Episodes to Upgrade and Develop Yourself

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You've probably experienced a few aha moments in your life. Moments where an idea for a new business or piece of art, or a solution to a sticky technical, relational, or philosophical problem, suddenly popped into your mind.What causes these proverbial light bulbs to go off over our heads? What's going on in your brain when you experience an insight? And can you do anything to encourage more "aha" moments?My guest has spent his career researching the answers to these questions. His name is John Kounios, and he's a professor of psychology and the author of the book The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain. We begin our conversation discussing how researchers define what an insight is, and examples of how scientists and musicians have experienced them. John then walks us through the stages that lead up to getting an insight and explains what is going on in our brains right before and at the moment we experience one. We end our conversation discussing ways you can increase your chances of receiving insights, including the kind of environment and even color that encourages them most.Get the show notes at aom.is/eureka.

We have a conversation about note-taking apps. Which ones have we tried? What strengths do they have compared to the others? What do we need them to do? Full show notes This week’s episode is sponsored by: 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. Things mentioned in this episode: Thomas’ Productivity course on Skillshare College Info Geek Discord The 10 Best Note-Taking Apps in 2019 Michael Hyatt's Evernote Organization Method article Evernote (iOS | Android) OneNote (iOS | Android) Standard Notes (iOS | Android) Google Keep (iOS | Android) Bear (Mac | iOS) Ulysses (Mac) Apple Notes (iOS) Notion (iOS | Android) Slite (iOS | Android) Typora Agenda (Mac | iOS) Byword (Mac | iOS) Scrivener (iOS) Airtable MarkText The Money Lab Podcast What Quitting Video Games for a Month Did to My Brain (Ep. 249) Can We Do Anything About Burnout? (Ep. 247) Buying vs. Renting a Home: What’s the Smartest Choice? (Ep. 248) 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: 0:06:56 - Evernote 0:14:14 - Typora 0:17:38 - OneNote 0:18:58 - Standard Notes 0:22:21 - Google Keep 0:26:57 - Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills) 0:28:43 - How Martin takes notes 0:36:20 - Bear, Scrivener and Ulysses 0:45:09 - Notion and Slite 0:54:30 - Ideas and suggestions for a note-taking app 1:07:12 - 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!

Garrett Gee is dad of “The Bucket List Family.” More than three years ago, Garrett and his wife, Jessica, sold nearly all of their belongings and set off to travel the world with their two small children. Originally, it was a trip planned for a few months or until they ran out of their $45K garage sale money.Instead, they turned into a family of travel journalists, visiting nearly 70 countries and capturing loyal followers along their journey: 1.5 million on Instagram and almost 600K on YouTube. To date, their travel adventure videos have garnered nearly 44 million views. They also added another child to their family during their travels, with all three, Dorothy, Manilla and Calihan, each having featured Instagram accounts and YouTube video series.Oh - and Garrett happens to be the co-founder of Scan, an app that Shark Tank passed on, but Snapchat bought for $54 million. Jus' sayin'.

In the first episode of the new season, Meredith Goldstein asks: Whatever happened to the good old-fashioned set-up? She talks to two friends with starkly different views on whether set-ups are worthwhile, and she visits a salon that offers far more than haircuts. Plus, Meredith introduces Erin, a 44-year-old single woman whose dating life Love Letters will be chronicling all season. Email us at loveletters@boston.com.

Professional athletes are some of the most idolized figures in the world; they have millions of fans and millions of dollars. Sports Criminals is a Parcast Original highlighting professional athletes who thought they could get away with anything, including blackmail, theft, prostitution and even murder. New episodes premiere every Thursday.