For a long time, I considered note-taking a necessary evil. For me, notes were a sketchy record of lessons, a source of study, and a means to a single end: a grade. These notes ended up in the bin at the end of the semester. I read about subjects that interested me alongside formal education. The list of books I read on marketing, self-improvement, productivity, personal finance, and mindfulness grew steadily. ...
As early as the first half of the 1900s, Carl Jung described his thoughts on defining personality types, which included the concepts of extraversion and introversion. I'm introverted. For a long time, I saw this as a negative trait, but I had to realize I was wrong. One is not better than than the other. Being introverted or extroverted are just the endpoints of a scale. Both personality traits have advantages and disadvantages. By knowing where we fall on this scale, we can consciously work in areas that we are less happy with while making decisions in line with our strengths. ...
Emotional intelligence is a wrongly explained, misunderstood concept which is sold as a cure for almost every problem. In reality, EQ is the ability to recognize and act on the signals and feelings of ourselves and others. It is often essential to our success that we have a positive effect on ourselves by reading the conscious or unconscious signals of others and responding to them effectively. What does “favorable to us” mean? ...
The Library of Congress in Washington has the largest book collection in the world with its 164 million volumes. It is estimated that reading the books currently available would take 6,000 years if we read one book a day. Is it impossible to read so many books, and what would be the point? If we are curious about something, we can get an answer to our question much sooner than finding a book, reading it, and memorizing the relevant details. ...
Monday mornings are the most chaotic period of the week. There are tasks left from the previous week, new commitments accumulated over the weekend, and an early morning email waiting for you. You know everything doesn't fit into your day. You make a to-do list, but then what? The Eisenhower matrix can help you to prioritize tasks. The method was used by the 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was famous for his efficiency. During his two terms, Eisenhower established DARPA (the U.S. Department of Defense's research division), thanks to which the Internet was laid, laid the foundations for NASA, acted against racial discrimination, and kept the Soviet Union under control during the Cold War. ...
Good notes can make our learning more effective. Lesser-known note-taking techniques and learning methods are also useful when preparing for university exams, or just mastering the curriculum of an online course. Why are we talking about taking notes when others previously jotted down a piece of paper works perfectly. If your goal is just to accomplish a goal or to pass exams without knowledge, then this article is not for you. ...
I start the day with a guided meditation session. I then flip through the latest articles from my favorite blogs and bookmark some. I listen to pleasant acoustic music at work. It's pleasant. The fasting period of intermittent fasting is over, which I record in the habit tracker. One of the weirdest elements of my morning routine is that I have been able to incorporate several useful habits into my everyday life with the help of apps. With productivity apps. ...
Attitude-shaping, classic, the best book of the Stoics. Such opinions can be read about the book of Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. Still, I believed there must be a formatting error or the book may have been misaligned when I first opened it. What I saw were a tangled sequence of quotes, a structure without logic, and short thoughts. Then I started reading and I can say: it worth it. Who was Marcus Aurelius?Meditations is a unique book in many ways. ...
Business magazines and lifestyle Youtubers swear by the morning routine as the jolly joker for self-improvement. Cold shower, barefoot walking in the grass, a fancy smoothie and you’re ready to conquer life. Maybe cut a leak in a frozen lake and try to survive an early morning dive. Otherwise, enthusiasm for morning habits is acceptable. The breakfast routines are solid. They contain specific activities, so it is easy to copy. You’ll find an idol and their morning routines will be the easiest part of their public moments to copy. ...
In many, the word philosophy and its underlying content evoke unfavorable feelings. Maybe public education trained us like this, maybe we just came across too complicated thoughts before, we didn’t get the right books in our hands at the right time. Not on my first try, but I found the right book that has something to say and is useful. This book was Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Meditations contain practical wisdom. I felt I could use its lessons right away in my everyday life. ...