Today I have a treat for you. Cal Newport from Study Hacks is going to share some of his insights on productivity. Cal is also the author of How to Become a Straight-A Student and How to Win at College. He is currently studying for a PhD at MIT. Last August, I published an essay […]
How to Become an Effortless Achiever
This article is a continuation of How to Not Want Things and Still Be Happy. In that article I argued that craving creates pain, and that the solution is to focus on the entire process instead of just the goal. This may seem obvious, but in practice it is difficult to do. In this article […]
15 Ways to Squeeze the Most From 15 Minutes
If you’re starved for time, you probably don’t have a few spare hours to do whatever you want. But do you have fifteen minutes? You won’t be able to run a marathon, finish a novel or have a party, but fifteen minutes can go a long way if you know how to use it. Finding […]
5 Simple Steps to Purify Your Hard Drive
When a room gets messy, you start running out of space. Stepping over clutter and not having room to store things forces you to clean. But when your hard drive gets messy, there is usually still tons of space. With vast areas of empty storage, there is less pressure to keep your computer tidy. Why […]
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