by Christine Li | Aug 21, 2014 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Techniques
Checklists don't get a lot of respect. My purpose here is to convince you to develop some well-constructed checklists to ramp up your efficiency and your purposefulness in your day. What's the big deal? — it's just a checklist… I once read...
by Christine Li | Aug 3, 2014 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Techniques
The following list is an excerpt from STEPPING INTO COLLEGE, an e-book I recently published with Diane Elkins. Although the list was originally written to assist students about to head off to college, I believe the points are relevant for us all. In fact, I think if...
by Christine Li | Jul 30, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Techniques
Micro-movements are so important. Doing a to-do list Checking you have all the right ingredients for a recipe before you start baking Figuring out how much time you want to spend on finishing a project Sorting your ideas for an essay into categories before you start...
by Christine Li | Jul 22, 2014 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Resistance, Social, Techniques
Often when we are stuck in a large, multi-faceted project or task, there is good reason. We get: deflated distracted uninterested bored consumed by something else perfectionistic and over time, we forget the need to have this task be done. So much for the task. In my...
by Christine Li | Jun 5, 2014 | Academic, Actions, All Posts, Techniques, Thoughts
I have a habitual problem with slowness. Not with how I walk or talk, but how I get to things. And how I get to a point of being able to focus on what I am focusing on. It is a constant, daily exercise for me to work on these struggles, and I have learned a few...
by Christine Li | May 24, 2014 | Actions, All Posts, Techniques
I recently inquired about my older cousin’s capacity for both calm and kindness and remarkable productivity. I was informed about his motto of the “5 P’s” which is: [Tweet “Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance”] Makes sense to me. Just wish I were...