A Forbes.Com Reporter is Looking for Students to Interview
Looking for a Few Good Sources A reporter I know at Forbes.com is writing an article on college students, stress, and the importance of having … Read more
Monday Master Class: Conquer Cramming with the Same Day Rule
Bad Problem, Worse Metaphor Are you a procrastinator? Not necessarily a psychologically-scarred, can’t start work if your life depended on it because you resent your … Read more
Is Low Stress Med School Admissions Possible?
Note to Readers: I’m hitting the road this afternoon for a four-day trip. Because of this, I’m posting Friday’s article one day early so that … Read more
Dangerous Ideas: College Extracurriculars Are Meaningless
Microsoft Doesn’t Care About Clubs In college, I spent a lot of time writing. I started as a humor columnist for the student newspaper … Read more
Monday Master Class: How to Start Down the Long Road from Chaos to Efficiency
Restarting is Hard to Do Something that surprised me last fall, when I began to work more closely with individual students on productivity issues, was … Read more
5 Articles That Will Change The Way You Think About Personal Productivity
Re-Thinking Productivity There’s nothing more satisfying when reading than that magic moment when something flips a switch deep within the neuronal recesses of your brain, … Read more
Bonus Post: How the World’s Most Famous Computer Scientist Checks E-mail Only Once Every Three Months
E-mail Zero Redux Two weeks ago, I introduced E-mail Zero, the concept of living life with no e-mail. The motivation was to investigate innovative ways … Read more
The Difference Between Experiments and Goals: How to Balance Spontaneity with the Focused Pursuit of Fame
To Start or Not to Start Three weeks ago I published a controversial post titled: Getting Started is Overrated. My basic point: If you want … Read more
