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Oxford Notes
Learn like an Oxford student with this evidence-based note-taking method for accelerated learning and deeper thinking.
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Welcome Problem Solver
Where kind, curious and ambitous problem solvers gather to find a better way to solve problems that matter.
Read the best of Jamie’s evidence-based guides
How the curious, ambitious, and kind are making the most of their minds. Learn faster, think deeper and stress less with these crisp evidence-based articles.
Temptation Bundling: Beating procrastination at its own game
Is there a way to get through the more miserable tasks on my to-do list?
Self-control is overrated and how to play the long game
The importance of using self-control to reign in our impulses is often overstated. Pop psychology has spread this myth by misinterpreting The Marshmallow Test. We’ll debunk The Marshmallow Test by using new research to show how impulse control is relatively unimportant when predicting positive educational outcomes after socioeconomic factors are taken into account.
Untucking Revenge Bedtime Procrastination
How can I stop procrastinating before bed? It’s turning me into a zombie during the day, but breaking the habit is hard.
4:6 Breathing for Focus and Calm
The quality of our feelings affects the quality of our thinking. How we feel, however, based on an increasing wealth of clinical studies, is a skill. We can, far more than we might expect, direct our mood to overcome challenges like procrastination, anxiety, short attention spans and a lack of motivation.
A Strategic Way to Make Sense of New Topics
When problem-solving, how do I make sense of new topics efficiently?
Understand What You’re Reading Faster
When reading heavy academic texts at university, I find myself getting lost trying to follow the author’s argument. Any tips on how to be found?
Read the best of Jamie’s true stories and reflections
Short stories based on true events sent every other Sunday to enrich your imagination and help you with the art of living.
Marcus Brown
Note: the names have been changed for the sake of privacy. This story is about Marcus Brown, but first, I need to tell you about coffee shops. The next time you visit a coffee shop lay on the ground. Don’t offer any explanation. Just lay there for a solid 30-seconds,...
A Jubilee Encounter
Through the crowd, a voice cut through, 'You have a lucky face'. Weaving through the jubilee bustle, I'd ducked down Bow Street to skirt the edge of the celebratory storm that stretched from Buckingham Palace to Leicester Square and overflowed into Covent Garden's...
Almost Giving Up Alcohol
Trigger warning: this story mentions drink spiking. At 24, I decided to give up alcohol for the year. Well, 99% of the year. A month before my birthday, I had my drink spiked. It was a blackout moment for me. I was at a party with dire wolves, caged dancers, and...
Speilburgers
What we gain in luxury, we lose in community. Sometimes that's brilliant. Community can be the undoing of many joys. Take community peanuts. They're theoretically a fun snack, but sharing is certainly not caring after being touched by a few unwashed hands. That's when...
Chickens in the Attic
'I've been told to tell you that you need to check your pidge'. She buzzed with mulled wine and held my gaze, seeing if her message had made it through the Christmas jingles playing in the Old Kitchen Bar. It hadn't, so she urged me with her eyebrows, lifting them in...
Jamie’s Butterfly
The butterfly’s first mistake was visiting my balcony. His wings were the colour of optimism, and he’d popped by after spotting the greenery growing in my plant pots. He would flutter and land, flutter and land, acknowledging each plant with a quick perch like a...