Time Management Resources for College Students

Here are some books and other online resources I’ve collected for students at Lincoln Christian College.  I gave a presentation to the freshmen on managing their time well.  Actually, it was more of an anti-time-management perspective: effectiveness depends on a great deal more than sorting through your daily task list.
Handouts

Resource List
Time Tracker Worksheet

Links

Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky, [...]

How to Pimp a Book (Illustrated)

Photo by Syl Arena
A few weeks back, I wrote about how to read a book.  Syl Arena, who is Joe McNally’s assistant, has just begun a blog and offers some ways to seriously hack (pimp) a book.  These include the usual suspects such as the use of markers, pens, highlighters, and post-it tape flags but [...]

How to Read a Book (Illustrated)

Since the 50 Books Project is now underway, it seemed a good time to introduce a related topic: how to read a book.
Wait a minute–you’re going to tell me how to read a book? I know how to read: I’ve been reading since first grade!
Well, yes, you have. But learning to read words on a [...]

Personal Finance Information for Missions Students

Rob Maupin, one of my colleagues who teaches intercultural studies, asked me to speak to a group of his students about money.  Neither Rob nor I learned anything (formally) about personal finance as college students.  As could be expected, then, we made some mistakes and learned a lot by trial-and-error.  Now, however, we’re trying to [...]

Secrets of Success in 8 Words and 3 Minutes

I shared this with one of my classes today and decided to post it here as well.
Richard St. John tells the remarkable story of his encounter with a young girl who, though from an impoverished background, wanted to become successful. She asked him how; he said he wasn’t sure, but he’d find out. [...]

Never Lose Your Homework (or other important stuff)!

OK, so yesterday’s post about the Custom Time back-dating feature in Gmail was a little April Fool’s joke from Google. But here’s a handy trick that involves Gmail (or whatever your webmail app of choice happens to be) and I use it frequently.
Here’s the scenario: you’re working on an important paper or document and [...]