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The Bar Exam: Maximizing Time and Staying Sane
The bar exam is difficult, requires many hours of study, and heaps of information to memorize. Here are some tested methods to help you pass.
Microsoft To Do: Wunderlist Replacement?
Wunderlist will go away in favor of Microsoft To Do. Is To Do up to the task?
Best simple productivity applications for 2020
This article was originally published on February 24, 2017. Electronic to-do lists rock. Paper to-do lists as your main productivity platform are old-school and inefficient for recording thoughts and tasks leaving you to tackle what’s in front of you. While some people are looking for many bells and whistles with their productivity/to-do platform (if that Continue Reading
Best productivity applications 2019
If you want to be productive, you must be using some kind of productivity tool that backs up all of your tasks and allows you to keep your mind free to tackle whats in front of you. I’ve reviewed some of the top options to help you decide which to use.
Snake oil? I tried Onnit’s Alpha Brain. Here’s what happened
I was going into final exams this last fall and looking for something to amp up my studying to make up for all of the not studying. I had heard hundreds of ads for Alpha Brain from listening to the Joe Rogan Experience over the years and had some friend suggest it to me with Continue Reading
Funniest Episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience
The Joe Rogan experience is probably my favorite podcast of all time, for a number of reasons. Aside from interesting guests researching cutting-edge issues, to politicians or athletes, the comedians are one of my favorite aspects of the Joe Rogan Experience. For those who do not listen to JRE, you might recognize Joe Rogan as Continue Reading
How to improve anything you do, faster
You track your steps taken in a day, distance running, followers on IG, to-do lists and calendar items, but you don’t track your time spent doing other things?
Reduce friction and ditch the vision board
Everyone has new habits they would like to integrate into their life. The problem is that adding new habits can be difficult. Learn to reduce friction.
Best complete time tracking applications
If you want to make progress on anything, you achieve it with selective, deliberate practice. A key to good deliberate practice is tracking your improvement, including the time spent on your activities, as well as other metrics you deem important. If you’re trying to become a faster reader, for instance, what better way is there to Continue Reading
Trick to save hours of drafting time this year
Editing is just as important as getting the words on the page for the first time. Here’s what I have figured out over time.
Making your home yoga practice habitual
Making yoga a daily habit can be challenging, but anyone can start with 10 minutes per day in a quiet area.
Must-listen episodes of JRE (cont.)
One of my favorite podcasts is the Joe Rogan Experience. When Joe Rogan isn’t helping Elon Musk tank Tesla stock, the show is packed with interesting guests.
Process to edit writing efficiently and effectively
Editing is a process. Spending as much time reviewing and editing as writing and rewriting is key to putting out good work. I can’t help you make your thoughts out any better, but I can pass some tips to help ensure you haven’t missed a comma or have accidentally a word when you self-edit. Writing Continue Reading
Nine steps to a weekly review
What is a weekly review? A weekly review is so much more than simply “clarification” of your inbox items during a particular time of the week. It’s a chance for you to formulate short-term goals this week and plan your time to execute your long-term game-plan. Performing a weekly review is imperative to keeping productive Continue Reading
Bloom your coffee to the next level
If you know me you also know I love my coffee. I love coffee so much that I’m even willing to drink shitty coffee from yesterday that nobody else wanted. And it’s cold. But why drink acrid coffee when you can drink a cup that tastes really good? For the past couple years I have Continue Reading
Fix when iPhone is “Searching”
Note: This article is pretty much specifically for people who are experiencing the “Searching” issue on their iPhones. I’ve noticed a lot of people with this problem (especially when I’ve gone to stores on several occasions trying to get my phone fixed). I wish I had gotten this suggestion, as common sense as it is, Continue Reading
New desktop app remedies time-tracking troubles
Whenever I talk to people about tracking their time (I’m a riveting conversationalist) I overwhelmingly hear two common obstacles.
Push it and don’t feel guilty
Do not make yourself crazy trying to get necessarily everything done on your agenda. It’s okay to put off tasks for later. Things come up. Life will not stop while you send emails and go to meetings.
Stop Doing Now
Have you ever heard the advice: “If it takes less than two minutes, do it now.”? If we all followed this advice, how could we ever decide when to stop doing? I’ll teach you when to stop doing when to start adding items to your to-do list and then move on to whatever else you Continue Reading
Selective practice for hyper-productivity
Become more selective of which tasks you tackle and engage in deliberate practice. Do this by working intensely for short periods, seeking flow in your work. At the end of your work session, assess areas of improvement. Refine your technique for the next hyper-productive session.
How to form new lasting habits with an everyday list
Want to run marathons? What about starting a new vegan diet? Everyone wants to build habits that last, but the key is to have a plan that works for you, not against you.
Don’t get stuck in the morning email trap
By spending your first several hours or even minutes of your day responding to emails you are shooting yourself in the foot. Mornings, for both larks and night owls, tend to be some of the most precious and productive hours of the day.