The Kaizen Academy Podcast

You've just started your journey as a uni student, how exciting! Having just finished, here are 7 tips we'd give to first year students.

We talk about finding new friends, growing as a person and staying on top of your studies.

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

6:01 - Get involved in societies

23:55 - Keep your options open

33:16 - Always be improving

42:16 - Find friends in your degree!

47:05 - Avoid 9AM Classes

52:10 - Don't be afraid to underload

1:00:10 - Make the most of your holidays

Song Recommendations

Taylor Swift - Love Story (Taylor's Version)

Pokemon Emerald OST

This episode we look back on our late night adventures cramming for exams. Don't do what we did!

Timestamps

0:00 - Kaizen Academy Pivot

4:06 - Late Night Study Stories

6:00 - Stopping cramming

8:02 - Late night studying can be fun

19:02 - Late night cramming tips

22:38 - Commandeering university rooms

32:04 - High school stories

36:00 - Justin's first computing subject

38:48 - Quitting photovoltaic engineering

44:24 - Delving into the history of Chinese martial arts

50:10 - Angry Cao

53:10 - Justin napping

Song Recommendations

​IU - BBIBBI

IU - Celebrity

Sorry about my (Justin) audio this episode, I used the wrong mic :(

We've all been there! After 6 weeks of relaxing it's hard to get back into studying. Before you know it, you're already behind on your work. This episode we talk about how you should deal with the deadly "Holiday Mode".

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

3:37 - Holiday Mode

6:58 - Minimum Study Schedule

17:00 - After School Study Schedule

24:50 - Replacing School with Studying

28:56 - Uni Study Schedule

40:45 - 2 Week Holiday (High School)

44:05 - 6 Week Holidays (High School)

Song Recommendations

​Gnash – ​i​ hate u, i love u

Kanye West - Devil in a new Dress

Using apps is a great way to make your life easier as a student. This episode we talk about the apps that have genuinely made a difference to us throughout school and uni.

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

6:00 - Note taking apps

18:35 - Latex editor

25:46 - Flashcards app

28:48 - PDF Annotator

32:08 - Distraction blockers

48:12 - Password manager

55:25 - Calendar app

59:00 - To-do list app

Song Recommendations

Gryffin, Illenium - Feel Good ft. Daya

Maroon 5 - Won’t Go Home Without You

This episode we take a step back and look back on the wild ride we've had in 2020.

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

1:53 - Big moments of 2020

37:22 - Growing as a person

50:07 - This year's goals

1:07:20 - Next year's goals

Song Recommendations

Twice - What You Waiting For

Zion.T - Snow

Continuing on from last episode, we talk about more ideas you could pick up as a hobby.

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

2:20 - Gaming

26:24 - Cars

33:45 - Music

39:10 - Plant Collecting

41:00 - Languages

49:50 - Travel

56:22 - Reading

1:06:30 - Photography/Videography

1:10:28 - Self Improvement

1:17:25 - Don't lose the plot

1:19:37 - Song Recommendations

With exams finally wrapping up, many of you will have a lot of free time over the summer. Here we talk about a bunch of different sports you could pick up as a hobby!

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

4:37 - Diversifying Your Identity

08:50 - It's easy to pick up hobbies at uni

14:05 - Recommendations for hobbies

15:40 - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

27:18 - Cooking

32:08 - Gym

43:10 - Bouldering

46:48 - Oz Tag

51:25 - Running

57:04 - Pole Dancing

59:44 - Dancing

1:06:02 - Song Recommendations

If you've ever wondered what the most effective ways of studying are, we've got you covered. This episode we jump on the tier list trend and rate different study techniques.

Timestamps

00:00 - Podcast #9

4:15 - Introduction to the Tier List

5:13 - Making Notes

15:26 - Textbook Questions

21:16 - Past Papers

27:26 - Reading the Textbook

31:30 - Reading other people's notes

34:45 - Flashcards

44:54 - Mnemonics & Acronyms

49:29 - Pomodoro Technique

55:25 - The Feynman Technique

59:25 - Teaching Others

1:04:34 - Quiz Style Notes

1:10:48 - Quiz and Recall

1:13:21 - Pseudo Studying

School is useless, when am I going to use Pythagora's theorem? Why don't they teach us life skills that we'll actually need instead?

This episode we discuss if these spicy criticisms of school have merit or not!

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

10:20 - Discussion Point - I want to be X so when am I going to use Y in real life

24:40 - Discussion Point - Schools should spend more time teaching life skills

34:05 - Discussion Point - Exams don't measure how well you know a subject

39:27 - Discussion Point - The schooling system is outdated and aims to churn out cogs in the machine

46:13 - What have we learnt in high school that has helped us with life afterwards

56:20 - What we wish we learnt in high school

With Sydney having come out of lockdown, we talk about the lessons we've learnt on staying productive when stuck at home.

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

3:26 - Cao's Lockdown Experience

7:14 - Justin's Lockdown Experience

17:10 - Biggest Lessons from the Lockdown

32:10 - How to stay productive at home