A lot of people get the idea that they’d like to study psychology. Usually they have a curiosity about people combined with something they saw on TV, maybe a documentary that piqued their interest, or maybe something like Wire in the Blood. But many of these people have jobs and other commitments, and [...]
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Distance Learning in Psychology
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Useful, free speed reading tool
Friday, February 12th, 2010I came across a very useful and free speed reading tool a couple of weeks ago:
http://www.spreeder.com/
The words appear in the middle of the screen at the rate you set, and you can paste in your own text to read. This is a great tool for ‘overclocking’ your reading speed: basically, you set the speed [...]
Between work and leisure – Escaping The Grey Zone
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010A friend sent me an interesting text message the other day. He asked: “What’s your biggest time-waster?” I replied with only three mysterious words: “The Grey Zone”. In case you’re wondering, he said his biggest time-waster is figuring out what my cryptic texts mean.
What is The Grey Zone?
The Grey Zone is limbo. [...]
Using a Wiki to organise your notes
Sunday, January 17th, 2010There’s a recent post up at Cal Newport’s blog that’s very interesting. He discusses the study strategy of a man known only as Ricardo. His method is to using a wiki app installed on his iphone to type his notes onto. He then whips out his iPhone whenever he’s got a spare [...]
How to find elusive papers and books
Sunday, November 29th, 2009You may be familiar with this scenario. You’re doing an essay, or revising for an exam, and there’s one annoying paper or book that you just can’t seem to find. Before you shell out for a full price book or a pdf paper (pdfs can cost $20 each!), there are a few tricks [...]
Positive Psychology Resources
Thursday, October 29th, 2009If, like me, you’re studying positive psychology, or if you’re keeping up with the field for personal or professional reasons, you will find the following links useful. They are great for finding new information and opinions, and especially for getting hard-to-find journal articles in PDF:
Positive Psychology Search
- The Google of positive psychology
Positive Psychology News Daily
- [...]
ZTD Month 4 (again)
Monday, September 14th, 2009I forgot to mention this. There’s a small chance you noticed there wasn’t a ZTD post this month. I didn’t do month 4’s requirement for the whole month in August, as I didn’t have as many tasks to juggle as I normally do. So I’m repeating it rather than moving straight on to month 5.
Month 4 is [...]
Zen to Done Month 4 – Do
Thursday, August 6th, 2009Zen to Done (ZTD) is an ebook by Leo Babuata of Zen Habits. It’s a step-by-step, month-by-month guide to learning a productivity system based on David Allen’s classic book, Getting Things Done (GTD). GTD is a popular and effective system, but for many people there’s just too much to do at once. [...]
Zen to Done Month 3 – Plan
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Zen to Done (ZTD) is an ebook by Leo Babuata of Zen Habits. It’s a step-by-step guide to internalising a productivity system based on David Allen’s classic book, Getting Things Done (GTD). The idea is that although GTD is a good system, for many people it’s just too much, and people often burn [...]
Is time management important for students?
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009In the first half of my degree, my focus was not entirely on my studies. I spent most of my time in bars and clubs, getting drunk and chasing girls. So naturally, I failed to complete a few essays here and there. In atonement for this, I had to do extra work [...]
