5 Questions: Mornings, Quarter-Life Crises, and Dealing with Negativity (Ep. 257)

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

🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this 5 questions episode, we talk about breaking good habits, dealing with negativity, surviving a quarter-life crisis, and more. Full show notes This week’s episode is sponsored by: Audible: Get a free audiobook download and a free 30-day trial by going to Audible.com/CIG or texting “CIG” to 500-500 on your phone. FreshBooks: Accounting and invoicing software that automates your tasks and lets you get back to doing your real work. Get your first 30 days free by going to FreshBooks.com/CIG and entering College Info Geek in the "How did you hear about us?" section. Things mentioned in this episode: We're Hiring - Animator/Motion Graphics Artist/Illustrator Martin's piano post on Instagram How to Learn to Play an Instrument (Ep. 256) CrashCourse on YouTube Kurzgesagt on YouTube Habitica (iOS | Android) Beeminder (iOS | Android) Strava (iOS | Android) The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg The Martian, by Andy Weir Artemis, by Andy Weir Fluent in 3 Months Listen Money Matters Wisecrack on YouTube Game Grumps on YouTube 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: 0:02:57 - How to be more consistent with your productive days 0:14:25 - Breaking habits and changing your routine 0:22:55 - Sponsor: Audible (Listening to audiobooks) 0:25:59 - Sponsor: FreshBooks (Managing your invoices) 0:28:11 - Handling negative criticism 0:40:35 - Dealing with a quarter-life crisis 0:55:22 - Separating your work from your personal brand 1:04:25 - 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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0:33.4	Hey what is going on everybody and welcome to the college info geek
0:36.5	podcast the internet's best resource for students looking to get ahead
0:39.9	but a terrible resource for learning how to change the rap game.
0:44.0	Now I've done that at least two times.
0:47.0	I know you've done that one or two times in the past before.
0:50.0	I try. But it's just something that comes out of the essence of who you are.
0:54.0	You can't learn it.
0:56.0	Right? You're born with that.
0:58.0	You can't teach gopeness. You can't teach freshness.
1:01.0	You can't teach legiteness.
1:02.0	I'm too legit to quit. So unfortunately
1:06.6	I'm not going to learn how to change the game on this episode. But what we do have
1:10.8	for you guys are five questions because once again, we're doing five questions episodes episode
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