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Michael J. Motta

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…

7 min readJun 6, 2021

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

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Michael J. Motta

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.

1 min readJan 29, 2019

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Michael J. Motta

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.”

5 min readMar 19, 2018

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Space-time Management: What the Heck Is That?

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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…

1 min readMar 14, 2018

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

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Michael J. Motta
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Mission.org

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…

2 min readFeb 27, 2018

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

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Michael J. Motta
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ART + marketing

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…

3 min readFeb 22, 2018

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Ascent Publication

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

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

2 min readFeb 15, 2018

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

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Michael J. Motta
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Ascent Publication

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…

2 min readFeb 13, 2018

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How to Use Journaling to Avoid Indecision

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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…”

1 min readFeb 12, 2018

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6 Sentences About 2 Sentences You Should Stop Saying

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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…

10 min readFeb 8, 2018

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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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