Monday Master Class: How to Build a Paper Research Database
How a Pulitzer Prize Winner Writes A few years back, I watched a CSPAN2 interview that changed the way I write major papers. The program … Read more
I Want to Send You a Free Signed Copy of My Book
I’ve been pleased with the growth of this blog since its launch earlier this summer. I’m committed, however, to make the Study Hacks experience even … Read more
Q & A: How Much Should I Care About a Minor Assignment I’m Doing Poorly On?
From the reader mailbag: A history class I have this semester separates its grading as 35% to each the midterm and final exam and 10% … Read more
If I Could Do it Again: Jessica Crowell
Jessica Crowell resides in two very different worlds. After graduating from the University of North Carolina last spring, she continued her role as the Chief … Read more
Dangerous Ideas: What If Everything We Thought Was True About Productivity Was Wrong?
The Surprising Hardness of the Simple I just observed something distressing about my behavior. The absolute most simple component to my productivity repertoire is to … Read more
Follow a Sunday Ritual
In How to Win at College, I emphasized a simple, but surprisingly effective piece of advice: Create a Sunday Ritual. I learned this trick from … Read more
How to Make Resolutions that Stick
New Years is overrated. Fall is the time to make resolutions. For students, this is obvious — Fall denotes the new school year. But it … Read more
Around the Web: Can You Train Your Brain? (Answer: Yes)
The Sharp Brains blog has a fascinating post about the trainability of your brain. There was once a time when scientists thought that brain function … Read more
