Comments on: How to Become a Star Grad Student: James McLurkin and the Power of Stretch Churn http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/ Decoding Patterns of Success Tue, 22 May 2012 11:52:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Arrow http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-24735 Arrow Fri, 06 May 2011 13:03:54 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-24735 <blockquote>Awesome, Cal. Are you planning on a book for grad students? Regardless, I’m sure many of your readers would love more posts on these topics.</blockquote> Cal: I'm a big fan of your blog and books (got them all on Kindle). As a PhD student in political science I would welcome a resource for graduate students! Related to this, let me also cheer your approach of interviewing people like McLurkin who have non-obvious, non-intuitive advice. It would be great to pull this together as perhaps a section of your website for people like graduate students who are looking for inspiration. Many thanks for your fantastic work -- it has been incredibly helpful to me.

Awesome, Cal. Are you planning on a book for grad students? Regardless, I’m sure many of your readers would love more posts on these topics.

Cal: I’m a big fan of your blog and books (got them all on Kindle). As a PhD student in political science I would welcome a resource for graduate students!

Related to this, let me also cheer your approach of interviewing people like McLurkin who have non-obvious, non-intuitive advice. It would be great to pull this together as perhaps a section of your website for people like graduate students who are looking for inspiration.

Many thanks for your fantastic work — it has been incredibly helpful to me.

]]> By: ANDREA PACE http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-24119 ANDREA PACE Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:54:45 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-24119 A excellent content on a difficult matter. Thanks a lot for getting the time to address the matter. A excellent content on a difficult matter. Thanks a lot for getting the time to address the matter.

]]> By: Dan http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-21013 Dan Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:05:33 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-21013 <blockquote>A project is a stretch project if it requires skills you don’t have at the outset. Look for projects that both meet this definition and can be completed din a reasonable timeframe — say, 2 – 4 months.</blockquote> Why not turn a increasing stretch churn into a stretch project, steadily increasing it, month-by-month?

A project is a stretch project if it requires skills you don’t have at the outset. Look for projects that both meet this definition and can be completed din a reasonable timeframe — say, 2 – 4 months.

Why not turn a increasing stretch churn into a stretch project, steadily increasing it, month-by-month?

]]> By: Study Hacks http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-17938 Study Hacks Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:04:49 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-17938 <blockquote>Deliberate practice means depth, whereas stretching means breadth.</blockquote> You misread the article. "Stretch," in this context, refers to improving your ability in your focused pursuit, not exposing yourself to unrelated pursuits.

Deliberate practice means depth,
whereas stretching means breadth.

You misread the article. “Stretch,” in this context, refers to improving your ability in your focused pursuit, not exposing yourself to unrelated pursuits.

]]> By: Bluesky http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-17619 Bluesky Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:36:25 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-17619 Hmmm.... Deliberate practice means depth, whereas stretching means breadth. These two seems in conflict with each other. Hmmm….
Deliberate practice means depth,
whereas stretching means breadth.
These two seems in conflict with each other.

]]> By: how to be awesome « orgtheory.net http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-15882 how to be awesome « orgtheory.net Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:06:32 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-15882 [...] advice dude. He has some books and an interesting blog. I thought orgtheory readers might enjoy this post about a computer science professor named James McLurkin. It’s hard to find such a nice statement about what it takes to be a truly good academic. The [...]

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]]> By: Saad http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-13620 Saad Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:47:12 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-13620 This is a great post. Great insights. Thanks! This is a great post. Great insights. Thanks!

]]> By: rb http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-13610 rb Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:17:05 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/03/15/how-to-become-a-star-grad-student-james-mclurkin-and-the-power-of-stretch-churn/#comment-13610 Awesome, Cal. Are you planning on a book for grad students? Regardless, I'm sure many of your readers would love more posts on these topics. Awesome, Cal. Are you planning on a book for grad students? Regardless, I’m sure many of your readers would love more posts on these topics.

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