The issue is not so cut-and-dry. — A lot of people use ghostwriters. Recently, I read an interesting article with a strong viewpoint by Christa Gabriel Rossi about ghostwriting that I think deserves a bit of reflection. Ghostwriting Is Cheating Don’t engage in this disgusting practice.medium.com The article condemns ghostwriting because, at the core, the practice is associated with taking credit for someone else’s work.

Education is more than just reading something once — Do you find it hard to retain and apply information? Even information you know you’ve spent the work to understand and go over? I have. Does it feel like you’re constantly slipping down a hill when you learn sometimes? Why does it feel so difficult to recall important concepts? When…

171 stories of my own stories. No correlation. — I’ve always wondered about this. Yesterday, I ran an analysis and came up with a chart. The answer: based on the Flesch score alone, there is no correlation between readability and Read Ratio. Recall that the read ratio is the number of reads divided by the number of views. Medium…

It’s energy, not time, you crave — Do you feel like you never have enough energy? Even to do the things you want to do normally or the things you enjoy? It’s ironic. We’re living in a digital age where: More and more people are working from home The infrastructure for remote work has become more robust …

This crucial concept underlies most productivity advice. — How productive have you been today? Do you set a standard for yourself? Or perhaps you just go about the day and play it by ear. Are you part of the swaths of people at their day jobs just sitting there twiddling their thumbs? …

What happened to academic integrity and plagiarism? This is not about fair use. — Three times. I’m both flattered and disgusted. It is consistent and atrocious behavior. I’ve never received an email or communication from anyone representing these institutions or any professors. What’s the deal now? You must have felt like just because you linked the article is on your Brightspace page — hidden away where…

Be careful not to let your doubts about your future control your ability to execute in the present. — The future exists only as an abstraction. It is concept invented to help structure the flow of our lives, not instead to dictate it. You will never reach the future in the sense that the next moment will be the present. Planning and forethought about what to do next is…

Many of us suffer from creative constipation. How do we get around it? — You bust open the blank draft page for editing and your hands remain motionless at the keyboard, paralyzed, unable to conjure up even though you’re trying to make your brain fire on all cylinders. You’re straining, but nothing comes out. …

Ever wanted a general approach to getting over decision anxiety? — We have to make decisions every day. But we do not have unlimited time to assign to figuring out what the best choice is to make for each of these decisions. And we have even less time to agonize over if we have made the right choice afterwards. In attempting…