Archive for the ‘Lifehacks’ Category
Monday, September 10th, 2007
Establish a routine that utilizes any or all of these things to make your study sessions more productive.
Eliminate human distractions. Pick a study location where you can work uninterrupted. If it's your room, post a "do not disturb" sign on your door. If you're interrupted anyway, be ...
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Sunday, September 9th, 2007
Not that eating any or all of these foods alone will make you smarter, but, combined with regular study habits, these foods have been shown to increase focus, concentration, reaction time, and retention by keeping neural pathways in the brain healthy and high-functioning.
Fats include foods that supply fatty acids essential ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Call it what you will. Prayer, meditation, centering down, moment of silence - done correctly, any of these can make you a better student.
I've always been one who shows up early to class. Perhaps the fact that I was raised by a pair of teachers had something ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Coming off the buzz that was created as a result of this weekend's happenings didn't take too long. I'm having a hard time focusing today because the wife of one of my dear friends was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier in the week. My mother has had breast ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
The newest site in the growing Eleven21.com network is a motivational tool designed to encourage you to spend less, save more, and consistently live below your means.
WhatsMyCrossover.com illustrates the point at which your investment earnings exceed your income from your job. This point, often called the "Crossover Point," is ...
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
I've had incredible success with the Memory Supercharger Paraliminal from Learning Strategies Corporation.
First a little background information. I began studying for the MCAT (medical college admission test) in August of 2006. I study for 2-3 hours every day and have relearned/remembered much of the information from my college days (~10 ...
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
The recent availability of NPR's "Fresh Air" sent me searching for an easy way to play podcasts in my browser. Sure, I could use Odeo or the Gmail MP3 player, but podcasts are just RSS feeds, so why not use my feed reader of choice? Enter Google ...
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
My pal and excellent programmer, Noel, from Southern California and I have been working for the last several months to develop a simple, easy-to-use website called VouchOn.com.
I had the idea for the site during a business trip to Bangor, ME. Lying on the bed at the Holiday Inn and trying ...
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Thursday, January 11th, 2007
While doing a bit of late night reading over at Consultant Commons, I ran across a post outlining a few pieces of online software aimed at helping npo's do some things online - on the cheap. While cheap is good, I am of the belief that today's open source ...
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Saturday, January 6th, 2007
"Entering and maintaining the highly creative flow state is a skill, not a blessing, an accident, or a fluke."
The truth is, I heard of Mihály Csíkszentmihályi long before Steve Pavlina ever entered my feed reader. I learned about the concept of Flow from a mentor nearly ten years ...
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