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The Intelligent Life
by Yoav Wachsman
Welcome to The Intelligent Life podcast, the show that helps people develop life, interpersonal, and financial skills to transform their lives. Each episode dives into one powerful skill that can help you live life intelligently. Listeners learn ways to improve their lives based on proven research. The show is hosted by Yoav Wachsman, a professor at Coastal Carolina University. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Lift Your Credit Score
Want to improve your credit score and save thousands of dollars on car loans and mortgages? In this episode of The Intelligent Life podcast, Professor Yoav Wachsman explains how credit scores work and shares five practical steps to raise yours. You will learn the difference between a credit…
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Communicate with Clarity
Clear communication is essential for success. This episode of The Intelligent Life podcast shows you how to communicate with clarity at work, in meetings, and with clients. Professor Yoav Wachsman walks through seven practical communication steps: knowing your purpose, organizing your thoughts,...
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Master Time Management
Do you feel like there is never enough time to accomplish what matters? In this episode of The Intelligent Life podcast, Professor Yoav Wachsman shares six practical time management steps that turn chaotic weeks into productive ones. You will learn how to identify your top goals with the…
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Cut the Cost of College
Do you want to graduate from college without decades of debt? In this episode of The Intelligent Life Podcast, Professor Yoav breaks down how to cut the cost of college, using current data on tuition, housing, food, and textbook prices. You will learn the difference between the sticker price and...
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Find Your Focus
Struggling to focus in a world designed to distract you? This episode breaks down the science of deep concentration, revealing why it takes 23 minutes to recover from a single interruption, why multitasking secretly makes you worse at everything, and how simply having your phone on your desk…
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Build Lasting Friendships
Strong friendships are one of the best predictors of a long, happy, and healthy life, and this episode of The Intelligent Life podcast shows you how to build them. Professor Yoav walks through seven practical steps for making friends as an adult: recognizing what a good friend actually does,...
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Find a Great Job
Finding a fantastic job takes more than submitting dozens of applications—it requires a smart strategy. In this episode, learn how to identify careers that match your strengths, interests, values, and lifestyle; define specific target roles; build skills and evidence employers value; create...
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Eliminate Bad Debt
Ready to write the summary — here it is:Drowning in credit card debt or wondering if your student loans are actually holding you back? This episode of The Intelligent Life Podcast breaks down exactly how to tell good debt from bad debt, why smart people keep falling into high-interest traps like...
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Shine at Job Interviews
Want to walk into your next job interview with confidence instead of nerves? This episode of The Intelligent Life Podcast reveals exactly what interviewers are really evaluating—competence, motivation, and fit—and gives you a practical framework for standing out. Host Yoav Wachsman breaks down…
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Become and Active Learner
Discover how to become a more effective active learner and turn information into knowledge that actually lasts. In this episode, you’ll learn why traditional strategies like rereading and cramming often fail—and how proven techniques such as retrieval practice, the Feynman Technique, spaced...
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Build and Emergency Fund
Struggling to break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle when unexpected expenses hit? This episode of The Intelligent Life Podcast breaks down exactly how to build an emergency fund that protects you from debt, stress, and financial spirals. Host Yoav Wachsman walks through how much to save (three to...
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Ace Any Exam
Want to study smarter, reduce test anxiety, and perform at your best on exam day? In this episode of The Intelligent Life, Professor Yoav breaks down seven research-backed strategies for effective studying, including spaced repetition, active learning, retrieval practice, interleaving, practice...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to The Intelligent Life podcast, the show that helps people develop life, interpersonal, and financial skills to transform their lives. Each episode dives into one powerful skill that can help you live life intelligently. Listeners learn ways to improve their lives based on proven research. The show is hosted by Yoav Wachsman, a professor at Coastal Carolina University.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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