Useful tools and energy for knowledge driven people
Productivity – Starting a business – Parenting – Society
Yes, the ideal is to have an accurate self-judgement. But let’s be honest: how many people have it? If you don’t have it, it’s probably wiser to slighly underestimate yourself. If you overestimate yourself you will tend to:
The biggest mistake 👨🎓PhDs👩🎓can make is to confuse 📚expertise with 💪 experience. Many do. When they do, they expect too much when making a career switch, leading to disappointments at many fronts. Why is that a threat? Because there are too many essential skills you did not learn or cultivate during your PhD study. Continue reading “A lesson for PhDs”
One of the biggest drivers of happiness is a well managed life. Very surprisingly, it almost gets no attention in education and on work floors. Probably you now start thinking about ‘time-management’, a term everyone is familiar with. However, what is most often neglected and equally important is ‘energy management’. Continue reading “Managing your time and energy: an engineering approach”
Whenever you encounter a problem or want to accomplish a goal, the approach you should take can seem very unclear Continue reading “Talking Productivity: Episode#1 – The powerful OST”
I started my PhD without realising what it was and what drove me in the first place. To be honest, there was just a sudden opportunity and I did not have a clear view on other career opportunities Continue reading “Six lessons for PhD students”
Have you read the introduction, Step 1 , Step 2, Step 3, and Step 4? Then you are a real productivity beast… 💪🤜 If not, read those first and then come back. Continue reading “5 simple steps to structure your emails, tasks and agenda – Step 5: starting the machine”
Have you read the introduction, Step 1, Step 2 and Step 3?? If not, read those first and then come back. Continue reading “5 simple steps to structure your emails, tasks and agenda – Step 4: your agenda”
Have you read the introduction, Step 1 and Step 2? If not, read those first and then come back. Continue reading “5 simple steps to structure your emails, tasks and agenda – Step 3: your tasks”
Have you read the introduction and Step 1? If not, read those first and then come back.
Continue reading “5 simple steps to structure your emails, tasks and agenda – Step 2: your inbox”
Have you read the introduction? If not, read that first and then come back.
If you want to go for a light version of the system, don’t apply this role exercise and go to Step 2 directly. I however highly recommend doing Step 1. Continue reading “5 simple steps to structure your emails, tasks and agenda – Step 1: your roles”
We all know this stressfull and chaotic mixture of tasks, deadlines, e-mails, meetings, and other work and non-work related things. You have some unfinished todo’s in your head, you still have to reply that email, … Continue reading “5 simple steps to structure your emails, tasks and agenda – Getting started”
Tonight at a Brooklyn rooftop bar I met Joel and Chloe. Joel is originally from the Domenican Republic, Chloe comes from South Korea. They met each other and live in Brooklym, NYC. Besides having beers, fun and nachos with guacamole, we had quite an interesting discussion on careers Continue reading “Why some are happy in their jobs, and others aren’t”
