Dangerous Ideas: “Paying Your Dues” is Underrated
A recent post at the Employee Evolution blog asks the following question: “Is ‘paying your dues’ an outdated concept?” The author opens with the story … Read more
College Chronicles #7: Leena Turns 20, Dances Away Her Weekend, Gives Up Sleep, Falls Deathly Ill, and Initiaites a Love Affair with Nyquil
This is the seventh blogisode of College Chronicles, a blog-based reality show in which we follow three real students struggling to balance academics with the … Read more
Around the Web: Introducing Dissertation Bootcamp
Considering graduate school? Wondering what it’s really like? I recommend the following blog: Dissertation Bootcamp The DB blog features a group of grad student contributors … Read more
Q & A: When Should I Go To Sleep?
From the reader mailbag: I have read your book, How to Become a Straight-A Student, which helps me a lot. I wonder, however, when did … Read more
Around the Web: The Return of The Genius in All of Us
One of my favorite blogs is The Genius in All of Us. Written by author David Shenk, it accompanies the research process for an upcoming … Read more
Around the Web: More Productivity Porn…
If your into personal productivity, especially if, like me, and many others, you are of the GTD school of productivity thought, then you probably derive … Read more
Around the Web: The Importance of Reading
Our friend Gideon of Scholastici.us fame has a good post today about reading: Scholastici.us :: On Reading His point is simple, but worth reiterating again … Read more
A Time Management System for Students Who Are Terrible at Time Management And Tend to Hate it More Than Slow Torture Involving Electrical Current and Sensitive Anatomy
Some students simply hate time management. Maybe it goes against their well-cultivated, leather jacket wearing, acoustic guitar crooning, Kerouac reciting image of artistic rebelliousnesses. Maybe … Read more
