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From motivation to learning new skills to practical philosophy, YouTube is a treasure trove of knowledge if you know where to look. Here are the top channels I subscribe to in the following categories.

Wisdom & Advice

The School of Life

A variety of video series concerned with developing emotional intelligence, and how to live wisely and well.

TED

Most of you know TED, but if not, this is where you should start, learning from experts in their field as they explore thought provoking topics.

Practical Philosophy

Philosophy today isn't often shown in a way we can easily incorporate it into our lives. Practical Philosophy does exactly that.

Motivation

Mateusz M

Inspiring speeches with music that are sure to get you motivated to take massive action!

GoalCast

Good curated playlists of commencement speeches among others.

Mulligan Brothers

Compilations of inspirational speeches edited with music and inspiring visuals.

Summaries

Principles by Ray Dalio

Principles For Success illustrated.

Fight Mediocrity

Easily digestable hand drawn story board summaries of books and ideas.

One Percent Better

Top 7 Lessons From 134 Books.

Influencers

Ask Gary Vee

One of the best motivators and content creators on the internet.

Casey Neistat

One of the 1st YouTubers, Casey is an expert story teller and posts very regularly.

Simon Sinek

Business oriented speeches that are perfect food for thought for tomorrow's future leaders.

Tim Ferriss

Tim provides actionable advice over a range of topics from morning productivity to long term travel to tracking what you eat.

Naval Ravikant

Practical life advice across a range of personal growth topics from someone successful who comes across altruistic in this quality content.