How to have the most productive Christmas

Holidays are upon us and in Germany, Christmas already starts today. In this post, I want to share how you can have the most productive Christmas and use the…

Reading as an academic

Recently I stumbled upon an article by Astrid Schmölzer (@AstridSchmolzer) about “Academic reading and the curse of staying on top of literature”. This article made me think about how…

Book Review: The Culture Code by D. Coyle

In my quest to find good productivity books, I came across The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle. The author describes some of the most successful organisations and how these…

Tray System: Now, Later, Doesn’t matter and Done

So how do you organise your inbox? Where do you put things you need to do? For a long time, I just put everything on my table. After that,…

The mindset behind academic productivity III

Academic productivity is many things, but to be productive you also need to be relaxed. Even if all the circumstances are right and you know how to ask the right questions, you still need the energy to be productive. The problem is, you can’t keep up with the energy, if you work 8 or more hours a day straight. To be productive, especially in academia, you need to know when and how to take breaks.