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17. April Q&A: Tips for Project Management and Planning Study Sessions
In this Q&A episode of the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast, I share professional tips for project management, and college student tips for planning study sessions around college courses.
16. How to Set Up Your Ideal Work or Study Space: 10 Tips
These 10 work and study space design tips can help you optimize your environment to increase your focus, motivation and productivity.
15. Email Management Tips: 3 Best Practices for Handling Your Inbox
These 3 email management tips will get your email inbox in top shape. These are the best practices for increasing inbox clarity and function.
14. How to Use the Pomodoro Technique for School and Work
Learn how to use the Pomodoro technique to increase productivity and motivation in school and work. If you haven’t tried the Pomodoro Technique yet, get your timers out because that changes now.
13. March Q&A: Home Productivity and Work Overload
I answer two listener questions this month: How to be more productive at home and how to manage work overload.
12. Are Your Productivity Systems Broken?
Are your productivity systems broken? And if they are, how do you know? Learn the tell-tale signs that your systems need a tune-up, and find out exactly how to do that.
11. The 6 Most Valuable Skills for School and Work
It’s not intelligence but SKILLS that set high-performers apart from the rest. Learn about the 6 most valuable skills (with the most ROI) for school and work.
10. February Q&A: Tips for Better Task Management and Focus
I answer two listener questions in this episode: one from a working professional asking about task management systems, and one from a student looking for focus advice.
09. The 3 Most Important Areas to Organize
If you organize these 3 important areas in your life, everything else around you will run smoother, and you’ll feel less overwhelmed
08. Motivation vs. Discipline: Which One Matters More?
Let’s talk about the tricky relationship between motivation and discipline, and dig into the question of which one matters more.
07. How to Learn Things
There’s a little more to the learning process than often admit. To get information from outside the brain to inside the brain, we need to follow a few key steps. I explain how to learn in this episode.
06. January Q&A: Focus Tips and Job Skills
I answer two listener questions in this first Q&A episode. The first question comes from a professional who asks about focus tips and distractions, and the second question comes from a soon-to-be graduate asking about job skills.
05. The Secret to a Good Task Management System
If your task management system doesn’t have these 4 key components, you don’t have a good task management system. This episode is for both students and professionals.
04. What to Do When You’re Overwhelmed: Practical Strategies You Can Use Now
Learn some practical strategies that you can start using today to decrease how overwhelmed you’re feeling. Want to know the secret? It’s action.
03. What’s an Admin Block and Why You Need One for Productivity
Explore the concept of work and school “administration tasks,” and how adding an Admin Block can seriously improve your productivity.
02. Everything You Want to Know About Learning (and Working) Styles
A deep dive into learning styles (preferences), and how knowing yours can impact how you learn and work.
01. Trailer: Welcome to Learn and Work Smarter
Welcome to the Learn and Work Smarter podcast! Here’s your brief introduction to what we’ll be covering each week on the show.