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Monday, November 17. 2008
1. Don't leave email sitting in your in box.
2. Admit multitasking is bad.
3. Do the most important thing first.
4. Check your email on a schedule.
5. Keep web site addresses organized.
6. Know when you work best.
7. Think about keystrokes.
8. Make it easy to get started.
9. Organize your to-do list every day.
10. Dare to be slow.
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Saturday, November 1. 2008
Something lots of students don’t really think about when they’re off at college is what to do in the event they wind up in a medical emergency. When it happens, and it’s happened to me, is to just do wind up in whichever emergency room the ambulance drives your broken body to. Chances are, as it was in my case, that you’ll find yourself at closest one. Well, not all hospitals are equal. Read more...
Sunday, September 28. 2008
 College textbooks have always made up a large chunk of the expenses students face every semester. Textbooks, which are already extremely expensive, seem to go up in price just about every day. To prove this point, the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index stated that Textbook prices are increasing at more than four times the inflation rate. Also, other research performed by different state PIRGs show that publishers are exploiting the system and continue publishing new editions of their expensive textbooks that are only marginally changed and edited in an effort to make the cheaper used books obsolete. This practice forces the student to go out and buy the more expensive new edition. Read more...
Saturday, September 27. 2008
 Here on Study Hacks we spend a lot of time trying to separate truth from fiction when it comes to building a successful student career. As you know, it’s one of my great beliefs that much of the stress experienced by students is unnecessary. Indeed, the entire Zen Valedictorian Philosophy is premised on the idea that most people have no idea what makes a student impressive. Read more...
Monday, September 22. 2008
 A study method that is very common on college campuses and preferred by a multitude of students is the PQRST method. It allows a student to focus on studying and allows him to correlate the information to how it is going to be used on the test. This method also allows for better time management practices since it breaks down the study process into five different steps, so instead of allotting time to study for a whole topic, the student has the option to break it down into five separate steps while still retaining the information. Read more...
Friday, September 19. 2008
 As the fates of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch have just reminded us, one of the most important realities of the 21st century work world is that we have to be the CEOs of our own careers. No longer can we rely on a company to have a plan for our development -- or even to exist a week from now.
Scary? Kind of. But it’s also empowering. Here are 5 tips to start taking the reins on your career today, so you’re ready for whatever happens tomorrow. Read more...
Monday, September 15. 2008
 You can make all the right academic moves in college, studying a week in advance for your midterms, always reading ahead, carrying the weight of group projects, but all it takes is one wrong step — whether it’s an obvious no-no like texting during a lecture, or a more subtle miscue like frequently looking bored during class discussions — and you could unwittingly slip into your professor’s bad graces. Read more...
Friday, June 27. 2008
It's one of those mornings when you hit snooze too many times and as a result wake up late. Since you're running late, on a whim you decide to skip breakfast, grab a quick shower, hastily dress, and run out your door hungry, irritable, and somewhat ready for another day of work. On your drive to work, you realize that you left your cell phone at home along with your daily vitamin. In this frustration, you decide to reflect on last night when you sat in rush-hour traffic on your way home, finished your weekly proposals, cooked dinner, went to the gym, bought groceries, and took your daughter to her daily gymnastics class. All of these after-work activities stressed you out and produced an unwanted headache that kept you up for most of the night. You sigh and think, "If I only had more time." Read more...
Wednesday, June 25. 2008
What's your idea of success? How do you define it? Is it wealth? Fame? Power? Inner peace? Success is a vague notion, which means that becoming successful can be a frustrating, impossible journey; after all, you can't hit a target you can't see. So let's examine what success really is, and how you might set out on the path toward reaching it. Read more...
Friday, June 20. 2008
Do you spend a lot of time doing things you wouldn't choose to do, if you had a choice? Perhaps your life feels out of control or maybe you hate your job. If you've nodded your head at all, your life is off balance. But it's your choice: you can find balance before it's too late. Read more...
Monday, June 9. 2008
You only live once, so make the most of it. Don't settle for mediocrity. Identify what you want out of life and work towards it. Open your mind to potential opportunities. Create opportunities for yourself. All of these motivational phrases can be read in self-help books, and some can be found in fortune cookies. They sound great, but aren't much use unless we learn to apply them to our own lives. Unfortunately, life lessons are best learned through individual experience, which can be painful. Little of what you read will affect your outlook on life as much as something that actually happens to you. Read more...
Thursday, June 5. 2008
Investing in your future might mean taking a risk, but the rewards could be priceless. Once you discover where your career could use some improvement, you can take an active role in structuring your future. Consider this advice as your first steps towards taking control. Whether you're buying a new house or taking the stairs instead of the elevator to work, you're making small investments in your future. Those investments get bigger and the results become more important when it comes to the future of your career. Read more...
Sunday, March 9. 2008
Meet Kristin Connell, a 25 year-old Seattle transplant and student. Although she currently divides her time between college courses and a part-time job, she has four years' experience juggling a full-time student life with family, friends, and professional responsibilities. How did she do it? We sent an Edu411 interviewer to find out. Read more...
Monday, February 11. 2008
fter graduating from college and law school, Jim Shumacker became a Unitarian minister. It was during his ministry that he realized his calling was to be a career coach. Shumacker now owns Careerperfection, a company that helps people figure out what they want to do with their lives. Read more...
Tuesday, August 28. 2007
Do you ever wake up in the morning and think to yourself, "It's time to make a change?" Maybe you'd like to go back to school, land yourself that promotion, lose some weight, or just make time for a new hobby. If you're like most of us, you may have put off doing something you'd really like to do. So how can you stop dreaming and start taking action? The key is getting--and staying--motivated. Follow these 4 steps and you could wake up to the life of your dreams.
Continue reading "4 Steps to Getting Motivated"
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