Give Your Ideas Some Legs: The Positive Effect of Walking on Creative Thinking
Give Your Ideas Some Legs: The Positive Effect of Walking on Creative Thinking, Marily Oppezzo and Daniel L. Schwartz. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. The core idea of this paper is simple: walking boosts creativity during and after the activity. Nietzsche said, "All truly great thoughts are
To think better, read old books
If you want to think better, read old books. Haruki Murakami explains this best in “Norwegian Wood”: If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. The Cultural Tutor, who went from flipping burgers in McDonald’s to Twitter
12 Favourite Problems
Richard Feynman was one of the most important scientists of the 20th century. He was not only famed for his contributions to quantum physics, but also for his talent in simplifying complex scientific principles. Anyone interested in learning more effectively would likely know about 'The Feynman Method.' His life
Happy New Year, and hi again!
Happy New Year! Hi there! I'm Haikal. You're receiving this email because you signed up for my newsletter at one point in time. I stopped writing my newsletter since October 2021, and a lot has happened since, but now I'm starting again. I'm still not sure what exactly I'll be
Plus Minus Next Journaling in Roam Research: An Easy Method for Weekly Review
One of the best habits I picked up recently is doing a weekly review. I'd feel lost and agitated whenever I miss doing it. Instead, doing one primes me for the next week and allows me to learn from my mistakes and successes in the previous week. Everyone knows that
Imitate, then innovate
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. The good poet welds his theft into a whole of feeling which is unique, utterly different from that from which it was torn. —T. S.
Are you burnt out?
I'm writing this a day before I sit for one of my last written papers for my third year of posting, and I suddenly realized why studying for my final paper has been such a slog - I'm burnt out. It's been a very long year, probably my most extended
My favourite books on mental health
Today is World Mental Health Day! I'd like to share some of the books that have helped me stay mentally healthy. Man's Search for Meaning The Courage to be Disliked Happy Stumbling on Happiness
Note taking vs note making
Note-taking is when you capture information in its pure, raw form. It is often done when listening. When note-taking, you are using the author's original language. The purpose of note-taking is to quickly capture content so you can refer back to it later without looking at the original source. Note-taking
Open: Andre Agassi - Book Summary
Here are my favourite quotes and highlights from Andre Agassi's autobiography. On dealing with pressure Pressure is how you know everything’s working, the doctor said. Words to live by, Doc. On obstacles in life Life will throw everything but the kitchen sink in your path, and then it will
