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This week, we’re diving deep into the science of reading. My guest today is Liz Schotter, a postgraduate student in psychology at UC San Diego and one of the most active researchers in the field of reading and eye-tracking at the moment. I reached out to her when I was doing research for the 3rd […]
When it comes to the task of figuring out what you want to do with your life or what kind of work to go into, one of the most common pieces of advice that gets thrown around is: “Just follow your passion!” This word, “passion” keeps cropping up again and again, and we’re constantly being […]
This week’s episode is all about doing what it takes to achieve whatever goal you have. Here’s a paraphrased quote from one of my favorite parts of the conversation: These are awesome words from one of the people who has done the most to inspire and guide me in my professional life – my friend […]
Back in April of 2015, my friend Chris Bailey was on the show and we basically just geeked out about productivity the whole time. Now it’s time for another round of that. If you need a reminder, Chris is the man behind A Life of Productivity – which started out as a project called A […]
Maybe you felt confident walking into the testing room. Or maybe you knew your chances were slimmer than the villain in after he gets squashed by the steamroller. Either way, you failed a test. Let’s talk about how to bounce back from that failure. In my mind, everything I’m going to talk about in this article […]
Should you study with music or not? I get this question a lot, and I’ve seen plenty of answers that range from a simple, “No,” to, “Only listen to classical,” to people excitedly trying to link me to their epic female vocal trance playlist What does science have to say about it, though? Well, to […]
As I write this, finals are right around the corner for most students… and here for others. So today, we’re going to talk about how to create an effective study/revision schedule for finals. What I want to do specifically with this video/article is show you one of my own study schedules from my freshman year, […]
I absolutely love using shaky, barely-justifiable metaphors in my writing. I also love pilfering terms from one field and slapping them onto another. It’s fun, and the parallels don’t have to work perfectly as long as the general idea gets across. One such term I constantly subject to this literary abuse is entropy. In thermodynamics, entropy is […]
Earlier this year, I made a video that set out to answer a question almost every student faces: “Should I change answers I’m unsure about on exams, or stick with my initial answer?” For as long as I can remember, the prevailing wisdom has always been to stick with your initial answer. However, as the […]
Public speaking is an essential skill for any student – but raw speaking ability alone does not make a great presentation. Presentations are like any other form of media – books, movies, games – they require planning and careful crafting before they’re unleashed onto the world in order to truly be great. In today’s episode, […]