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The Inforium

5 Questions: Video Game Addiction, Time Blocking, and 14-Hour Work Days (Ep. 218)

The Inforium

Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme

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

4.8998 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this five questions episode, we talk about video game addiction, time blocking, 14-hour work days, living off campus, and finding your purpose. Full show notes This week’s episode is sponsored by: Hover: Personal brand is important, and it starts with your domain name. Get 10% off your first domain name purchase by going to Hover.com/cig. Things mentioned in this episode: Listen Money Matters Freedom How to Make Your Life Seem Longer (Ep. 217) Cal Newport's Time Blocking article Timeboxing: Elon Musk's Time Management Method Gary Vaynerchuk The Dip: How to Know When to Quit (Ep. 202) The Dip, by Seth Godin The Naked Roommate, by Harlan Cohen Nerd Fitness The Smart Passive Income Blog Internet Archive: Wayback Machine CGP Grey on YouTube CGP Grey's Time Management video 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: 0:09:08 - Quitting a video game addiction 0:18:42 - Not being able to finish something that you planned 0:22:42 - Being very productive is not always a good thing 0:25:38 - Sponsor: Hover (Buying a domain name) 0:28:09 - Survivorship bias and looking at what successful people do 0:34:34 - Getting more work done and persevering when it gets hard 0:41:54 - Making it easier to attend classes and events 0:48:37 - Making progress on your goals 0:58:24 - 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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Hey, what is going on everybody

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and welcome to the College Info Geek

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Podcast.

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Podcast where we have a duality going on here.

0:41.0

Oh, the duality of man.

0:42.0

Yeah, and his choice of of is that coffee of some kind.

0:45.2

It is his choice of mildly caffeinated or more heavily caffeinated drinks.

0:50.5

Yeah. Somebody on my Instagram asked me when I switched over from coffee to tea.

0:57.0

Now I'm just like to put out there. I never did.

0:59.5

He made no switch.

1:00.5

Nope. I love coffee and I love tea.

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I love drinks.

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They're all good.

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