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Michael J. Motta

Reading to Learn: Why You Shouldn’t Read Beginning-to-End and What to do Instead

When I try to read books to my daughter, she always grabs the book and turns to a different page. I patiently explain to her that books are…

Jun 6, 2021

Reading to Learn: Why You Shouldn’t Read Beginning-to-End and What to do Instead

Jun 6, 2021

How to win back a habit (or not, I don’t know yet)

For a bunch of reasons — some legitimate, most not — I haven’t written on Medium in a long time.

Jan 29, 2019

Jan 29, 2019

Space-time Management: What the Heck Is That?

Leonard Bernstein said, “To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.”

Mar 19, 2018

Space-time Management: What the Heck Is That?

Mar 19, 2018

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How (Not) to Measure Your Success: the Score Card Fallacy

We look for measuring sticks. It’s not our fault, mostly, because our individual brains yearn for measurement and our collective brains…

Mar 14, 2018

How (Not) to Measure Your Success: the Score Card Fallacy

Mar 14, 2018

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Text Expansion Doesn’t Just Save Time, It Clarifies Thinking

I love TextExpander. For those who do not know about this amazing piece of software, it allows you to, well, expand your text. You assign a…

Feb 27, 2018

Text Expansion Doesn’t Just Save Time, It Clarifies Thinking

Feb 27, 2018

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10 Absurd Things I Journaled About Last Year

In my journal, I often rant about life annoyances and societal absurdities. Some are recognized problems in society, others are based on my…

Feb 22, 2018

10 Absurd Things I Journaled About Last Year

Feb 22, 2018

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How to Hack Your Self-Awareness (A Neckbeard Story)

Self-awareness is critical for emotional intelligence but who has time for that?

Feb 15, 2018

How to Hack Your Self-Awareness (A Neckbeard Story)

Feb 15, 2018

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How to Use Journaling to Avoid Indecision

I am prone to disproportionally analyzing situations. The truly important things get decided by gut and the nominal decisions are debated…

Feb 13, 2018

How to Use Journaling to Avoid Indecision

Feb 13, 2018

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6 Sentences About 2 Sentences You Should Stop Saying

Wrong and all too human is when we start a sentence with “I don’t have time to…”

Feb 12, 2018

6 Sentences About 2 Sentences You Should Stop Saying

Feb 12, 2018

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How to Strategically Allocate Time and Your Other 6 Resources

It would be great if students had enough time to prepare for class, go to class, work, and pursue passion projects with abandon… but most…

Feb 8, 2018

How to Strategically Allocate Time and Your Other 6 Resources

Feb 8, 2018

Michael J. Motta

Michael J. Motta

Asst. Professor of Politics. Writes here about productivity, learning, journaling, life. Author of Long Term Person, Short Term World.

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