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On October 20, 2015, my YouTube channel hit 100,000 subscribers. I was a milestone I’d been dreaming about for a really long time, and I was so excited to finally cross it. In my mind, it was the very definition of the YouTube “big leagues.” The moment came: I hit the refresh button and saw […]
When do you do your best work? If you’re the type that likes to wake up early in the morning, maybe you find that your energy and ability to focus are at their highest peak during those early hours. Or maybe you’re a night owl – you find that you’re on fire at 1 A.M., hacking […]
This week’s episode is all about doing what it takes to achieve whatever goal you have. Here’s a paraphrased quote from one of my favorite parts of the conversation: These are awesome words from one of the people who has done the most to inspire and guide me in my professional life – my friend […]
When it comes to the task of figuring out what you want to do with your life or what kind of work to go into, one of the most common pieces of advice that gets thrown around is: “Just follow your passion!” This word, “passion” keeps cropping up again and again, and we’re constantly being […]
Ever get the feeling that you’re just going through the motions of life without really living? I know I have. A couple months ago, I reached a point where I felt that while I was having success in my academic pursuits and online business endeavors, I still felt…empty. “Why does any of this even matter?” […]
Public speaking is an essential skill for any student – but raw speaking ability alone does not make a great presentation. Presentations are like any other form of media – books, movies, games – they require planning and careful crafting before they’re unleashed onto the world in order to truly be great. In today’s episode, […]
If you’ve been keeping up with the videos on my YouTube channel recently, you probably know that I like to dabble in animation. The best example so far is probably the animation I created about halfway through my first speed-reading video, which illustrated the fact that people tend to fixate on more content words than […]
What does it take to become a tenured professor? Actually, scratch that for a second… what does it take just to get into grad school? As someone who has only scaled the towers of formal education far enough to gracefully descend with a bachelor’s degree as my parachute, these aren’t questions I cover very often on College […]
The start of a new semester is a time of transition. Usually, this transition is accompanied by high levels of motivation; you’re excited to start your new classes, meet new people, and be done sitting in a cubicle during your summer internship. A few weeks down the road, though, it’s just as Agent Smith said: […]
Building habits is not an exact science. As much as I’d love to be able to tell you that the habit-building strategies that work well for me will be 100% effective… they might not be. Part of the reason for this is that different people have different personalities and traits. For example, some people are […]