Getting_Things_Done_-_The_Art_Of_Stress-Free_Productivity.pdf. 8 Things You Can Do This Morning to Be More Productive. We all have the same amount of hours in the day, but we’re becoming increasingly busy.
As technology advances, so do our responsibilities. Most successful entrepreneurs and business owners talk about achieving work-life balance, but very few attain this ever-elusive goal. So how can you maximize each day’s tasks without feeling overwhelmed and overworked? Here are seven things to do each morning to get the most out of your work day. 1. Put a notebook and pen beside your bed so you can dump all of your ideas for the next day onto it. In the morning, review this list and add any other tasks that need to be done. Parkinson’s law states that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”. 2. Your mind and body are groggy when you first wake up, so in order to jumpstart your energy try drinking a full glass of water (16 ounces is recommended).
Our brains are 75% water, so if you’re not hydrated your brain won’t function properly. 3. Don’t be fooled! How should a 24-year-old invest time? The Art of Complex Problem Solving. 25 Killer Websites that Make You Cleverer. It’s easy to forget that we have access to a virtually limitless resource of information, i.e. the Internet.
For a lot of us, this is even true at our fingertips, thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and an ever-increasing push for online greatness by tech engineers all over the world. As a result, there are countless websites out there that are geared to make you smarter and more brilliant for either a low or no cost. Here are just 25 killer websites that may just make you more clever than ever before. 1. Duolingo This isn’t the first time I’ve recommended this language-teaching website (and app), and it certainly won’t be the last. 2. Have you ever wanted to pick up a subject you’re not well-versed in, but you didn’t have the money to invest in a college course?
3. Guitar is one of the few instruments out there that’s actually pretty easy to learn if you’re a little older, making it one of the most accessible instruments. Yoga & Meditation. One-Moment Meditation: "How to Meditate in a Moment". The Theory of Awesomeness. Could Obsessive Research Be the Cure for Procrastination? There’s a lot of ways to procrastinate.
Extra pushes of the snooze button, the final cram session before an exam, waiting until midlife to pick a career. Maybe you’re procrastinating right now. I used to believe most of this was just inertia. With a push, you could start rolling and finish the work with less effort. Procrastination was just temporary laziness. Now I’m not so sure. Consider chronic procrastination. But if action isn’t the cure for procrastination, what is?
“Just Do It” Culture and Distaste for Planning We live in a culture that has taken Nike’s famous slogan to heart. The slogan has some merit, doing things is how things get done (even if tautologically so). By putting all the emphasis on momentum, however, we might ignore other more fruitful approaches. Conversations with fellow blogger Cal Newport clued me in on this possibility. Obsessive Research (Or How Not to Procrastinate on Hard Things) Key Elements of the Research Proposal. Do you know that the key element of your research proposal will be its methodology section?
Imagine this: You are competing with several other organizations for grant money to conduct an investigation into a new treatment for cancer. You will need to convince the grant foundation that their money will be well spent, and that you will manage this investigation well. How can they believe that you will produce results if you do not tell them about the methods you intend to use in order to assess and study your research and data? Will you conduct experiments, or will you study existing groups of individuals? Will you collect numerical data or anecdotes? In this section you will review different approaches, designs, procedures, and methods for investigating your area of research. Design Approach The overall design of a research project consists of its methods and procedures. Return to Procedure or Methodology Type of Design Used What are the main types of qualitative approaches to research?
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