Entries from May 2008

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

Offer Summer Classes to Yourself - and Attend Them

Photo by: Greg Reser
“I really gotta read up on that sometime.”
“I’ve been meaning to review that subject.”
“I’d really like to have at least a basic understanding of how that works.”
These are things I catch myself and my peers saying all the time. I’m a grad student in the natural sciences and there’s always more that [...]

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

How to Act Productive Tip #10: Bring Massive Amounts of Work On the Plane

Photo by: Ma1974
Here at Grad Hacker, we feel that simply being productive is not enough. What good is your inner, clandestine, productivity, if your bosses, colleagues, and you yourself don’t really know the extent of just how unbelievably productive, busy, stressed, in a rush, and important you really are? For these, reasons, each weekend we [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Have Confidence

Photo by: chris.merwe
I’ve noticed a pattern. A large amount of productivity literature, blogs, and “hacks”, in the end tell a single story: Have the confidence to jump right in to your work. Often, they notice that there are certain barriers (self-created, or not) that are blocking your confidence or clouding your judgment so [...]

Monday, May 12th, 2008

How to Act Productive Tip #9: Get Pissed Off

Original Photo By: bubblemonkey

Here at Grad Hacker, we feel that simply being productive is not enough. What good is your inner, clandestine, productivity, if your bosses, colleagues, and you yourself don’t really know the extent of just how unbelievably productive, busy, stressed, in a rush, and important you really are? For these, reasons, each weekend [...]