Sometimes I have to remind myself that I don’t have to wake up every day and, like, hunt antelopes to get food. It’s easy to take for granted the fact that life is pretty easy compared to how our ancestors had it. You name it, they had to deal with it – famines, cholera, saber-toothed […]

Few skills have as much of an effect on your happiness as social skills. So naturally, they’re a little more difficult than they seem. If you related all too well as soon as you read the word ‘difficult,’ don’t feel too bad — I’m a blatant introvert, and I was never much of a natural […]

Procrastination. There’s a good chance you’re doing it right now. It’s one of the biggest problems we hear about from students and it’s absolutely still a problem after graduation. There’s no escape. Or is there? While we likely can’t banish procrastination from our lives forever, we learn to manage it and build habits that work […]

Resistance is the enemy. Resistance can ruin our chances to do the things we care about most without us even noticing it’s there. Are we blind? No, we’re too busy looking at Failure. Failure is an unreliable, yet lovable friend, who disappoints us frequently but every once in a while ends up teaching us something […]

In this episode, we’re talking about 6 lessons we learned from reading Chris Bailey’s . Consider this the podcast sequel to the 5 Lessons I Learned from “The Productivity Project” by Chris Bailey video. Featured Book The main thesis of Chris’ book is that productivity is no longer simply about how you use and manage […]

Getting a job is already daunting enough, but should you let the job search decide where you move after college or the other way around? In this episode, we’ll be talking a bit about which variables to look at when deciding where to go after graduation, along with these fine questions: Should I take five […]

If you’ve been pulling Spanish vocabulary and quantum mechanics out of your head all day, it can be hard to imagine there’s anything left. But what about that screenplay you’ve been working on? With the hectic strain of a packed college schedule, can you still find the time or the energy for creative pursuits? That’s […]

When I was doing my big corporate internship after my sophomore year of college, there was one thing I noticed all the time about my co-workers. Even though they were technically wearing “business casual”, they weren’t dressing well.  My office was a sea of ill-fitting slacks, lazily tucked-in shirts, and brown Sketchers that only barely passed […]

It’s high… time we answered some of your questions again! (And, technically, it’s also high noon somewhere.) In today’s 5 Questions episode, we’ll be analyzing several different perplexing conundrums, including challenging ourselves to use more than five 3-syllable words in a row. Just kidding – though, if you’re keeping score, I just got seven. All of […]

What’s more interesting: a good novel, or a stack of sticky notes that all have “I’m awesome” written on them? This is essentially the difference between people who simply state their qualities in job interviews and those who illustrate those qualities by telling good stories. During an interview, many people will simply say things like, […]