Katie Azevedo 5/9/24 Katie Azevedo 5/9/24

21. How to Plan Your Ideal Week (Weekly Planning Tips)

Knowing how to plan your ideal week is a critical professional and academic skill. Learn how to plan out your week so you’re productive, consistent, and not panicked.

Katie Azevedo 5/2/24 Katie Azevedo 5/2/24

20. What Is Active Recall and How to Use It to Study

Looking to elevate your study game? Learn about the powerful potential of active recall study strategies. If you haven’t heard, active recall is THE method for studying and learning, and I teach you 5 active recall study methods that work.

Katie Azevedo 4/25/24 Katie Azevedo 4/25/24

19. What to Do When Your Job is Too Hard

If your job is stressing you out and you don’t know what to do about it, this episode is for you. I teach you what to do when your job is too hard — and the strategies are realistic and impactful.

Katie Azevedo 4/18/24 Katie Azevedo 4/18/24

18. How to Use the Batching Strategy to Work Smarter

The batching strategy is a practical productivity method that can make a big difference in your daily operations. Learn how to use the batching strategy to work smarter and reduce cognitive overload.

Katie Azevedo 4/11/24 Katie Azevedo 4/11/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 4/4/24 Katie Azevedo 4/4/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 3/28/24 Katie Azevedo 3/28/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 3/21/24 Katie Azevedo 3/21/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 3/14/24 Katie Azevedo 3/14/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 3/7/24 Katie Azevedo 3/7/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 2/29/24 Katie Azevedo 2/29/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 2/22/24 Katie Azevedo 2/22/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 2/15/24 Katie Azevedo 2/15/24

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

Katie Azevedo 2/8/24 Katie Azevedo 2/8/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 2/1/24 Katie Azevedo 2/1/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 1/25/24 Katie Azevedo 1/25/24

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.

Katie Azevedo 1/18/24 Katie Azevedo 1/18/24

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.