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117. Building a Personal Operating System to Manage Information
Creating a personal operating system is one of the highest-payoff systems you can build that helps you capture, track and manage all the information in your life.
116. Understanding What You Read and How to Know If You’re Performing Well at Work (Q&A)
I answer two listener questions: one about understanding grad school readings and the other about evaluating work performance.
115. How to Be Dangerous at School and Work (10 Traits of People Who Are Hard to Overwhelm)
The most dangerous people in school and work aren't always the most talented, motivated, or hardest working. They're the ones who are the hardest to derail.
113. The 6-System Ecosystem for School and Work (And Why Working Harder Isn't Enough)
There are 6 core systems to a healthy productivity ecosystem. If even just one is weak or missing, your ecosystem collapses.
112. Office Transition Strategies and the Power of Color in Study Methods (Q&A)
I answer two listener questions: One about transitioning back to in-person work, and the other about color-coding study methods.
111. What to Do When You Don't Like Your Boss or Teacher
It stinks to have a boss or teacher we don’t like, but there are ways to make things so much better than they feel.
110. How to Think: Why It's Hard, Why It Matters, and How to Do It in an AI World
Most people don’t actually know how to think. Do you? Here, I make the case for thinking and show you how to do it, especially in our AI world.
109. Work-Life Balance Is a Lie: 3 Better, Way More Practical Ways to Think About Balance
Work-life balance is a myth. Here are 3 way more practical ways to thinking about balance instead.
107. Simplifying Multi-Client Task Management and Managing Afternoon Energy Slumps (Q&A)
I answer two listener questions: one about professional task management and the other about maintaining energy and focus during classes.
106. The Anti-Goal Goal-Setting Strategy: 3 Tweaks That Change Everything
If you’re falling for even one of these three goal-setting mistakes, you’re sabotaging your progress without even knowing it.
105. The High Performer’s Trap: Why Being Capable is Exhausting You
Have you fallen into the high performer trap? If you’re good at what you do and people keep asking you do to things, this episode is for you.
104. The Real Reason Your Study Methods Stopped Working (And How to Fix Them)
In this episode, I'm giving you the truth about why study systems fail and exactly how to scale yours up.
103. How Long Should I Study? How Do I Stay Motivated? (Q&A)
In this month's Q&A episode, I answer two questions that hit on some of the biggest study and productivity myths out there.
92. Your Kid Needs THESE Skills to Be Okay
The most effective way to make sure our kids are going to be “okay” in school and career is to give them THESE skills.
87. Should You Take a Gap or PG Year? With Educational Consultant Annie Reece
Learn about gap years and PG years from educational consultant Annie Reece. What they are, who should take them, and how they can change your life.
86. Underrated College Resources and Using Blank Planners for Task Management (Q&A)
I answer two listener questions: One about the underrated parts of college, and another about using planners for task management.
71. Task Management Gaps and Grad School Overload (Q&A)
I answer two listener questions. One from a professional who’s forgetting things, and one from a grad student who’s falling behind her readings.
58. In-Person vs. Online Classes, and Jobs vs. Internships (Q&A)
I answer two questions submitted by listeners. A professional asks about choosing graduate programs, and a college student wonders if it’s time to get an internship.
40. How to Study from a Textbook, and Increasing Study Motivation (Q&A)
We talk about the best approach to reading and studying from a textbook, as well as how to increase motivation and make studying more enjoyable. (Listener Q&A episode!)
34. August Q&A: College Freshman Advice, Annotating Used Books, and Staying Relevant at Work
Listen in as I answer three questions submitted by listeners. One asks for advice going into her first year of college, one asks how to annotate used books that have annotations in them already, and one asks about how to stay relevant at work.