10 Essential Life Skills That Every Student Should Have (Ep. 175)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

Personal Branding, Career, Productivity, Business, Learning, Lifehacking, College, University, Education, 101, Lifestyle Design, Work Smart, Class

4.8 • 998 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2017

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

We once promised an episode on life skills, and here it is. These ten skills will give you the foundation you need to tackle almost anything. Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Listen Money Matters How to Budget Your Money Without Cutting Coffee (Ep. 174) OkDork (Noah Kagan’s website) 8 Habits of Highly Successful Students Use The Corson Technique When Asking Professors For Help The Ultimate Networking Guide for Introverts Collegetopia - How to Approach Anyone with the 3 Second Rule The Art of Manliness How to Learn Any Skill in Under 20 Hours Google Calendar (iOS) (Android) Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. Timestamps: 0:01:39 - Starting and keeping a conversation going 0:09:26 - Bringing friends into conversations and events 0:13:08 - Showing some interest on the new people you wanna talk with 0:15:06 - Getting better at problem solving 0:20:13 - Learning from your mistakes 0:24:55 - Differentiating and dealing with constructive and poor criticism 0:27:06 - Being able to respect and listen to what others have to say 0:29:03 - Paying attention to body language and avoiding distractions 0:35:36 - Learning how to cook and creating a good cooking environment 0:43:31 - Acquiring DIY (Do It Yourself) skills 0:51:26 - Learning new skills by practicing consistently and taking on challenges 0:57:15 - The 4 steps of "The First 20 Hours" 1:00:40 - Promoting yourself and your interests the right way 1:13:18 - Thinking progressively about your future 1:18:08 - Being a better romantic partner 1:28:04 - Conclusion If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:34.7	Welcome to very clearly not our set.
0:38.0	If you're watching on YouTube probably even listening because things sound differently.
0:42.0	I am in New York this week.
0:44.5	And my co-host on my other podcast, Listen Money Matters, has been gracious enough to let me
0:49.1	use his microphone set up here.
0:51.8	As you can see, I've got like this foam pad just sitting in front of me.
0:56.1	And I also did not plan well enough to give Martin access to my studio.
1:01.2	So he is still in Denver but that's cool now this is my place now this is
1:06.7	actually I bet you were gonna get comments people are gonna be like Martin set looks
1:10.5	better because there's like a hundred percent more
1:13.0	pocamond in the background of it. There are there are quite a few. We didn't
1:17.6	put any pocammon or set at all did we? Like we have the Wario amoebos. We have like the Zelda Amibos. I've got...
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