Bonus Post: The Five Most Popular Articles in August
Links September 2nd. 2008, 2:16pmPopularity Contest
I’m introducing a new feature here on Study Hacks — a recap of each month’s most popular posts. I hope this will help readers keep up with the content and sift the best from the rest. Below are the five most well-received articles of August, as determined by a combination of page views and user comments.
- Five Pieces of Unexpected Back to School Advice (Posted 8/25/08)
Party hard. Quit activities. Buy a fancy planner. It’s not advice you’ve heard before, but it’s all surprisingly effective. - How Many Hours Do You Have to Work to Feel Productive? (Posted 8/21/08)
Posted remotely from a conference in Toronto, this article reflects on important question: how many hours do you need to spend to be good at what you do? Without an answer, you’ll never be happy with your productivity. - Does Where You Go to School Matter? (Posted 8/15/08)
This articles dives into the myth that your school does not affect your salary, and shows how reporters often get this wrong. - The Biggest Source of Stress Most Students Ignore (posted 8/4/2008)
Forget fancy time management or sophisticated note-taking systems: the easiest way to make a major reduction in stress is to pick a more manageable course load. It seems obvious, but overlooking this advice is at the core of most of the complaints I hear from students. - Beware of Those Who Tell You Traditional Career Paths are Bad (posted 8/1/2008)
This articles tackles one of the most insidious myths of the self-help blogging community: traditional jobs are for losers, the best path is to start some sort of vague online money-making venture. Study Hack readers had a lot of thoughts on this provocative analysis.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
hi!
this is a cool feature. it’s helping me now since I’ve been sick the past weeks and haven’t caught up on your posts.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
It’s interesting that these articles are likely the most controversial articles, rather than being the bread-and-butter posts of your blog, the practical type.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
This might be a flaw with my popularity metric. The controversial articles attract more comments, but they’re not necessarily more popular to my readers. It’s just there’s not always much to say in response to a piece of time management advice, for example. I’ll keep this in mind for the September wrap-up.
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Hey cal, I just read your second book and while I think it was really helpful, I’ve just discovered a serious problem. What happens when I lose the sheet of paper I carry around with me. Then all of the new things I’m supposed to remember for the day have been lost. I mean i can try to recall them, but the whole point of this is to remove the stress of forgotten tasks. And now it occurs to me, that I lose things a lot. I’ve only been you using your system for three days and I’ve already lost the page…. this could happen every week! I’m starting to have some doubts here….
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:21 pm
My advice: Don’t lose it.
I’ve found that if I literally keep it in my pocket all day, it’s hard to lose. If this still proves difficult, then keep a moleskin always in the front pocket of your backpack — or some similar system that keeps your capture system always in the same place.