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The Inforium

6 of the Biggest Lessons We Learned in College (Ep. 297)

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

🗓️ 15 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

We talk about some of the longest lasting lessons we took from college to honor the title of this show one last time before we relaunch with a new one.Full show notesThis week’s episode is sponsored by:Skillshare: With thousands of courses in a wide range of different skills, Skillshare can help you take things to the next level. You can also get started with 2 free months of unlimited learning (including Thomas' new Habit-Building class!) at Skillshare.com/geek.Brilliant: Accelerate your learning in math, science, and computer science. Start learning for free at Brilliant.org/CollegeInfoGeek — and if you’re one of the first 200 people to use this link, you’ll also get 20% off your subscription.Things mentioned in this episode: Backblaze Dropbox (iOS | Android) Google Drive (iOS | Android) Tom Scott's The Worst Typo I Ever Made video YCImaging's Video on a Budget course on Skillshare YCImaging on YouTube Thomas’ Habit-Building course on Skillshare Thomas’ Productivity course on SkillshareWant 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:0:02:29 - The importance of having backups0:20:10 - Questioning if you actually want to do something0:27:26 - Sponsor: Skillshare (Learning new skills)0:29:44 - Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills)0:31:32 - The sunk cost fallacy0:41:09 - Differences between college and the real world0:48:53 - Overhead and maintenance costs0:53:59 - ConclusionIf 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 it's Thomas Frank. I've just got a quick note for you before we get into the show.

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Head over to the Enforium.com slash nebula to sign up now.

0:33.0

Hey, what is going on everybody and welcome back to the

0:36.1

College Info Geek Podcast, the internet's best resource for getting ahead as a

0:39.9

student and let's face it a non-student because we haven't talked about student topics in like a hundred episodes

0:46.6

But a terrible resource for

0:49.8

Downloading a treasure trove of K-pop dance gifts

0:53.0

to post his Twitter responses to people.

0:55.6

That, yeah, I don't have that.

0:56.7

I don't have that.

0:58.9

And I apologize.

0:59.9

K-pop gift folder is lacking.

1:03.0

My PR company has told me to apologize for this

1:06.4

and I will change my ways going forward.

1:10.8

Same, yeah.

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