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The Power of Two: Two Tips for Mathematicians
Every person I know, even mathematicians, have their favorite numbers. Mine used to be 13, because I liked being contrarian. Then I switched to 17 because it was the seventh prime number and I also liked 7. But what is … Continue reading
Summer Cleaning: (Digital) Organization Basics for Mathematicians
At the beginning of last summer I wrote about a neat trick to make your summer a productive one. And I heard from some of you who took me up on this suggestion; it seems that this actually works for … Continue reading
Math Talk: Preparing Your Conference Presentation
If you are a typical reader of this blog, then you recently wrapped up your finals week and then dutifully made a summer plan. And then came the summer. Your plan may have involved working on a manuscript, preparing for … Continue reading
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Tagged conferences, links, planning, presentations
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Why You Need a Summer Plan
The AMS e-mentoring blog has already celebrated the finals week with Dagan Karp’s tips. If you are an instructor, this will mean that you have a few hours (or days) of intense grading work, and then the semester is over. … Continue reading
Posted in General, Graduate School, postdocs, Tenure
Tagged planning, productivity, time management
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The Fundamental Principle of Productivity: What they DON’T teach you in graduate school
A long time ago … I was an enthusiastic graduate student in mathematics. I had finally figured out that mathematics was what I would be doing with myself. I would continue to learn more mathematics and I would finally be … Continue reading
Posted in General, Going to graduate school, Graduate School, postdocs, Tenure
Tagged productivity, time management
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