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There are imo 5 things one has to differ concerning paper managment: Redundancy because of plagiarism in distinct scientific branches there is the possibility you waste time reading the same informatin in different papers several times (bigger problem in humanities than natural sciences) focus on some tools like zotero, citeulike, mendeley, scirate that ...

According to research done at Bell Labs, there is no correlation between intelligence and productivity. Based on a wide range of cognitive and social measures, from standard tests for IQ to personality inventories, there’s little meaningful difference in the innate abilities of star performers and average workers. Rather, the real differences turn ...

I have found this paper about the "three pass approach" very helpful. A summary: First pass (about 10 minutes): carefully read title, abstract and introduction read (sub)section headings read the conclusion glance over the references Second pass (about an hour) read more carefully (ignoring details such as proofs) look carefully at figures and ...

Some years ago I read that one standard deviation in IQ (~15 IQ points) increased productivity by 1.6 times. For the last 5 years I've been trying to find this source and would greatly appreciate a referral to it. While I'm sure attitudes and other "social" factors affect productivity of the more intelligent person, the same can be said for the less ...

I may have found some weak evidence that they are negatively correlated. IE. intelligent people are maybe less productive if career success is used as a proxy for productivity. First Conscientiousness is negatively correlated with intelligence: Recent studies have also observed that intelligence is negatively correlated with Conscientiousness ...

I do consulting during the day, and run an online business on the side (evenings and weekend) and I learned a few things to help me get enough energy in the evenings: I play video games for 30 minutes, or watch a tv series: as counter intuitive as it seems, video games will give you an adrenaline kick that will refresh you. I noticed that tv series with ...

This is why brainstorming or 'blue sky thinking' can be very useful when trying to break out of a rut. Instead of analysing a possible solution, these techniques encourage you to write down many ideas - without being judgemental, so no calling out a specific idea as silly or unworkable - just write them all down and then go back and review each one. This ...

As you'll see in my comment to proton, I think that this can be very different depending on your personality and the things that trigger a productive response in you. For me, one of the keys is a clear head, and a fairly popular technique for head-clearing is mindfulness meditation. This is a pretty simple tactic, and there's a good tool for it: calm.com. ...

I think you'll have to find a way to enjoy your research. I remember reading a blog post by a programmer who'd wake up at 5am everyday to code for two hours. He wrote - Enjoying the work is key It's 5am and I will be also putting in a full day's work afterwards. Not being stressed out or frustrated during this time is essential. I ensure this by ...

Recommendations. Either by a digg-like site featuring rating and sharing or by someone else working in the same area of expertise as you, getting recommendations can save the time you'd spend browsing through a list of papers' descriptions. I'm not sure if the first option exists I've been looking for it in the last few days and this answer will be updated ...

I've used Lumosity for more than two years. I've noticed that 15-20 minutes of Lumosity first thing in the morning does an excellent job of warming up my brain for the challenges of the day. I've also found that after prolonged work that 15 minutes of L can enable you to go back to your work refreshed. In addition, after a little poking around the ...

If you want to manage your job and your degree, don't worry about being sick of them, but put in the effort until you have achieved your goal-which in this case is going to be gaining your degree. If you are only working 10-7 five days a week you have lots of spare time. What are you currently doing with it? Many of the teams I have worked in have used > ...

From my own perspective I know that a good workout in the gym makes my entire perspective on the day perk up. It works for me like a coffee works for others. I feel like my body has achieved something, and this relates directly to my mind/personality achieving something that day. I feel confident, fit and generally happy. My diagnosis is endorphins are ...

I've been doing this for several months now (working fulltime and doing masters research/thesis writing). My suggestions: Figure out when your brain is at an "optimal" level. Some people it's 5am. Some people it's 10pm. Figure this out, because you are going to need to know this. Not all hours are created equal and when you lose a bunch every week to ...

Depending on what you're brainstorming about, you might do it differently, but here's some stuff that should work regardless Brainstorming Guidelines: Use a pen, markers, whiteboards, sticky notes etc. Digital mediums create constraints, and you only want productive constraints when brainstorming. There are no bad ideas, don't judge anybody, write them ...

Personally I know when I'm going to have relatively free time at work. Suppose you have task with deadline at 11am. Very often deadlines are estimated including some extra time. If you will manage to do work at 10am then you will have one extra time for self-study. Also you can estimate tasks to a larger scale, again to have that free time, but that all ...

I don't have a complete answer for you, but some snippets around Evernote may be of some use. Evernote keeps a revision history, although you can't get at it unless you're a paid subscriber. It works very well. There is an add-on for Evernote that allows you to design templates for your notes. I've only read about it, I have no experience with it, but it ...

Searching This seems like a good ratio. You can however try to improve your search to get more chances to find what you're searching for. Create an organized list of search material to refer to when you need something. When you run in an intersting site with good references, mark it down in your favorites or in a file. Do the same with a book. Some are ...

As weronika pointed out, I found that HLGEM came up with an answer on the other related question, which could have been a good one on this topic. It's something along the line of : Case 1. It's a one time project and you already know how it can be done (albeit slowly) : just get it done. Case 2. Your project will be repeated : decide case-by ...

If you are operating your system with Windows 7 you might try to tag your documents (pictures, office files, music files) with keywords. You can search for those keywords in Win7 as described here : Advanced Tips for searching in windows Here is a how to for tagging files: Tag your files for easier searches in Windows

For introducing yourself into a new topic: I found today the pretty useful tag-synonyms feature on StackExchange. Say you want to learn Javascript programming, there are alot of Q&A on different "Trilogy" SE sites. So a good start would be to look up the correct Javascript tag-synonym on this list yielding ...

Your focus is on search. It can be much more productive to ask a question. The SO functionality to detect duplicate questions works quite well and I often find answers there. Explain the problem that you are trying to solve rather than asking how to do X. Then you get the benefit of the creativity of those answering the questions.

Analog yes - digital very minimally despite Lumosity's claims. We are analog beings, not computers and the more senses involved the faster and deeper the connections. Yes you'll get better at the games, but that doesn't always translate to better real world performance. Even the famous dual n-back research by Jaeggi they all quote found minimal translation ...

I think brain games work pretty well. Games like braintraining on the DS, I don't think so. You'll just get better at the games instead of improving your actual cognitive skills. The creators themselves admitted that. It's for entertainment purposes. But, if you take a site like http://braingymmer.com with games all based upon neuroscientific research, or ...