Productivity
Less productivity is more
What’s the craze with being productive with every waking hour? The number of hours you spend working isn’t a sign that you have too much on your plate. It means that you don’t know how to manage your energy and attention when working. We think that productivity
The magic of flights
Because you’re literally buckled into a chair, I’ve always found planes a terrific spot to do a lot of writing and reading and drawing and thinking. —AUSTIN KLEON I love to fly. A flight is one of the few places in the world where I can instantly focus
Aim for quantity, not quality
What's the best way to master something? There was once a pottery teacher who decided to split his class into two groups. The "quantity" group had to make as many pieces as possible throughout the year. The "quality" group had to spend their year creating one perfect piece of pottery.
Interstitial journaling
We all know that we should journal, but most of us don’t do it. Why? I can’t get journaling to stick because nothing is prompting me to do it. And when I do remember to do it, I find it hard to put thoughts into words. I also
Focusmate: Productivity on Demand
Imagine cutting your procrastination in half and doubling your productivity with just a click. Picture this: You wake up at 6am in the hopes of getting some work done. An hour later, you end up scrolling Twitter on your phone, with the latest Netflix show on your laptop. I know
Cut yourself some slack
I’m currently on Day 5 of a 28 Day Writing Challenge, but I’ve been procrastinating on my tasks all day long. I couldn’t get any studying done, nor get any writing done. The only thing I did the whole day was to watch Australian Open highlights and
Mindful internet use
Have you ever wondered how much time you waste on the Internet? In a survey by Survey.com, 26 per cent of people admitted to wasting at least two hours every day. The participants named the Internet as the most significant time waster by a big margin. A study by
How To Read More Books
When Warren Buffett was asked how to get smarter, he held up a stack of paper and said, “Read 500 pages like this every week. That’s how knowledge builds up, like compound interest. All of you can do it, but I guarantee not many will do it.” Reading is
How To Use the GTD System as a Student
Being a student these days is stressful. We’re bombarded with incoming deadlines, exams, meetings, and my favourite one - rescheduled classes. How can we keep up with all these inputs and not get stressed out? These inputs clutter our mind and stress us out. We can’t focus on
Be in a mind like water state
According to David Allen, your brain is for having ideas, not storing them. You don’t need to remember ideas in your head if you have a system that stores them. As a result, you’ll get more good ideas, as your brain can work on having ideas instead of
