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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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