Tag: Featured
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Changing how I think of time
Hey friends, For the second time in this newsletter’s 113-week history, it totally slipped my mind on Sunday and so it’s coming out on Monday. Truth-be-told, it was an item…
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2x Speed Listening
Hey friends, If there’s a hill I’m going to die on, it’s that listening / watching stuff at 2-3x speed is the way forward. I’ve been a podcast and YouTube-video…
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Couch to 1k – Daily Writing Challenge
Hey friends, I’m trying out a new experiment. For the next 30 days (at least), I’m going to write 1,000 words every day. I’m calling this “Couch to 1K” just…
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Ali’s Life Lessons
Hey friends, I wish I had something substantial to write this week but I’m a disorganised slob who has to be up in 6h to save lives or something. This…
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Homework for Life
Hey friends, I’m reading a book called Storyworthy and there’s a daily reflection exercise the author recommends called Homework for Life. The idea is that at the end of every day, we should…
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The Input-Output Framework
Hey friends, Sorry for the late email this week. For the first time in several years, I went on a bender last night and binged 8 episodes of Money Heist…
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Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator
Hey friends, This week, I watched a TED talk that’s been in my recommendations list for years – Tim Urban’s “Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator”. It’s by far…
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Answering your Questions
Hey friends, This week, I did a 600,000 subscribers Q&A video on YouTube where I answered ~20 questions sent in via Twitter. In this email, I’ll post some quick notes to some of…
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Curiosity, Lightness and Self-Compassion
Hey friends, Earlier today, I had the pleasure of doing a live stream with Khe Hy, a blogger (and now YouTuber) who I’ve been following since last year. His blog and email newsletter are wonderful, and I’ve linked…
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Morning Pages
Hey friends, Quick plug before we get into this week’s email – this week, I launched my new, mammoth online masterclass on How to Study for Exams. If you’re a student…
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How To Study: The Essay Memorisation Framework
As a medical student, I did have to undertake some exams that required writing essays. One of the questions I often get asked is how you can apply techniques such…
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Trying out Roam Research
Hey friends, I want to share an app that I’ve been experimenting with this week – Roam Research. Roam is a hot new note-taking app that I first heard about in…