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| seen | Nov 27 '12 at 22:51 | |
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Bioinformatics programmer/analyst in an academic lab
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Nov 16 |
answered | Is there an adopted strategy for dealing with cell phones ringing in the office? |
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Nov 3 |
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How to improve my observation? Just be careful here - it's entirely possible that the thoughts your mind is so occupied with are more important/interesting/worthwhile than noticing most of the things around you. |
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Oct 31 |
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What are some good metrics of physical health that indicate optimal mental productivity? In general, trying to use a few simplistic metrics to evaluate your health is not a very good idea. |
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Oct 31 |
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Are artificial incentives a good idea to boost productivity? interesting reading, and interesting idea to apply to personal rewards/motivation! |
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Oct 31 |
answered | Are artificial incentives a good idea to boost productivity? |
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Oct 31 |
answered | How to motivate people to self-improve themselves? |
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Oct 31 |
answered | What could I do to convince myself to finish my projects? |
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Oct 31 |
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What could I do to convince myself to finish my projects? Just a note - I don't think "trying to write a book, trying to learn piano, trying to make a furniture" are simple things! All your projects sound fairly difficult. Not that this isn't a good thing, but don't sell yourself short! |
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Oct 30 |
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How can I eliminate fear of phone calling? I have the exact same issue... It's just like you said - it's not that I'm afraid of something specific going wrong, it's just the phone call itself. I don't have any great advice - my issue just got better with practice, though it's still there. Good luck dealing with yours! |
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Oct 30 |
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Working and studying--being productive Are you graduating from college, getting a PhD, or what? What field? What kind of classes are you mostly doing? Large projects, small problem-solving tasks, memorization-heavy things? Homework, writing, tests? Which methods are best depends on the kind of task involved. |
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Oct 30 |
answered | Does speed reading work well with reading non-native language? |
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Oct 22 |
answered | How to retain proficiency in foreign languages? |
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Oct 16 |
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In which cases is procrastination a positive thing? Interesting answer! You're definitely right about the "Motivated != Qualified" part, but I don't think a LACK of correlation can be taken to mean that "the person who is most likely to procrastinate is actually likely also the most qualified". There are many factors leading to procrastination, and they vary with personality - so people who feel absolutely incompetent at something are also very likely to procrastinate, and some people like to knock out easy tasks first and wouldn't procrastinate on the thing they were most qualified for. |
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Oct 16 |
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Must I work in a company that does not give leaves? "For me, If I can't finish a task, project etc. in specific timeline, If needs, I work 7/24. Doesn't matter Saturday or Sunday. Believe me, that will be good for you." - are you saying that regularly working weekends is a GOOD idea? It may be good for one's career, but I definitely don't think it's healthy. The OP clearly isn't happy with his lack of leave, and sounds halfway to burnout already, so I don't think encouraging him to work more is a good idea. I like the rest of the answer though. |
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Oct 16 |
answered | Must I work in a company that does not give leaves? |
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Sep 12 |
answered | In which cases is procrastination a positive thing? |
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Sep 12 |
answered | How to work through technical books for long hours to completion |
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Sep 12 |
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How to work through technical books for long hours to completion @Soner Gönül: Good links! I'd make them part of your answer for visibility if I were you. |
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Sep 12 |
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How to work through technical books for long hours to completion @CoolEulerProject: If you take a 5-minute break after every 25 minutes, and a 20-minute break after 4 hours, you're still working 4 hours out of every 5! I don't see how that isn't "working most of your available time". If taking some short breaks will make your reading more efficient, there really isn't any good reason not to do it. |
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Sep 9 |
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Do audio books help our productivity? @mielu You can skip/rewind, but it's much less convenient. If you want to mull over a particular sentence for a while, which is fairly common with technical books, you have to either pause, in which case you can't hear the sentence any more, or keep rewinding a little to replay the sentence, which is inconvenient. It's even worse if you want to go back and forth between two different sections. |
