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Monday Master Class: Drop Courses Every Semester

January 26, 2023March 17, 2008

Course Overload One of the key concepts of last week’s Radical Simplicity Manifesto was the importance of a manageable course schedule. Organizational techniques can only … Read more

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Weekend Links: Radical Simplicity Edition

January 26, 2023March 16, 2008

Interesting links from around the web to help you through your weekend Study Hacks withdrawal… In honor of the Radical Simplicity Manifesto, this week’s link … Read more

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Debunking the Laundry List Fallacy: Why Doing Less is More Impressive

January 26, 2023March 14, 2008

Clinging to the Laundry List Earlier this week I gave a talk at a Boston area high school. I decided this venue would provide a … Read more

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The Radical Simplicity Manifesto: Doing Less and Living More at College

January 26, 2023March 11, 2008

The Overwhelmed Masses One of the most cited statistic in college mental health circles comes from a major study conducted in 2004 by the American … Read more

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Monday Master Class: Choose Your Hard Days

January 26, 2023March 10, 2008

“Occasionally I end up setting aside one full day where I just lock myself in my room with some food and grind through it.” — … Read more

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Dangerous Ideas: Action is Overrated

January 26, 2023March 7, 2008

The Simple Six Letter Word That Determines Success A few weeks back, Brian Clark, of Copyblogger fame, posted an intriguing article on Zen Habits. It … Read more

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Crowd Wisdom: Your Best Study Hacks Revealed

January 26, 2023March 5, 2008

The Crowd Speaks Enough about me! Last week I asked you to share your most effective and unusual study hacks. You sent in some clever … Read more

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Monday Master Class: You’re Not Smarter Than a 5th Grader (When it Comes to Starting Your Paper Research)

January 26, 2023March 3, 2008

Humble Beginnings The last paper I wrote was a research paper for an art history seminar. When I began the process, I had a suitably … 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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