This guide provides resources and ideas for optimizing your workflows. It includes notes from the Becoming More Productive workshops presented by graduate students in the Life and Health Sciences.
Pierce Gordon, PhD student in Energy & Resources GroupFinding what works for you is a difficult task. Some tools work perfectly, and some tools you have to make yourself. A favorite book of mine - Bit Literacy - opened up the possibilities of deep organizational capacity. From there, I used - and developed - my own personal network of data to ensure I stay on top of as much as I can
Virginia Markham, PhD student in Plant and Microbial BiologyStudy after study has indicated that multi-tasking can severely reduce productivity. Meanwhile the technique of ‘batching’—performing related tasks all at once—is all the rage. In transitioning my productivity strategy from ‘winging it’ to batching, I’ve found batching has dramatically improved both my productivity and peace of mind.
Victor Villalobos, Public Health Doctoral student in Behavioral Design“Circadian Clocks, Habits and Productivity” - Human bodies are biological machines. Recently, the concept of “habit formation” has spread across the “pop” psychology literature. I will discuss these two concepts around the idea of intellectual optimization.
