Disruptive Thinkers is a semi-regular series that features interesting people with interesting ideas about college, achievement, or life in general. How to Become Good Marty … Read more
Willpower as a Limited Resource In January, I posted an article titled The Science of Procrastination. It reported on the work of Dr. Roy Baumeister, … Read more
A Good Day It’s a nice spring day here in Boston. This morning, when I arrived at my office at MIT, I decided it was … Read more
Winding Down into Chaos Here at MIT we’re rapidly approaching the worst part of the semester: the last 2 – 4 weeks. Just when I … Read more
I don’t normally post outside of my Monday, Wednesday, Friday schedule. But this story seemed like a perfect addendum to Friday’s discussion of the Zen … Read more
The Zen Valedictorian Decoded Last week, I introduced the Zen Valedictorian Philosophy. This concept captures the general approach to student life that I’ve been promoting … Read more
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
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
