The Inforium

In this episode, we talk about how to take advantage of the good stress in our lives along with how to crush, kill, and destroy the bad stress.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

The Smart Passive Income Blog with Pat Flynn

Does the perception that stress affects health matter? The association with health and mortality.

How Exercise Improves Your Brain (Ep. 105)

Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

How stress affects your brain - Madhumita Murgia | TED-Ed

How stress affects your body - Sharon Horesh Bergquist | TED-Ed

Tips for Managing School Stress - ft. Study With Jess - YouTube

Hardcore History 50 – Blueprint for Armageddon I - Dan Carlin

Writing about worries eases anxiety and improves test performance - UChicago News

Test Anxiety Cures: At Least 13 Tips on Reducing Exam Stress

Productive Summers: How to Make the Most of a … - College Info Geek

The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living by Dr. Amit Sood

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

Photographer and Bear

A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind

Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

Manage Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen Your Creative Mind (The 99U Book Series)

Are You Breathing? Do You Have Email Apnea?

Goal: No Drinking for 30 Days

The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything by Neil Pasricha

The Happiness Equation (Ep. 117)

A Student Asks Me About Toaster Ovens.

Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits–to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life by Gretchen Rubin

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Creativity is an an essential skill for excelling in school and beyond. Today's post will show how you can apply creative approaches to your studies.

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On this 5 questions episode, we talk about the most valuable life skills, what to look for when registering for classes, and switching majors.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Rate My Professors

DJI Osmo Handheld Camera

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Clearing to Neutral: The One Habit That Stops You From Procrastinating

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo

Astronema from Power Rangers spoilers ahead

Sunk Costs

Smarter Every Day

Smarter Every Day on YouTube

#33: Cortek

Listen Money Matters

How to Find Your Most Productive Time of the Day

Martin on Twitter

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Author Neil Pasricha talks about what it takes to live a happy life.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey

The Best Thing You Can Do for Your Productivity (with Chris Bailey)

The Worst Thing You Can Do for Your Productivity (with Chris Bailey)

Neil Pasricha: The 3 A’s of Awesome

The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha

The Book of (Even More) Awesome by Neil Pasricha

The Book of (Holiday) Awesome by Neil Pasricha

Awesome Is Everywhere by Neil Pasricha

The Journal of Awesome by Neil Pasricha

Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb

1000awesomethings.com

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard Feynman

Derek Sivers: No more yes. It’s either HELL YEAH! or no.

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Paul Graham: Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule

Hacker News

Y Combinator

Hacker News: Best Books You Read in 2012

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky

Eliezer Yudkowsky: An Intuitive Explanation of Bayes’ Theorem

Headspace

The Guardian: Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Neil on Twitter

The Institute for Global Happiness

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We talk about how to stand out from your peers and find success, even with a less-than-ideal GPA.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Reddit thread about lizard revenge pizza - though it looks like they deleted everything after realizing this would probably have consequences

Podcast episode with Brandon Adams

Achievement Addiction: How to Separate Yourself from Your Accomplishments

Podcast episode with Ryan Gray

Podcast episode with Ryan Nguyen

Quora thread

Flying Hippo Web Technologies

I Want to Fly with Hippos

Florian Is All In

TEDx

ThomasJFrank.com V2

MartinBoeh.me

Personal Website guide

The Art of Promoting Yourself

Moo - where I buy my business cards

AIGA

14 Hard-Hitting Reasons Why You Must Start A Blog In College

Personal Branding Checklist (and Studying Book)

Signalling Theory

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We talk about how to turn around a less-than-stellar semester and keep your GPA where it belongs.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

What to do when you've failed a test

How to study in a time crunch

Rode NTG4 Plus Shotgun Microphone

VidCon

FAFSA changes for 2017–2018

A Mind for Numbers

Learning How to Learn course

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It's easy to measure your value as a person by your accomplishments. But thinking this way is unhealthy. This post will help you overcome this attitude.

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Entrepreneur Dale Schotte talks about his experiences turning a lone coffee shop into a six building operation in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Park Avenue Coffee website

IMDb entry for Food Feuds episode featuring Park Avenue Coffee

Cortex Innovation Community

Arch Grants

TechShop

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In this episode, Brandon T. Adams talks about his experience with entrepreneurship as a college student, setting up a giant convention with huge speakers, and crowdfunding.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

Brandon's podcast

Keys to the Crowd

The Freedom Journal

John Lee Dumas' podcast

Young Entrepreneur Convention

Jedi Council podcast episode

Think and Grow Rich

ArcticStick

Ambitious.com

Ambitious Adventures Kickstarter splash page

Brandon's website

Brandon's Twitter

Brandon's Instagram

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On this 5 questions episode, we go over how to spend a break productively, how to avoid multitasking, and how to deal with intimidating professors.

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Things mentioned in this episode:

The Productivity Project

5 Lessons from the Productivity Project

The Worst Thing You Can Do for Your Productivity

Hick's Law

Shakuhachi Zen Buddhist meditation music

X Japan - Art of Life

The Mars Volta

Tom's Review of that dumb vampire music album

My Brain's Stronger than Your Brain

The Motivation Hacker

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