challenge getting over charging people money for something but it was hugely successful and will most definitely return. (DM me on Instagram if you're interested).

In a few weeks we will be launching a community, an online hub for all of you to interact with each other, make friends with like minded people and grow together along with some other exclusive stuff.

I've been adding a lot to the website, check out daanishmahmood.com/articles for some of my newest articles.

We've also had some incredible growth across the platforms!

I've had a difficult time breaking out of 400K IG and 300K TikTok but a couple of viral videos and tactical content seems to have pushed me over the edge.

Insha'Allah the goal is to hit 500K on both platforms to reach the collective 1 million. (It's literally insane that 1 million is part of the conversation now).

I also appeared on a few podcasts:

Studying for the UKMLA, mastering Anki, and tips for success with AMBOSSador Daanish Mahmood.
​Spotify, Apple Podcasts​
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Daanish Mahmood on Islamic Principles for Modern Productivity - How Young Muslims Can Balance Faith, Motivation and Succeed in Both Worlds.
​YouTube & Spotify​

I have a few more lined up insha'Allah so stay tuned for those!!

The last thing on my mind is an idea I've had for a long time.

As a big creator, my fees are not small-business friendly when it comes to promotion, but I love working with small businesses, so I'm thinking of doing a 'small business of the month' series where I do a free collab with a small business showing their products. Of course, I'd select the ones that I think have the potential to boom and deserve the recognition. I'm still running the logistics of this one to figure out how to automate most of the process so I don't have to spend too much time on it.

That's pretty much it!

As you can see a lot has happened since I last spoke to you all.
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My final request is some feedback!
Do you like this sort of update?
Would you want to see more?

Just hit , I read every single one or message me on IG.

Until next week :)

Medical School Update 🩺

I started my final year of medical school. I got super lucky (Alhamdulillah) none of my placements are out of town so I don't need to move anywhere which means I should have no issues being consistent with my routine and work this year. I started on Psychiatry, those of you who know me well know that I want to be a Psychiatrist so I'm well and truly loving life right now. I've been going in more than necessary and it's been a pleasure working alongside some incredible doctors.

I've got a lot of exciting Psych and Medical content coming up!

Cool Stuff 👇🏽