Learn and Work Smarter

Katie Azevedo

Whether you're a student or a working professional, the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast delivers the clarity, strategies, and encouragement you need to stay focused, organized, and on top of your tasks.

Hosted by Katie Azevedo, M.Ed.—a private executive function coach with 20 years of teaching experience and a deep background in ADHD and cognitive science—this show is your practical guide to building the real-life skills that school and work demand but rarely teach.

Episodes cover a range of topics, including time management, productivity, studying smarter, focus strategies, task initiation, and executive function habits. Each topic is approached through a lens of neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and deep compassion.

You’ll learn systems that are teachable, sustainable, and immediately actionable.

No fluff. No hype. Just real strategies for getting things done, reducing stress, and showing up as the most capable version of yourself.

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#150
Yesterday · 38 min
150. Why Smart Students Hit a Wall (Compensation Strategies That Stop Working)
Send me a message!🤓 Did you breeze through school without studying? Write papers the night before and still get glowing comments? Get called bright, gifted, a natural, and believe it? Then something changed. Maybe it was freshman year of college, maybe your first job, maybe a promotion. Suddenly everything that used to work totally tanked. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I’m talking about the expiration date on being smart. You’ll hear about a straight-A student who was failing a college class by mid-October, the compensation strategies smart students rely on without even knowing it, and why those strategies always hit a ceiling. If you’re a student, a working professional, or a parent with a teen who’s getting by on brains alone, this one will change how you look at the struggle. It was never about intelligence. It’s about skills, and skills can be learned at any age. What You Learn What compensation strategies are, and why smart students are so good at them The five workarounds bright students lean on without knowing it Why these strategies work great right up until the day they don’t How to spot when your own strategies expired (college, work, promotion, or parenthood) The hidden cost of learning these skills at 35 instead of 13 The question every parent of a teen who’s “doing great” should ask What actually replaces memory, adrenaline, and charm 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 104: Why Your Study System Stopped Working Episode 149: Eff it Episode 136: Productivity Tools Are Useless Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#149
October 22 · 19 min
149. F It. Life is Too Short (don't worry, no swears in this one)
Send me a message!🤓 This episode is unlike any of the others that I've done. I basically just sat down in front of the mic and gave you a peek inside my own mental chatter. If you're keen to listen in on the wild conversations I have with myself, this one's for you. Don't worry, I don't drop the F-bomb in this episode, although that is 1,000% the energy I've been feeling lately. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I share a realization that I think I've always had deep inside, but only recently has it landed completely. This episode is for you if you've been holding back, hesitating, or been scared to do the thing. My advice to you is: F it. Life is too short. What You Learn The surprising inner voice that pushed me to pitch myself to one of the world’s top ADHD experts (again) Why the “logical” voice in your head might be the one holding you back The question my dad asked me my entire life, and why I now see it as a gift How a professor’s nudge in college turned into one of my greatest achievements The important boundary on “F it” thinking that only you can set What a college applicant and a burned-out professional taught me about fear and doubt 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 84: How to Fail Smarter Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#148
October 15 · 20 min
148. 5 Note-Taking Myths that Backfire Every Time
Send me a message!🤓 The thing about myths is they’re hard to get rid of. Even when we know they’re myths, we still sometimes fall for them. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I’m debunking the five note-taking myths that I have seen nearly every student I’ve worked with fall for at some point. What makes these note-taking myths so tricky is that, on the surface, they seem like smart ideas, but I assure you, they’re making school a lot harder than it needs to be. What You Learn: Why writing down everything your teacher says can leave you with pages of notes and almost no understanding What happens to your learning when an app takes your notes for you (and the few situations where a transcript can help) Whether typing or handwriting your notes is better, and what the research says Why copying the slides word for word makes you miss the most important part of class The 24-hour window that decides whether your notes will make sense later, and why “I’ll clean them up later” rarely happens How to use your notes throughout a unit so the night before the test doesn’t feel like seeing the material for the first time 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 91: Why “I’ll Remember That” Is a Lie Episode 145: Your Shortcuts Are Making Things Harder Mueller & Oppenheimer (2014), The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard The Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#147
October 8 · 39 min
147. Office, Remote, or Hybrid? Pros, Cons, and the Hidden Skills You Need to Thrive in Each
Send me a message!🤓 Most of us know the obvious pros and cons of various work environments. If you work in an office, you have a clear separation of personal and professional life. Working remotely means you can wear your comfy pants during all your Zoom calls. And hybrid essentially means you get to do what you want. But there's a lot more to each of these work environments than meets the eye. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I'm diving deep into the lesser-talked-about pros and cons of each workplace setup, as well as the hidden skills required to thrive in each environment. This episode is important because each of the three environments requires an invisible skill set that has nothing to do with your actual job, and lacking that skill set can make everything harder than it needs to be. What You Learn: The real pros and cons of working in the office, from home, and in a hybrid setup (including a few downsides you've probably never considered) The executive function skills each work environment requires, and why almost nobody connects their skills to where they work Why choosing a work environment that doesn't match your skill set can tank your productivity and make you dread your job What context switching does to your focus, and how to avoid it The biggest mistake hybrid workers make when planning their week, and how to get the best of both environments instead of the worst The question almost no one asks before choosing a work environment, and how to tell if your struggles at work come down to a missing skill 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 16: How to Set Up Your Ideal Work or Study Space Episode 77: Time Blocking Episode 93: The Five-Minute Startup and Shutdown Routine Episode 95: Why You Always Think Things Will Take Less Time Than They Do (Time Estimation) Episode 140: The Secret Code at School and Work Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#146
October 1 · 24 min
146. How to Make Work Interesting Again and How to Handle "Lazy" Colleagues (Q&A)
Send me a message!🤓 Falling out of love with your job and dealing with unmotivated colleagues can make your workday long and have you questioning your career. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I answer two questions submitted by listeners who are dealing with those exact issues. Question 1: How to make work interesting again when it's getting boring. Question 2: How to handle a work environment when your younger colleagues don't take any initiative. As with all my Q&A episodes, the value lies in hearing answers to other people's questions that you didn't even know you had. What You Learn Why losing motivation at a job you like (and are good at) might have nothing to do with the job itself The sneaky way being good at your job can drain your investment in it, and how to get that spark back A research-backed method for reshaping your job from the inside, without changing your title, your company, or your role What's really going on with coworkers who "do what they're asked, but only when they're asked," and the executive function skill behind it Simple ways to build initiative in the people around you, even if you're not their manager How to protect your own motivation when the people around you are dragging it down 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 38: How to Be a Resourceful Person Who Can Figure Things Out Episode 52: SOPs and Workflows: How to Create & Use Them to Increase Productivity Job Crafting: https://www.aapa.org/news-central/2018/01/job-crafting-make-the-most-of-your-current-position/ Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#145
September 24 · 24 min
145. Why Your Shortcuts Are Making Things Harder
Send me a message!🤓 Using AI to avoid reading the book. Getting homework answers from a friend just to get the check mark. Building complex automation agents that take weeks to set up and generate data you never actually look at. These are the kinds of shortcuts that feel smart in the moment — and completely backfire every single time. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I'm making the case that the shortcut you're working so hard to find has been right in front of you the whole time. It's the work. It has always been the work. What You Learn Why the students who try the hardest to bypass the work end up doing more work and getting worse results The real cost of taking shortcuts that goes way beyond a bad grade or a missed deadline The critical difference between a shortcut that supports your work and one that replaces it — and why confusing the two is a total disaster What to ask yourself the next time that voice in your head says, "There has to be an easier way" Why doing the hard thing is never about the hard thing itself, and how most students miss the entire point of it all 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 54: The Secret Ingredient Behind Every Accomplishment Ever Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#144
September 17 · 25 min
144. 3 Productivity Traps That Even Smart People Fall For
Send me a message!🤓 Automated AI agents that let you nap while your work is done for you, the latest project management software that promises you'll never be overwhelmed again... color-coded email inboxes with rules that drag every new message into its own folder so you'll never have to deal with another message. Ugh. These are some of the things that are sold to us as productivity strategies. But really, what's sold to us as the latest and greatest often makes everything worse. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I'm sharing three productivity traps that even smart people fall for. No shame if you're doing one or all three. I'm telling you... the industry is brilliant at convincing us these are the right things to do. But by the end of this episode, you'll know what these traps are and what to do instead. What You Learn: Why these productivity traps are so easy to fall for (and why it's not your fault that you do) The truth about getting organized that can totally backfire and make things worse Why tools that claim to revolutionize your productivity are mostly a crock of junk The sneaky way that planning your time can make you feel even more overwhelmed than you did before The best productivity methods that go against all the traps 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 3: How to Use An Admin Block Episode 12: How to Know If Your Systems Are Broken Episode 136: Your Productivity Tools Are Useless Episode 143: 3 Power Moves of Productive People Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#143
September 10 · 16 min
143. 3 Power Moves of Productive People
Send me a message!🤓 Productive people aren't productive by accident. Their ability to get the right things done on time – without burning out – is a result of a few particular actions they take every day. In this quick, strategy-packed episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I share three productive power moves of people who get things done. The power moves are for students and professionals, and anyone who's sick of feeling busy at the end of the day but knows deep down they didn't spend time on the right things. What You Learn: The number one thing you can do before you start work for the day that all but guarantees you'll get the right tasks done The impact of your environment on your productivity, and tips for setting up your space to support your focus What productive people NEVER let rule their day, even though it's tempting and most people do it. 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 55: How to Use Body Doubling Episode 77: How to Use Time Blocking for Better Focus and Productivity Episode 94: Simplifying Task Management and Staying Productive Despite Disruptions (Q&A) Episode 05: Secrets of a Good Task Management System Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#142
September 3 · 24 min
142. Handling Work-From-Home Distractions, and Re-Evaluating Grad School (Q&A)
Send me a message!🤓 Losing focus midweek when working from home? Debating whether changing grad programs is worth it? In this Q&A episode of the podcast, I answer two questions submitted by listeners of the show. Question 1: A listener asks for strategies to maintain their focus when working from home, especially during the second half of the week. Question 2: A listener, who's a working professional and a graduate student, wonders if they should change their grad program to match their new career interests. Q&A episodes are a great way to learn about what others are struggling with because there's a good chance you're dealing with something similar. What You Learn: The two main reasons we struggle to concentrate when working from home The single biggest lever you can pull to improve your focus each day How to keep your work motivation going all week long The reality of whether grad school is worth it How to know if a grad program is right for you 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 43: How to Focus When You’re Working from Home Episode 77: How to Use Time Blocking for Better Focus and Productivity Episode 94: Simplifying Task Management and Staying Productive Despite Disruptions (Q&A) Episode 81: Is Grad School Even Worth It? Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#141
August 27 · 25 min
141. The 2-Minute Rule: A Productivity Strategy That Really Works ... Until It Doesn’t
Send me a message!🤓 The Two-Minute Rule is a popular productivity strategy that's been around since the early 2000s. It can be a terrific tool for feeling less overwhelmed, moving your to-do list forward, and generally feeling more in control of school, work, and your personal life. However, using the Two-Minute Rule in the wrong scenario can make things worse than when you started. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast, I explain what this powerful productivity tool is, when to use it, and most importantly, when to avoid it. If you're constantly feeling overwhelmed by a million and one obnoxious little tasks that come at you throughout the day, this episode is for you. What You Learn: What the 2-Minute Rule Is Professional examples of when to use the 2-Minute Rule Academic examples of when to use the 2-Minute Rule Life examples of when to use the 2-Minute Rule When not to use the 2-Minute Rule, and the consequences of not knowing the right application An alternative to the 2-Minute Rule that might work better 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 3: Admin Blocks Episode 5: The Secret to a Good Task Management System Episode 15: Email Management Tips: 3 Best Practices for Handling Your Inbox Episode 31: How to Take Notes at Meetings Episode 68: The Time Management Trap No One Talks About Episode 94: Simplifying Task Management and Staying Productive Despite Disruptions (Q&A) Episode 137: How to Capture Ideas Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#140
August 20 · 25 min
140. The "Secret Code" to School + Work: Cracking the Unwritten Rules Nobody Talks About
Send me a message!🤓 Like it or not, there’s a “secret code” for how to act and what to say at school and work—and not knowing it can cost you opportunities and your reputation. Saying the right thing at meetings, responding to emails the way others expect you to, understanding how to read the room ... all of these are part of the "secret code" nobody talks about. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I’m sharing the truth about the “secret code” that successful students and professionals know. The first step is knowing that this code exists (it does!); then from there, you can take the steps to crack it. What You Learn: What the “secret code” is that top students and professionals know What not knowing this secret code can cost you (that you can’t get back) My top 3 strategies for cracking the secret code, whether you’re a student or working professional 🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University ⭐The Note-Taking Power System ⭐Assignment Management Power System ⭐Free Parent Training: The Secret Behind Teens Who Can Manage School on Their Own Episode website Episode 38: How to Be Resourceful Episode 39: How to Ask for Help When Being Resourceful Isn’t Enough Episode 46: How to Be Professional Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#139
August 13 · 28 min
139. The 5 Hardest Lessons I Learned as an Entrepreneur: A Peek Inside the Difficult, Honest Parts of My Business Journey
Send me a message!🤓 Starting my own business out of absolutely nothing has been the single greatest professional accomplishment of my life. Every single day, I think about where I started and where I am now — and the journey continues to amaze me. However, it hasn’t been easy. For every breakthrough, new successful idea, and client success story, there has been a lesson that tried to knock me down. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I share publicly — for the first time ever — the five hardest lessons of my entrepreneurship journey over the past ten years. My goal is to share the truth, so that anyone looking to start their own thing can be prepared. What You Learn: The surprising truth about support from friends and family The one thing required for business success that everyone will judge you for having What to do when nobody “gets it” — because believe me, they won’t The reality about working hard and seeing no immediate results The hard facts about doing “impossible” things 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 80: How to Do a Work Sprint Episode 34: How to Stay Relevant at Work (Q&A) Episode 74: Should You Change Jobs or Change Companies? Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#138
August 6 · 21 min
138. Planning All Day Study Sessions, and Tips for Job-Hopping (Q&A)
Send me a message!🤓 Studying for 12 hours a day? Being a serial job-quitter? In this Q&A episode of the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast, I answer two questions submitted by listeners of the show. Question 1: A busy graduate student (who's also working full time) asks me for strategies for planning epic, all-day study sessions. Question 2: A working professional asks for advice about his job-hopping tendencies, after having had four jobs in five years. What You Learn: My advice for managing a full-time job and graduate school How to plan and manage a full-day study session How to know why your job feels so hard and makes you want to quit it How to fall back in love with a job you used to enjoy 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 80: How to Do a Work Sprint Episode 34: How to Stay Relevant at Work (Q&A) Episode 74: Should You Change Jobs or Change Companies? Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#137
July 30 · 20 min
137. How to Capture Your Ideas Before You Forget Them (Micro Strategy)
Send me a message!🤓 Ideas are only good if we remember them, am I right? Right. So why do we keep telling ourselves that we’ll remember something “later” when we never do? The idea that occurred to us in the shower? Gone. The thought we had lying in bed? Gone. The task we want to do later? Gone. In this micro strategy episode, I share a nifty little hack for how to capture these ideas when they occur to you (which is always when you don’t have a pen handy), and what to do with them so that you can actually come back to them at a later point. What You Learn: Why “I’ll remember that” is total nonsense Two micro strategies I personally use to capture my ideas on the go How to make this whole process frictionless (in other words, easy to use) What to do with your ideas once you capture them, so that you can DO something with them 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Become a Motivated, Self-Directed Student Episode website Episode 132: The DO Date Hack Episode 136: Your Productivity Tools are Useless Episode 03: What’s an Admin Block and Why You Need One Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#136
July 23 · 28 min
136. Productivity Tools Are Useless (Unless You Do This...)
Send me a message!🤓 Productivity tools come with big promises. Planners, apps, devices, software…they can all genuinely help you get things done – and they claim to do so. BUT, the tool itself never gets you the outcome you want. I know, the irony. In this week's episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I reveal why productivity tools are useless (yes, even the ones I love and recommend), and the mistake I see students and professionals make when they place all their hope in a shiny new tool. Then I share the one thing that actually determines whether a tool works or becomes a hunk of plastic collecting dust on your desk (or a hunk of wasted pixels on your screen). What You Learn: The biggest mistake students and professionals make when they get a new productivity tool Why even the most basic tools (yes, a sticky note) can change your entire workflow Why even the most impressive tools (reMarkable, Asana, Notion) can do absolutely nothing for you What actually gives a tool its power (hint: it's not the tool) How to audit your systems so you know exactly where to start 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Handle School Like a Pro Episode website (https://www.learnandworksmarter.com/podcast/136) Episode 12: Are Your Productivity Systems Broken? Episode 113: The 6-System Ecosystem for School and Work Episode 117: How to Build a Personal Ecosystem Episode 119: My 10 Favorite Productivity Tools (Blog) 14 Uses for Blank Notebooks Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (Free download) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#135
July 16 · 27 min
135. The Effort Trick (That Gets You Everything You Want)
Send me a message!🤓 Don’t get me wrong – goals are awesome to have. They can inspire hope and dreams and cool visions we have for our futures. But focusing on the outcome we want (aka our goal) never gets us the outcome we want. I know, the irony. In this week’s episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I reveal why outcome-based goals are designed to make us fail, and the mistake I see students and professionals make when they set these kinds of goals. Then I share the secret effort trick (bahaha, it’s not really a secret) that will get you closer to your goals than literally anything else. What You Learn: The biggest mistake students and professionals make when setting goals How outcome-based goals set you up to fail What outcome-based goals do to your confidence The right way to set goals so that you actually have a chance of meeting them The effort trick that’s basically magic and gets you everything you want 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Handle School Like a Pro Episode website (https://www.learnandworksmarter.com/podcast/135) Episode 15: How to Manage Email Episode 54: The Secret Ingredient Behind Every Accomplishment Ever Episode 106: The Anti-Goal Setting Strategy Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (FREE DOWNLOAD) ❤️ Connect: Subscribe on YouTube Instagram TikTok Facebook Pinterest Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#134
July 9 · 41 min
134. Behind-the-Scenes of Real Student Coaching (Sneak Peek Access)
Send me a message!🤓 Come peek behind the curtain of SchoolHabits University! Every month inside my signature study skills program, I offer live coaching on Zoom so student never get stuck navigating the program, school, their courses, or anything else on their minds. In this special episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I’m sharing a Q&A call from a few months back when the calls weren’t live. (Since then, they're all live!) Listen in as I answer a ton of questions that students submitted in advance. Want me to answer your unlimited questions too? Join us on the inside! What You Learn: How to deal with a disorganized and "bad" professor How to find time to study when planning out your week Finding time to use spaced repetition when you're super busy Putting things in our own words when the teacher/textbook says it better Remembering what you study when you have ADHD Managing and syncing multiple calendars (Outlook and Google) 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Handle School Like a Pro Episode website (https://www.learnandworksmarter.com/podcast/134) Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (FREE DOWNLOAD) ❤️ Connect: Instagram Facebook Pinterest Subscribe on YouTube Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#133
July 2 · 21 min
133. Study Breaks and Finishing Projects Without Deadlines (Q&A)
Send me a message!🤓 In this Q&A episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I answer two questions submitted by listeners of the show. Question One: A student asks for study break ideas that will increase his focus when he returns to the work. Question Two: A professional asks for strategies for completing projects that don’t have deadlines, but that are still important to finish. What You Learn: Practical study break ideas for 5, 15 and 30-minute breaks The one kind of activity that is the WORST to do during your study break Why projects without urgent deadlines are hard to complete A deadline strategy that adds urgency to non-deadline tasks A practical approach for making sure you’re always making at least some progress on non-deadline projects 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Handle School Like a Pro Episode website (https://www.learnandworksmarter.com/podcast/131) Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (FREE DOWNLOAD) Episode 132: The DO Date Strategy Episode 63: My 3-Bucket Productivity System ❤️ Connect: Instagram Facebook Pinterest Subscribe on YouTube Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#132
June 25 · 16 min
132. The DO Date Hack that Makes DUE Dates Easy (Micro-Strategy)
Send me a message!🤓 Most people focus on due dates -- as in, this final deadline. But the due date of a project has nothing to do with you actually getting it done. Enter the DO date. In this episode of the Learn and Work Smarter podcast, I make the case that focusing on DO dates is far more effective than wasting our energy stressing about DUE dates. In fact, DO dates make DUE dates just ... happen. What You Learn: Why focusing on deadlines is the wrong approach What exactly a DO date is How to implement the DO date strategy in your everyday life (work, school, or personal) 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Handle School Like a Pro Episode website (https://www.learnandworksmarter.com/podcast/132) Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (FREE DOWNLOAD) Episode 124: How to Reach Deadlines Without Losing Your Mind Episode 113: The 6-Part Ecosystem All Students Need Episode 95: Time Estimation Strategies Episode 54: The Secret Ingredient Behind Every Accomplishment Ever ❤️ Connect: Instagram Facebook Pinterest Subscribe on YouTube Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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#131
June 18 · 34 min
131. Why We Know What to Do But Still Don't Do It
Send me a message!🤓 It’s one thing to know what to do, but it’s a whole other thing to actually DO it. This is a struggle that so many of my private clients – students and professionals – deal with. They have the information, they’ve been instructed on what to do … and yet, they still aren’t taking action. For people with ADHD, this phenomenon is even worse. There’s a reason why this is happening, and it might not be what you expect. What You'll Learn: The reason you know exactly what to do but still don't do it The identity-based question to ask yourself instead of "do I feel like doing this right now?" How to make future consequences feel real enough to actually move you to act today 2 critical mindset shifts you need before taking action is even possible 3 practical strategies that close the knowing-doing gap immediately 🔗 Resources Mentioned: ⭐SchoolHabits University (SchoolHabitsUniversity.com) ⭐Note-Taking Power System (NoteTakingSystem.com) ⭐Assignment Management Power System (AssignmentManagementSystem.com) ⭐FREE Parent Training: How to Help Your Teen Handle School Like a Pro Episode website (https://www.learnandworksmarter.com/podcast/131) Submit a question to the show Free weekly planner (FREE DOWNLOAD) Episode 07: How to Learn Things Episode 55: How to Use Body Doubling to Focus Better ❤️ Connect: Instagram Facebook Pinterest Subscribe on YouTube Got your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here. Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!! LET'S CONNECT Sign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.
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