I’m a fan of early-rising as a productivity tool. I would argue that most people have the strongest motivation to work in the morning or afternoon hours, so waking up earlier means you can gain productive time. There is also something psychological about waking up early. When you successfully achieve the goal of getting out […]
Why You Should Ignore Passive Income
A big learning point for me over the last few months has been rejecting the common online wisdom of “passive” income. “You want to earn money while you sleep,” goes the rhetoric, “if you need to be there to earn a dollar, that work can’t scale!” My rejection isn’t based on passive income being bad, […]
Learning on Steroids Sells Out in 36 Minutes!
If you’re a casual reader of the website, you probably noticed small announcements the last two months about a program I was working on. The program is Learning on Steroids, and the idea behind it is to implement rapid learning tactics that will make you a more effective learner. I had been collecting emails of […]
Too Much Work? Here’s How to Handle It
As I mentioned earlier this week, the best way to be productive is to work hard and commit to less. However, it raises an important point, what if the few commitments you do keep simply have too much work? How do you handle it? I recently had a conversation with Stefan Knapen, a medical student […]
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