Core influence
Ali Abdaal
Doctor turned productivity author · Feel-Good Productivity
“The most consistent people aren't the busiest — they feel good doing it.”
The idea
Abdaal makes the case that sustainable productivity comes from feeling good, not grinding — powered by three energizers: play, power, and people. Do the work in a way that energizes you and consistency follows on its own.
How it shaped Orbit
Most relationship tools run on guilt — red badges, streaks, the nagging count of people you're neglecting. Orbit refuses that. Pulse brings you the next kind thing calmly, before it becomes a regret, and a kept word is logged as a small satisfaction rather than a debt repaid. Reaching out should feel good, so that you keep doing it.
In the appPulse · the calm, no-badge tone