by root | Jan 8, 2014 | Academia, Books, Life, Lifestyle Design
Have a huge stack of magazines you still haven’t gotten through? Have lots of textbooks to read so you can write a paper? Â Follow 200+ blogs? Speed reading isn’t just about reading faster, its about understanding and remembering what you read! It is easy...
by root | Nov 4, 2013 | Academia, Education, Life, Philosophy
I recently read an amazing piece in Wired about how one teacher in Mexico changed his teaching style, and in one year his students went from being uninterested and failing the national standardized test to being curious learners and the top students in all of Mexico....
by root | Sep 10, 2013 | Academia, Entrepreneurship, Psychology
So you want to be a millionaire? Besides all of the other stuff you need to do like work hard, get opportunities, be prepared for success…you need a million dollar idea. Â Remember you don’t just get to have a million dollars, but if you provide the world...
by root | May 21, 2013 | Academia, Entrepreneurship, Psychology
Psychologists find that updates on Facebook are 1.4 times more memorable than sentences in books. 86.4 percent of Stanford students in a survey admitted to using more complicated language in order to sound smart. Companies who have easily pronounceable names do better...
by root | Apr 25, 2013 | Academia
When it comes time to do your life’s work, there are no short cuts. Â Finding the right mentor however, can help you avoid wasting time and barking up the wrong tree. One of the great things about having a mentor is that all of a sudden you have access to their...
by root | Feb 12, 2013 | Academia, Entrepreneurship, Psychology
As a busy grad student and entrepreneur, I often struggle with when to say Yes and No to things. Saying No to things that are time consuming, distasteful, or unimportant will leave you with more time to get important things done. If you are following something you are...
Recent Comments