From the Web Here are a few articles I’ve done recently on other websites: 11 Tips for Nuking Laziness Without Becoming a Workaholic Triple Your Productivity Tomorrow The Cheapskate’s Guide to Educating Yourself 7 Lesser Known Ways to Increase Productivity From the Archives 10 Ways to Improve Your Energy – “Although our ability to organize […]
Help Me Find Self-Education Resources
I’ve received a number of e-mails from fellow students frustrated with the formal education process. Frankly, I agree with them. Universities are expensive, inefficient and often waste time teaching topics that students don’t need to learn. Self-education is a useful alternative, but I’ve found it isn’t always as easy as it should be. Finding where […]
What Aren’t You Going to Do Next Year?
What are your anti-goals for the next year? If a goal is a decision to achieve something in the future, an anti-goal would be a decision not to achieve something else. While you may not give a lot of thought to what your anti-goals are, they are something you need to have. A goal is […]
Friday Links 07-12-21
From the Web Bottom-Up Personal Development – One of the best articles I’ve read in the last few weeks, this is another one by Brad of 30sleeps. Bottom-up personal development means working on building the right habits and skills that work towards any goal. This type of self-improvement has been a priority for myself over […]
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