The problem with commonsense is that it isn’t that common. I’ve read a lot of books on productivity and time management and they all seem to espouse the same basic idea. The false idea that the reason you aren’t productive is because you simply aren’t organizing, prioritizing and using your time efficiently. Experimenting With Chaos […]
Archives for April 2007
Manage Your Energy at ZenHabits
I recently wrote an article for Leo over at ZenHabits entitled, Productivity Boost: Increase and Manage Your Energy. Leo is a fellow PBN blogger and has a rapidly growing site. Although zenhabits has only been up for a few months, his readership has been skyrocketing ever since. His site focuses on productivity and life simplicity […]
Want to Improve Your Fitness? Focus on Results
If you needed to buy groceries, would you walk into the store look around, buy nothing, go home and then pat yourself on the back for showing up? Probably not. If you are going shopping you have a specific purpose for being in the supermarket, it isn’t enough just to show up. Likewise, if you […]
How to Learn Holistically
I just did a guest post at the Ririan Project about how to improve your learning. If you like the ideas about holistic learning in my article, How to Ace Your Finals Without Studying, then you will probably enjoy the tips I posted for how to actually go about doing it. Some of the tips […]
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