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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Productivity advice for academics

Posted on 3:57 AM by Unknown
Useful tips from orgtheory.net.

I find that the most important thing is breaking up big projects into little pieces, and doing so "in advance" so that when I sit down to work I have a set of modest sized bites to choose from.

I still write in binges though, despite having tried many times to get into the equilibrium of writing for a couple of hours every day.
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