I want to be friends with this man.I read multiple books at a time: between 2 - 10 at a time. This does not make me smart, but it does make me weird. I didn't realize this was weird
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A collection of 15 posts
Guard Your Identity
Another great post by The Oatmeal: You’re not going to believe what I’m about to tell you - The OatmealThis is a comic about the backfire effect.The OatmealAnything that you take into your identity, any label you
Twenty Minute Headstart
When you work alone (and on hard problems), you have to hack your own mind to battle procrastination. One of my tricks is to start a big task twenty minutes right before something large is about to happen. Let's say
A Technique for Getting Unstuck When Working Alone
When you work alone you get stuck. Whether it be a hard problem, a heavy lunch, or just a bad interaction with resistance there are times when you find yourself in a rut and need to force your way out
Personal Pre-Mortems
If you are like me you can get into a mindset of negative thinking where you can poke holes in any potential project idea or action. After all, thinking of doomsday scenarios is a marketable skill when you actually take
How To Read 118 Books In One Year
This year I continued my odd quest to read a lot of books and ended up reading more than last year. This feels very odd since I’m a big fan of making things rather than just constantly drowning
Help with the Pomodoro Technique
The Pomodoro technique is a rare productivity tool: simple, powerful, and popular. Years ago when I first started working by myself, I used the technique to train my mind to focus for longer periods of time; my previous job had
You Need a Don't Do List
Most people agree that a “to do list” is a great way to track work tasks whether it be shopping lists or work lists or people that you need to tickle this week. But for most workers, especially