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Q & A: Getting into Harvard without Getting an Ulcer, Scheduling Research Time, and the Art of Becoming Good

January 26, 2023April 16, 2008

From the reader mailbag: As a high schooler — a freshman actually — I was wondering if your radical simplicity philosophy applies to me? I … Read more

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Looking to Publish Your Student Life Hacking Expertise?

January 26, 2023April 15, 2008

In search of a few good writers… One my favorite student life hack bloggers, Gideon from Mindful Ink, has recently decided to move his blog … Read more

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Monday Master Class: The Wonders of Bare Naked Filing

January 26, 2023April 14, 2008

Filing Sucks To the novice undergraduate, the need for a filing system reeks of overkill. “I’m a student, not a business executive,” smugly chirps the … Read more

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The Zen Valedictorian: A Radical New Model for Getting the Most Out of College

January 26, 2023April 11, 2008

The Four Types of Students At the risk of being reductive, I argue that we can plot all possible types of college students on two … Read more

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Crowd Wisdom: What Would You Do If Your College Career Was Classified?

January 26, 2023April 10, 2008

A Devious Thought Experiment I want you to consider the following thought experiment: The president of your college shows up at your dorm room early … Read more

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The Tasty Ingredients in my Productivity Secret Sauce

January 26, 2023April 9, 2008

How I Stay Organized I post a lot of articles on student productivity. As followers of the Straight-A Method understand, I don’t mean to suggest … Read more

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Monday Master Class: How to Reduce Stress and Get More Done By Building an Autopilot Schedule

January 26, 2023April 7, 2008

The Schedule That Wasn’t There I had an interesting conversation last week. A friend asked about my schedule for the rest of the semester. “I … Read more

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Weekend Links: Live to 100, Conquer Anxiety, Balance Ambition with Relaxation and Start a Project Log

January 26, 2023April 6, 2008

Interesting links from around the web to help you through your weekend Study Hacks withdrawal… Links that I like better than UCLA because they didn’t … Read more

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Cal launched the "Study Hacks" blog at calnewport.com in 2007, and has been regularly publishing essays here ever since. Over 2,000,000 people a year visit this site to read Cal's weekly posts about technology, productivity, and the quest to live and work deeply in an increasingly distracted world, while tens of thousands more subscribe to have these essays delivered directly to their inbox (see the sign-up form below). To read more, you can browse more than 15 years of past essays in the archive.
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