Hello again, dear listeners, and welcome to another five questions episode.
For those of you unfamiliar, every so often we search through our emails, social media messages, The College Info Geek Community on Reddit, and anywhere else we can think of to find five questions to answer in a rapid-fire, speed-dating style session.
Here are the questions for this week:
- How can I stay productive while going through a breakup?
- I’m applying to grad school, and one of my research advisors agreed to recommend me, but asked that I write my own letter of recommendation. What should I do?
- If you had flexible working hours, but had to work 40 hours each week, how would you arrange your schedule?
- How can I compare to people who seem to be good at everything?
- I use Duolingo to study a foreign language. It’s good, but I’m not consistent with doing it every day. How can I be more consistent?
Things mentioned in this episode:
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- 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.
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Other things we mentioned in this episode:
- College Info Geek Discord
- Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl
- Stack Overflow answer by a graduate professor
- How to Ask for Letters of Recommendation and References
- How to Be Good at Everything – The Rapid Skill Learning Process (Ep. 210)
- How to Grow Your Social Media Following (Ep. 224)
- Duolingo (iOS | Android)
- Habitica (iOS | Android)
- Momentum (iOS)
- Strides (iOS)
- iTalki (iOS | Android)
Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.
Timestamps:
- 0:06:30 – Staying productive while dealing with a break-up
- 0:20:09 – Writing your own letter of recommendation
- 0:25:42 – Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills)
- 0:27:49 – Sponsor: Hover (Buying a domain name)
- 0:30:28 – Scheduling your work when you have flexible hours
- 0:40:32 – Comparing yourself to people who seem to accomplish a lot more than you
- 0:50:59 – Being consistent while building habits
- 0:56:56 – Conclusion
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