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The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becoming Famous

January 26, 2023February 1, 2008

In typical Friday fashion, I’m taking a detour from the college-specific advice to tackle something larger, more philosophic, and, quite frankly, something well beyond my … Read more

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Q & A: Studying with Kirstie Alley, Decoding the Quarter System, and Coping with Early Classes

January 26, 2023January 30, 2008

From the reader mailbag: I read a lot about improving study habits, but I have never come across anything that deals with the emotional aspect. … Read more

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Monday Master Class: Form a Productivity Junta

January 26, 2023January 28, 2008

Franklin’s Friends In 1727, Benjamin Franklin gathered a group of friends into an organization he called the Junta. They met regularly for conversation and to … Read more

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Weekend Links: E-mail Bugs, Slacker Freshmen, and the Mythology Behind Good Will Hunting

January 26, 2023January 27, 2008

Interesting links from around the web to help you through your weekend Study Hacks withdrawal… Links. Lots of Links. Did I Mention Links? Hairy and … Read more

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The Straight-A Method: A Simple Framework For Conquering College

January 26, 2023January 25, 2008

Advice, Advice, Everywhere… Students often ask me how they should sift through all the advice on this blog in order to implement a simple system … Read more

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The Science of Procrastination: Researchers Tackle Willpower and our Ability to Control it

January 26, 2023January 23, 2008

The Willpower Mystery We all know the feeling. Some days, you have a project you know you need to work on, but find it impossible … Read more

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Crowd Wisdom: The Worst Part of the College Admissions Process

January 26, 2023January 22, 2008

Share Your Wisdom I’m working on a post about the college admissions process. I need your wisdom to help pull it together. Specifically, here is … Read more

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Monday Master Class: How to Use Time Arbitrage to Maximize Your Productivity Profit

January 26, 2023January 21, 2008

The Wonders of Arbitrage In this article, I explain how to apply the well-known concept of arbitrage to the hours in your daily schedule. By … 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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