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- Alone time isn't exposure therapy for loneliness because you chose it and it ends
In Alone Time I suggested that deliberate time by myself might work as exposure therapy for loneliness. Exposure works by presenting the feared thing often enou…
- Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
author :: Atul Gawande finished :: [2025-04-20 Sun]
- Removing access to distraction works better than trying to tolerate boredom
The obvious thing to say is that we reach for our phones to get away from being bored, which is true but not worth writing down on its own since everyone says i…
- Writing without an output isn't worth doing
All writing needs somewhere to end up, and the medium can vary quite a bit:
- Notetaking is only thinking if something comes out of it
The usual claim is that notetaking is itself part of the thinking process, and by notetaking what's meant is re‑synthesising the information into your own mediu…
- Is it ethical to enjoy treating critical illness
Paradoxical nature of being a doctor, where life‑threatening emergencies can be thrilling for the medical team while being devastating for the patient and their…
- Positive emotions increases motivational energy
Feeling good makes it easier to complete tasks and builds motivation.
- Self‑doubt is self‑correcting; overconfidence isn't
The two failure modes are not symmetrical. Self‑doubt and overconfidence are usually discussed as opposite ends of one dial, with virtue somewhere in the middle…
- Should you schedule all actionable items?
Mr Brownlee (MKBHD) himself said that he always sets a date in the episode about productivity apps waveform podcast. This way he doesn't have to review all his …
- Read it later apps make you more productive
Read it later apps are applications designed to take text from an article and collate them for reading and processing (not for hoarding, hence it makes it diffe…
- Striving for perfect care of patients denies training and medical education
Hence we often deny patients of the choice, “learning must be stolen” . If we offer patients the choice to choose between the novice and the expert, then patien…
- Mastery emerges gradually through practice although the moment of shift is imperceptible
Deliberate effort transforms into effortless skill. Most people might experience this in the context of learning a new skill such as driving a car.
- The sacredness of medicine pertains to its intertwinement with the lives of patients
Medicine is seemingly treated different to other professions because it inherently deals with the livelihoods of patients and their families.
- Take notes with the book closed
This is meant to somewhat activate active recall. The idea is that you read the content first, understand it and process it. And then attempt to write your note…
- Morning routines should involve enjoyable activities
Sometimes its difficult to follow through with a morning routine because it is just focused around productive activities. To make a morning routine stick, it's …
- Boredom
Not being pre‑occupied with a task, and not seeking stimulation to fill the gap. We're quite averse to it these days.
- In death or illness, we try to retain our humanity
In disease and death, individuals feel they begin to lose their identity. In an effort to not appear as a weaker version of themselves (i.e. to save face), they…
- Use Daily Notes as an Inbox Throughout the Day
Use the daily note to keep a record of tasks, content consumed, meetings etc. throughout the day. These can be linked to the notes in your PKM (e.g. org roam di…
- 50–30–20 Rule
The 50–30–20 rule says that I should spend 50% of my work time on A tasks, 30% on B tasks, and 20% on C tasks.
- Not all goals need to follow SMART principles
Goals do not have to follow SMART goals. Goals such as “living a peaceful life” or “having an empty calendar” are reasonable too.
- Classifying tasks based on timeline of impact
This is simply the concept of categorising tasks based off the impact they would have within a certain time period. Some changes. For example: A tasks :: expect…
- Does education promote learned helplessness?
Veritasium makes an interesting point in his video what I wish I knew when I was younger about learned helplessness in education. Do we force kids to suffer pun…
- Atomic Notes
Atomic notes are notes that can exist on themselves without needing additional context to explain them. They cover one topic or idea only and as stated are self…
- Clinical Equipoise
The state in which there is genuine uncertainty in the expert medical community over whether a treatment will be beneficial (Wikipedia Definition).
- Pomodoro Technique
The principle is to have a dedicated work and break period and follow those timings religiously. The user is meant to cycle between the two periods and occasion…
- Studying
This is more of a map of content for the topic of studying.
- Workflows
Org Roam Workflow - how the vault works — capture, triage, maturity, the monthly cycle Evergreen Forest Personal Knowledge Management Maps of Content
- Productivity
Traditionally defined in the workforce to the effect of output per input (e.g. lightbulbs manufactured per kg of material). The definition has now expanded to b…
- Parkinson's Law
This is the idea that work expands to fill the time you allocate to it.
Nothing matches that.