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147. Office, Remote, or Hybrid? Pros, Cons, and the Hidden Skills You Need to Thrive in Each
Working from the office, from home, or in a hybrid model is about way more than convenience. There's a hidden set of skills required to thrive in each of these environments, and that might be the reason why your work feels hard.
146. How to Make Work Interesting Again and How to Handle "Lazy" Colleagues (Q&A)
Lots of things can make our work days more challenging, including getting bored at our jobs and working with unmotivated colleagues. Here are some tips.
145. Your Shortcuts Are Making Things Harder
The productivity industry sure does a good job convincing us that we need the latest and greatest. But here, I share the truth about these productivity traps.
144. 3 Productivity Traps Even Smart People Fall For
The productivity industry sure does a good job convincing us that we need the latest and greatest. But here, I share the truth about these productivity traps.
143. 3 Power Moves of Productive People
Productive people don’t get that way by accident. Here are 3 power moves that productive students and professionals do every day.
142. Handling Work-From-Home Distractions, and Re-Evaluating Grad School (Q&A)
Are you losing focus midweek? Questioning a grad school program? In this month’s listener Q&A, I cover it all.
141. The 2-Minute Rule: A Productivity Strategy That Really Works ... Until It Doesn’t
The 2-Minute Rule is a nifty little productivity tool that can make school and work feel a whole lot smoother … as long as you know when (and when not) to use it.
140. The Secret Code to School and Work: The Unwritten Rules of Success Nobody Talks About
Like it or not, there’s a “secret code” for how to act and what to say at school and work—and not knowing it can cost you opportunities and your reputation.
139. The 5 Hardest Lessons I’ve Learned as an Entrepreneur: A Peek Inside the Difficult, Honest Parts of my Business Journey
For the first time ever, I’m talking openly about the five hardest lessons I learned as an entrepreneur.
138. Planning All-Day Study Sessions, and Job-Hopping Tips (Q&A)
I answer two listener questions: one about epic study sessions and one about breaking a job-hopping habit.
137. How to Capture Your Ideas Before You Forget Them (Micro Strategy)
Ideas are only good if we remember them. Here’s a hack for doing exactly that.
136. Your Productivity Tools are Useless (Unless You Do This…)
Productivity tools promise a LOT… and it’s easy to fall for it all. But I make the case that they’re totally useless…unless…
135. The Effort Trick That Gets You Everything You Want
Focusing exclusively on the outcome you want never gets you the outcome you want. (The irony!) But, here’s the effort trick that works like magic.
134. Behind the Scenes of Real Student Coaching (Sneak Peek Access)
Listen in as I answer student questions inside SchoolHabits University! This is typically only shared with students enrolled in the program.
133. Study Break Strategies and Finishing Projects with No Deadlines (Q&A)
I answer listener questions about optimizing study breaks and finishing projects that don’t have deadlines.
132. The DO Date Hack That Makes DUE Dates Easy (Micro Strategy)
Knowing what you need to do and actually being able to DO it are totally different things. Here’s why you’re stuck.
131. Why We Know What to Do But Still Don’t Do It
Knowing what you need to do and actually being able to DO it are totally different things. Here’s why you’re stuck.
130. How to Ask for Help in College – With Psychologist Dr. Susan VanScoyoc
Psychologist Dr. Susan VanScoyoc shares her top advice for students (and parents!) figuring out how to ask for help in college.
129. Homework Management Tips and Starting Over as an Adult (Q&A)
In this monthly Q&A, I answer questions about homework management and life skills.
128. ADHD and the Hidden Shame of Falling Off Track – And How to Start Again
Got ADHD? Keep abandoning your projects? This will help.