The Vital Five: A Crash Course for Turning Around Poor Academic Performance
About once or twice a month, I will get an e-mail from a college student who is in real need of some advice to turn … Read more
The Paradox of Young Lifehackers
In a recent article I wrote for Flak Magazine, I investigated the growing popularity of lifehacking among young people. “Since when,” I asked, “did twentysomethings, … Read more
Monday Master Class: Three Trivial Study Habits that Provide Significant Results
Sometimes, the hardest part of a making a major lifestyle change is achieving those first positive results. So here are three stupidly simple study tips … Read more
Around the Web: What Makes You More Effective?
Earlier this summer, the compulsively readable Productivity501 site interviewed the owners of other top personal productivity blogs. I was particularly interested in the question: “What … Read more
Why Most Students Don’t Understand the Real Goal of Note-Taking
College students know that note taking is important. Walk into any classroom and you are going see every student typing or jotting down something. But … Read more
Around the Web: LifeHack’s Research Advice for Students
Dustin Wax, over at LifeHack.org, recently posted an article on conducting better student research: Advice for Students: 10 Steps Towards Better Research It’s certainly worth … Read more
Monday Master Class: Three Unexpected Study Tips
Most study advice, admittedly, is not all that surprising: study earlier, have a schedule, don’t write papers drunk. Occasionally, however, in the course of my … Read more
How Do You Handle E-mails You Don’t Know How to Answer?
Like many productivity junkies, I’m a fan of the Inbox Zero concept, meaning I try to maintain an empty e-mail inbox. There is, however, one … Read more
