5 Reader Questions! GPA Advice, Useless Classes, And Hobby Time (Ep. 25)

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

🗓️ 5 July 2014

⏱️ 62 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Martin and I tackle 5 reader questions, including how to build a work-life balance, make time for hobbies, deal with useless classes, and gain experience when you don't have an internship. I get my ass handed to me in Mario Kart. Full show notes Things mentioned in this episode: Powlyglot - Martin's awesome language-learning blog The Comprehensive Guide to Finding the Cheapest Textbooks The Motivation Hacker - Nick Winter's excellent book on achieving everything Habit RPG - gain experience, fight bosses, and win loot by practicing habits and getting things done! Fluent in 3 Months - check out some lessons I learned from this book Anki - a spaced-repetition flashcard app that helps you learn things faster 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. 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.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey it's Thomas Frank. I've just got a quick note for you before we get into the show.
0:03.2	If you've been enjoying the Enforium or my videos over on YouTube, then you, my friend, should get
0:08.4	Nebula. On Nebula you get ad-free versions of both this podcast and my my videos along with exclusive stuff like
0:14.3	extended versions of those videos and it's not just our stuff that you're gonna get
0:17.9	dozens of other creators are on Nebula including only of Dahl window
0:21.2	reproductions braincraft tear, and lots more.
0:24.4	Nebula gives us a chance to experiment, and since everything's ad free, it's also the best way
0:28.6	for you to get our content.
0:30.1	Head over to the Enforium.com slash nebula to sign up now.
0:34.0	You're listening to the College Infogique Podcast
0:38.0	where it's all about learning more,
0:40.0	paying off your student debt,
0:42.0	landing your dream job, and being awesome at college.
0:45.9	Now, here's your host, Thomas Frank.
0:49.3	Hello and welcome back to the College Infof Geek Podcast.
0:52.0	I'm Thomas Frank and today we are doing another
0:55.1	reader Q&A episode and I'm here with my roommate Martin, who is a thug and also the founder of howly glott.com which is a cool ass language
1:07.3	learning site and the dude who did all the coding well 95% of the coding I mucked around a bit and messed a few things up on the new
1:16.2	SIG redesign. So today we're going to be playing Mario Kart 8. Well he's going to be playing
1:21.8	it, I'm going to be losing, because I am unequivocally
1:28.0	worse at this game, unlike the last one where I'm maybe comparable? I don't know.
1:33.4	Anyway guys before I get started if you have questions about college study tips being
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Thomas Frank and Martin Boehme and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.