Study Basics

Multitasking adds stress and draws out the time needed to complete individual items on your to-do list. Instead, finish one task at a time.

Prioritize and concentrate on what’s most important first. Working your way through the list will motivate you and give you a sense of accomplis...

If you only allow yourself your vice while you’re simultaneously being virtuous,  you’ll spend more time doing things that are good for you and less time doing the “bad” things. 

The researchers call this “pre-bundling” and say it allows people to couple instantly gratifying activiti...

Trying to achieve multiple tasks at one time may feel like we’re accomplishing plenty when we’re busy, like trying to read your lecture notes while catching up with the news on TV. But what we’re actually doing is switch-tasking instead—going from one task to another in rapid succession. You ofte...