by Rena Seltzer | Nov 16, 2015 | Time Management, Writing Tips
I often hear from academics who are frustrated because they think they need large blocks of time to move writing projects forward, and during busy teaching semesters large blocks of time are few and far between. People are often surprised to find to find that they CAN...
by Rena Seltzer | Oct 12, 2015 | Time Management, Writing Tips
To Write More – Pay Yourself First We use the same word, “spend,” when referring to both money and time. If we pay bills and then go shopping, and only put whatever is left over into a savings account, the savings will accumulate very slowly. Likewise, if a...
by Rena Seltzer | Sep 15, 2015 | Teaching, Time Management
Many of my academic clients feel pulled between giving their all in the classroom and preserving time for their own research. Some professors feel they are falling down on their responsibility to their students if they do not fill every minute of the class period with...
by Rena Seltzer | Aug 16, 2015 | Time Management
A simple strategy to free-up time is to better leverage the help of your assistants. Here are three examples: A STEM field professor who was stressed about how to keep her research moving during a busy teaching semester was thrilled to realize that she could create...
by Rena Seltzer | Jul 20, 2015 | Writing Tips
In No Sweat, How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring you a Lifetime of Fitness, my friend Michelle Segar explains that the intellectual knowledge that exercise will provide future benefits such as weight loss or better health does squat for actually getting us...
