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What if, upon graduating college, you decided to turn down the great job offers you had on the table? What if you instead decided to spend an entire year dedicated to learning all you could about one specific topic? That’s what Chris Bailey did – with productivity as his chosen topic, he took 365 days […]
Last year, I read a book called in which the author, Nick Winter, chronicles his attempts to achieve a laundry list of insane goals all at once. In addition to running a marathon, getting over his fear of skydiving, and putting in a monstrous amount of work at his startup, Nick also set a goal of […]
We’re pressured to have opinions on everything – but how do you know what your opinion actually represents? In this episode, we’ll scratch the surface of rational thinking with an analysis of heuristics and how they can cause us to gloss over the details that lie beneath the shiny, symbolic veneer of what we call […]
Building new habits can be really tough. Here’s something that’s not so tough, however – grinding levels in Or hunting for legendaries in Video games – especially RPGs – are incredibly good at instilling habits that keep you playing for hours and hours. What if you could attack real-life habit-building challenges with the same levels of motivation? […]
This is one of those episodes that’s so packed with deep, meaningful conversation that’s it’s honestly very hard to title it. It’s long, meandering conversation about the meaning of life, happiness, deciding when to quit or push ahead, and other topics with my friend Adam Clark, who runs a show called The Gently Mad. Adam […]
Hey there, friends! So, being someone who makes content about college, I love talking to people who do the same. That’s why today I’m talking with my friend Katie Dwyer, who runs the excellent blog My College Advice. Katie is a self-described “over-educated nerd” who has followed her passions to remarkable opportunities. Her interests have […]
Want to increase your chances of landing an amazing job right out of college – and maybe even negotiate a higher salary? I met Jim Hopkinson when I went to Portland for the World Domination Summit last summer, and as we chatted at a meetup I found out that he’s an expert in the field […]
It’s good to make mistakes. When I was a senior, I took a capstone Information Systems class where I had to build my own web app. I decided to apply my meager web programming skills to the task, and spent a few weeks building a very database-heavy app for waking up on time (here’s how I […]
You’re probably aware of this by now, but I make a lot of videos these days. Video is actually my favorite type of content to create at this point; the potential for creative expression through both the actual on-camera delivery and the editing process gives me a lot more ways to make my content fun […]
What do you do when you’re going into your 4th year of college – and then you school tells you the rest of your classes are unavailable? You test out of them, save thousands of dollars, and graduate a semester early – that’s what you do. Or, at least, that’s what my friend Jay Cross […]