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Productivity

A collection of 14 posts

Perspectives and Reflections

The benefits of expressing ideas in multiple forms (E.g. Word vs PowerPoint)

I read an article a few months ago about how Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoints from meetings at Amazon. Instead, people write a “narratively…

  • Chris Lovejoy
2 min read
Productivity

Memorisation Techniques

by James HartleyDespite one’s best efforts to learn everything for understanding, there can be times where you are presented with a list of names (the branches of the external carotid artery, for

  • Chris Lovejoy
6 min read
Medicine

Tips for using the Pomodoro Method effectively

For an explanation of the Pomodoro Method, watch this video. Here are some points that I found maximised the benefit I got from it:Having a fixed timer which does it for you

  • Chris Lovejoy
1 min read
Medicine

The Feynman Method

The Feynman method is a useful way to identify any gaps in understanding of a concept and how to solve them:Select a concept.See if you can explain it in a way

  • Chris Lovejoy
2 min read
Productivity

Making the most of free moments

A system for regulating inputs and outputs

  • Chris Lovejoy
3 min read
Productivity

Clear the path to make way for great things

Make productive periods produce great results

  • Chris Lovejoy
3 min read
Productivity

Learn Faster and Procrastinate Less: A user’s guide to the internet

Tried and tested systems to regulate information intake

  • Chris Lovejoy
4 min read
Productivity

Deciding what to feed my brain

A schema for deciding InputA health-conscious person will make conscious decisions about what food they put into their body.But few people carefully curate what information they are putting into their minds.Our

  • Chris Lovejoy
4 min read
Productivity

Pick one idea and stick to it

Learning to control my ‘pond-skater’ mind

  • Chris Lovejoy
2 min read
Productivity

Save time by eliminating, automating and batching

Automate what you hate, but have to do anyway and the power of batchingThe below diagram is from Chris Suave’s TED talk. He suggests, for all tasks:If you hate it and

  • Chris Lovejoy
2 min read
Productivity

Ways to be more consistent

  • Chris Lovejoy
2 min read
Productivity

How to use Facebook without wasting time and energy

Maintaining focus in an increasingly distracted world

  • Chris Lovejoy
2 min read
Productivity

A liberating Facebook experiment

What I gained from 99 days without Facebook

  • Chris Lovejoy
6 min read
Productivity

How To Learn Faster In Six Steps

The amount that you learn largely determines the quality of life that you live. I am not talking about ‘learning’ in a purely academic sense, or the learning of purely factual information, but

  • Chris Lovejoy
6 min read
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