We’re back with another 5 questions episode, where we take questions from Twitter (Thomas | Martin), Instagram (Thomas | Martin), email, the College Info Geek Community on Reddit, and from anywhere else we might find them.
This time, we’re looking into these fine questions:
- What is your consumption-to-production ratio?
- I like to write fiction (lyrics, poetry, sometimes stories) but I find that I can only maintain the energy to write for very short periods of time, because I quickly feel drained and exhausted mentally. How can I overcome this?
- How do I stop binging so much TV without giving up my favorite shows?
- I’ve been offered an internship at a company that wants to hire me after graduation, but the work is unrelated to what I’m studying. Is it a good idea to take advantage of this offer, or would it be better to make sure my first job is related to my major?
- What are your thoughts on other YouTubers who have said that they don’t think self-help books are worth anything?
Things mentioned in this episode:
This week’s episode is sponsored by:
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Other things we mentioned in this episode:
- 3 Ways to Trick Your Brain Into Doing Hard Work
- Polyphonic’s What Makes a Great Cover Song video
- Thomas’ Habit-Building course on Skillshare
- Thomas’ Productivity course on Skillshare
- Daniel Scotts’s Adobe Illustrator CC Essentials Training course on Skillshare
- Hyperfocus, by Chris Bailey
- Derek Sivers
- How to Be More Like Leonardo da Vinci (Ep. 240)
Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.
Timestamps:
- 0:00:00 – Banter
- 0:15:32 – Consumption-to-production ratio
- 0:31:43 – Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills)
- 0:34:26 – Sponsor: Skillshare (Learning new skills)
- 0:37:04 – Getting the energy to write
- 0:48:14 – Balancing your media consumption
- 0:53:42 – Accepting a job not related to your major
- 1:00:07 – Opinions on self-help books
- 1:14:51 – Conclusion
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