Helping academics to achieve their full potential without burning out / passionate about healthy productivity habits / offering workshops for PhDs to Professors
Joined November 2014
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Helmut Hauser retweeted
Jan 7
Early specialization is overrated. Generalists excel over time.
Data on >34k stars in sports, music, science, and chess: Focusing on a single field predicts a faster rise, but cross-training foreshadows a higher peak.
The most successful adults start off as well-rounded kids.
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Helmut Hauser retweeted
3 Dec 2025
How long should a written sentence be?
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26 Dec 2025
Amazing! I did not know that you can use @Affinity for batching image conversion. This video explains it really clearly!
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Helmut Hauser retweeted
12 Dec 2025
Think about this
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9 Dec 2025
Writing a proposal is not linear. Some days you write full sections, while others barely a few sentences. Don't avoid the difficult parts. Stick with them, even if you feel unproductive. In the depth of your mind, you come up with a solution. Too many people give up too early.
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9 Dec 2025
When you start as an Assistant Professor, some of the most important things to learn are:
- Who is making decisions
- Which are soft and which are hard deadlines
- Who can you ask for help (mentor)
- Who solves problems in your department
- What is valued for tenure/promotion
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8 Dec 2025
Nice little feature from @TextExpander. It gives me summary of how many snippets I have expanded this year and how much time I have saved. For me is two full days of working by typing less. 🥳
Btw., you also get a weekly summary in your email!
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6 Dec 2025
"People fail in life not because they aim high and miss, but they aim low and hit." - Les Brown
Choose your goals accordingly. If you never (or seldomly) fail, aim low. If every paper submission gets accepted, you aim at the wrong level.
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Helmut Hauser retweeted
1 Dec 2025
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29 Nov 2025
"Think progress, not perfection" - Your biggest achievements in life will be the results of small, consistent steps, not one perfect delivery!
Build up systems that can help you get to this consistency!
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28 Nov 2025
📣New blog post! 📣 "75 Ideas to Organise your Research Community" - Organising your research community not only lets you give back, but also demonstrates leadership, which is vital for job applications. Organising also helps you to rapidly build a career-boosting network. No seniority or budget is needed. Here are 75 inspiring ideas!
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25 Nov 2025
E-Mail is a portal to hell! 🔥 Don't start your day with openign this door. First thing in the morning, work on your big goals first (proposals, promotion, tenure, etc.). Then set a timer for replying emails!
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16 Nov 2025
With the new #Affinity, my top three tricks still work!
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1 Nov 2025
.@Affinity now shows Tints/Shades/Tones and complementary colours directly for any colour you are currently using. I love it!
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1 Nov 2025
...and you can locked them in as well (little🔒 symbol at the bottom right).
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10 Oct 2025
This week, Tuesday Oct. 14, I will be in Cambridge to deliver my Productivity Workshop! Looking forward to meeting a lot of new people and having great discussion!
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6 Oct 2025
I had a wonderful time @tudelft last week. I provided one of my Productivity Workshops. We had lot of great discussion!
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16 Sep 2025
Energy management is much more important than time management. Make sure you put the most effort where you want to progress the most.
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6 Sep 2025
Where do good ideas come from? A great 4 mins talk by Steven Johnson (there is also a longer TED talk)
youtube.com/watch?v=NugRZGDb…
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