Is There a Better Time to Manage Your Productivity?

In this 5 questions episode, we talk about our grades, credit cards, being present-minded, working for free, and working while exhausted. Full show notes This week’s episode is sponsored by: Todoist: If you're a student or educator, you can get Todoist's awesome Premium features - like project templates and automated reminders - for 50% off at Todoist.com/education. Things mentioned in this episode: College Info Geek Merch 3 Things Martin Learned Almost Dying on a Mountain Bike (Ep. 229) A Crash Course on How to Start Investing (Even If You’re in Debt) (Ep. 168) How to Budget Your Money Without Cutting Coffee (Ep. 174) Starbucked, by Taylor Clark Paul Graham's Good and Bad Procrastination article Spark, by John Ratey A History of the World in 6 Glasses, by Tom Standage Debt: The First 5,000 Years, by David Graeber Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page. You can also get a free copy of my book, 10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less), by staying up to date with the College Info Geek newsletter. Timestamps: 0:12:53 - Commuting and overmanaging your productivity systems 0:21:54 - What Thomas and Martin’s grades were like 0:31:50 - Sponsor: Todoist (Managing your tasks) 0:33:56 - Grades shouldn't be your sole focus 0:40:34 - Working while tired and making sure you rest enough 0:49:52 - Dealing with credit cards and why debt is necessary 1:01:05 - Asking a potential employer to work for free 1:07:37 - Conclusion If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the podcast on iTunes! It's easy, you'll get new episodes automatically, and it also helps the show gain exposure :) You can also leave a review! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.