Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp My rating: 4 of 5 stars I liked this book. The premise is pretty straightforward: 1. Pick 1 highlight to focus on per day. 2. Find a way/s to reduce distraction. 3. Maximise energy and recharge the brain with healthy living. 4.…
Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed the clear steps Mr Hyatt peesented on how to become more productive. This book reminds me of a similar one on productivity “Curating Your Life” but provides a systematic approach with…
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really like the clarity in how he presents his ideas and expands on others (e.g. Duhigg). The framework is simple enough to remember but admittedly much harder to implement and…
I had a relatively busy but immensely enjoyable week! First, I was honoured to have been given the opportunity to give a short keynote on “Assessing Learning in Real Time (A.L.E.R.T.)” at the morning segment of the Singapore Polytechnic Excellence in Education and Teaching Convention (EETC) 2020 on Thursday. This year the convention was conducted…
As you can see, I have started on my bullet journal (BuJo) but the whole process still took a long time to move forward. I was fortunate that it was coming to the end of August when I decided to embark on this adventure so I had the opportunity not only to lay out a…
I realize that habit is a very strong component in organizing someone’s life. I really enjoyed the book The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and thought that there were some valid ideas brought up that can effectively improve my life if I get around to implementing them. The suggestion to be mindful of my…
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change by Charles Duhigg My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book. The author lays out the content clearly and presents his concepts well (with a great step-by-step framework at the end). The real life stories he uses as…
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr My rating: 4 of 5 stars After quite a bit of starts and stops I finally completed reading this book and I must say that while it did not enlighten me as much as I had hoped, I did enjoy reading it…
