Why You Aren’t Successful Yet (Ep. 219)

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

🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

It's easier than ever before to feel like a failure. Anywhere you look, you can find scores of people half your age but twice as successful. What happened? Full show notes This week’s episode is sponsored by: 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 83 people to use this link, you'll also get 20% off your subscription. Things mentioned in this episode: Sara Dietschy on YouTube Learned Helplessness (Ep. 99) Learned Optimism, by Martin Seligman Collection of Short Works (inc. Harrison Bergeron), by Kurt Vonnegut Weapons of Influence #2: Commitment and Consistency (Ep. 189) Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, by Robert Cialdini Steve Carell on Wikipedia Breakthrough Advertising, by Eugene M. Schwartz 16 Personalities Test Derek Sivers on Wikipedia The Dip: How to Know When to Quit (Ep. 202) The Dip, by Seth Godin 5 Questions (Ep. 218) Music Theory 101, by Marc Schonbrun and Brian Boone 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: 0:02:24 - Success is often circumstantial and being more optimistic 0:28:26 - Try to be patient and keep striving for success 0:31:32 - Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills) 0:34:07 - Being more selective with your ideas and sources of information 0:39:48 - Blaming the wrong things for your lack of success and being envious of others 0:51:38 - Giving up too early and not finishing your projects 0:56:38 - Defining what success means to you and putting effort into it 1:02:40 - Recap and 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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0:44.3	Until episode 223.
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