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  • Knowledge is Power, Execution is Royalty (and Perception is Noteworthy)

    Knowledge is Power, Execution is Royalty (and Perception is Noteworthy) Knowledge and Execution Of course, there is a whole slew of aspects that go into a creative or productive process that is unique and specific to what is being worked on, as well as the role taken on by an individual. Such as a journalist…

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  • Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

    Frankl’s opus strikes a poignant balance between the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps and the triumph of the human spirit. This is a book that challenges you to find the meaning in your life while giving you the tools and perspectives to do so.

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  • Dracula by Bram Stoker

    If you’re looking for a harrowing horror story or just love stories about vampires, read Dracula!

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  • Combat the Downward Spiral: Choose Joy Instead!

    In her book, The Joy Plan, Kaia Roman describes her rise out of depression using a thirty-day plan to increase instances of joy in her life. Here are a few ideas from her book on how to make joy something you consciously do, manage negativity gracefully, and start your own joy plan. Create a Habit…

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  • The Bullet Journal Method by Ryder Carrol

    If you want to declutter your mind and take control of your life in a way that doesn’t take up too much of your time, pick up the most effective bullet journaling methods curated by the very creator of Bullet Journal himself.

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  • Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

    The urge to pick up our phones every few minutes has become a nervous twitch that shatters our time into shards too small to be present. Our addiction to tech leaves us feeling exhausted and overwhelmed. But it doesn’t have to be that way. In this timely book, professor Cal Newport shows us how to…

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  • The Pomodoro Technique

    The Pomodoro Technique is an elegantly simple time management tool near and dear to the heart of Knights of Academia…

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  • The Power of Mindfulness

    [player id=2744] You arrive home from a long, stressful day at work. It feels like you’ve gone 13 rounds against life, and you’re barely holding on in round 14. You collapse on your coach, close your eyes, and a torrent of negative thoughts comes rushing in like waves on a windy day. Despite this, a…

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  • Walden by Henry David Thoreau

    Walden (/ˈwɔːldən/; first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and—to some degree—a manual for self-reliance.[2] First published in 1854, Walden details Thoreau’s experiences over the course of…

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  • The First 20 Hours by Josh Kaufman

    Take a moment to consider how many things you want to learn to do. What’s on your list? What’s holding you back from getting started? Are you worried about the time and effort it takes to acquire new skills – time you don’t have and effort you can’t spare? Research suggests it takes 10,000 hours…

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