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MMFBT 016 – Preet Banerjee
We only made Canadian Financial Podcast history this week – No Big Deal. After exhaustively searching through the archives I determined that no one had done a back-to-back tag team podcast before when it came to financial podcasts in Canada. To be honest, I couldn’t...
How to Ace Online Courses
Online courses are becoming more common each year. They can be an excellent way to save time on attending in person classes, or provide an opportunity to pick up some extra credits. You may have taken one or two yourself, and the results vary with each student. For...
What to do if You Become Sick at University
In Staying Healthy at University we talked about ways to avoid getting sick while you’re away at school, especially during the winter months. But what if it’s too late for that - you’re already sick with a cold or even the flu? There are several steps you can take...
Why You Need to Start Your Job Search Now
We’re only in the middle of the school year, why would you need to start your job search now? Whether you are looking for a summer job, or a permanent position upon graduation, the competition for jobs is greater than ever. This is even more true at the university...
MMFBT 015 – It’s Okay To Change Your Career Path
Welcome back to the More Money for Beer and Textbooks podcast! Before we start today I thought I'd quickly explain how the easiest way to get our podcast every couple of weeks. While you're more than welcome to keep coming here to the site and hitting "play", I...
Getting The Most Out Of Group Projects
Group projects in university can either be a major hassle – or the answer to a prayer. Which one it is depends on the type of role you normally take when you are involved in group projects. There are three group project personality types: The Leader. This is the go-to...
Interview With Dr. Ken Coates
*Editor's Note: I was fortunate to be able to talk to Dr. Ken Coates a couple of months ago; however, we just couldn't salvage the poor sound quality. Because we just couldn't bring ourselves to throw out an interview that we thought would really help our readers, we...
Why University Students Need a Career Mentor
Would you begin a long trip to a place you’ve never been without a GPS, or at least a map? Many university students do exactly that when it comes to planning their future careers. The best equivalent to a GPS or a map for career planning is a career mentor. As a...
MMFBT 014 – Benefits Of Getting Involved In Student Government
Happy New Year everyone! The More Money for Beer and Textbooks Podcast is raring to go in 2014 with the goal of helping young Canadians and their parents across Canada with this whole post-secondary deal. While we certainly have not run out of top-shelf guests for the...
Procrastination: How to Control a Student’s Worst Enemy
There’s something almost natural about procrastination. It’s as if it's the human default option whenever we encounter an obstacle of any kind. It does tend to be more pronounced however with university students. It isn’t even a stretch to say that procrastination is...
Five Financial Concepts You Should Learn Even if University Doesn’t Teach Them
With all that you will learn in university, one thing you won't learn much about is personal finances. And when you graduate, and enter the adult world for keeps, you’ll probably be exposed to many financial concepts that will be completely alien to you. The best way...
Losing Sleep Over Student Loan Debt? Do These Instead
Right now, there are millions of university graduates struggling with how they are going to payoff their student loan debts. If you are currently a student, and already losing sleep over how much you will owe upon graduation, it’s probably a sign that you need to be...
Post Graduation Regrets That You Can Change Now
Imagine that you are a couple of years out of university. Looking back, what do you think you would have done differently? Actually, that’s not an arbitrary question. I’m posing it because it’s very likely that you will have certain regrets after graduation. The...
MMFBT 013 – Mark Seed – Avoid My Investing Mistakes
Does this whole investing thing still make you queasy? Today on the More Money for Beer an Textbooks Podcast we hear from one of Canada’s most popular DIY investors on what he wishes he might have done differently when he was starting out. Mark Seed is the brains...
How to Thrive on Very Little Sleep
As a university student, it’s pretty common to run your life with very little sleep. For some students, functioning with little sleep is their version of “normal”. There’s little doubt that some people can get by with less sleep than others. But every one of us will...
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