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How good a shape can you get in eight weeks? I’m going to find out.
I’ve been eating very well for close to a year, but I have been exercising on and off. Right now, I haven’t been near exercising cardio for as long as I can remember, my nutrition has (willfully) been junky the past [...]
When to quit:
When…
…pride is the only reason to stick.
…it didn’t get harder after the initial smooth sailing.
…there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
…it’s going to end up mediocre or average.
…it’s not going to be the best in the world – your world, that is.
When to stick:
When the opposite of the above is [...]
This is Part III of a three-part series on speed reading. Read Part I and Part II.
Most of the non-fiction things you read should be read once, a lot of the things you read should be read twice, and some things should be read several times over. None should be read word for word, following [...]
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This is Part II of a three-part series on speed reading. Read Part I and Part III.
Do you need comprehension?
The important question to ask yourself is: How valuable is what I’m reading and what can I use it for? How nutrient-dense is the food for thought I’m eating right now? The first question regulates if [...]
Evernote, for those who don’t know, is a magnificent application. It synchronizes your notes to any Mac, PC, iPhone and Windows Mobile, or you can use the web interface. And it recognizes handwriting or printed text in images. I’ve used it actively since July, and I’d like to share my experiences with it.
I loathe excessive [...]
This article is Part I of a three-part series. Read Part II and III.
Reading non-fiction faster is one of the core skills of being effective. It gives you more valuable information in less time, and more time to execute the knowledge you gain. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of bullshit out there, and it all costs [...]
The world is but a canvas to the imagination. – Henry Thoreau
Creativity doesn’t work when there are no barriers. So-called “free creativity” with as much entropy as possible is suboptimal at best, and usually a waste of time. How are you going to think outside the box – without a box?
Consider:
Ask a group of kids if [...]
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When I was in high school, I studied music and played guitar. This led to quite a few gigs, which inevitably leads to anxiety, which is a good thing in certain amounts when it leads to a touch of nervousness. However, it can destroy a performance as easily as improving it. So I developed a [...]
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You can’t multitask effectively. You just can’t. No, not even women.
Distractions, interruptions and multitasking is the biggest time sink we have, especially for those who spend most of their days in front of a computer.
Multitasking is bad. Research suggests that you not even lose the time you spend multitasking, but you get temporarily dumber by [...]
Stress limits creativity and right brain function. There are very good reasons why it should, but none of them are made to help you get more creative, rather the opposite. If you’d want to be limited to left-brain linear thinking, keep stressing. Otherwise, stop. You can’t be creative if you’re stressed.
Stress limits your memory. Long-term [...]
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