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Jesse F. Simon

Jesse F. Simon

Diagnostic Radiology Resident

Beliefs & Mindsets

Beliefs & Mindsets

I listened to a thought-provoking podcast recently with Drs. Andrew Huberman and Alia Crum [https://hubermanlab.com/dr-alia-crum-science-of-mindsets-for-health-performance/] , during which they talk about Dr. Crum [https://psychology.stanford.edu/people/alia-crum]’s research on how our beliefs and mindsets can affect our health. Dr. Crum described a study [https://dash.

Combating Anxiety & Overstimulation

Combating Anxiety & Overstimulation

It wasn’t until after finishing my first semester when I realized that I had been overstimulating myself. I rarely took a day off and I was mostly managing my stress with distractions like Netflix, podcasts, or YouTube. As a result, it took me almost the entire first week of

Books I Read In March 2022

Books I Read In March 2022

Total Pages Read: 1,694 | Inspired by Cal Newport Loonshots [https://amzn.to/3MCSwzw] by Safi Bahcall | Paperback Bahcall, a physicist-turned-businessman, uses phase transitions and the theory of emergence to explain how companies, organizations, and empires interact in order to nurture loonshots — the crazy ideas that are initially widely rejected

My Study Strategy for Medical School

My Study Strategy for Medical School

Meta-Macro My study strategy is intertwined with my time management system. I use a fixed-schedule productivity approach, only allowing myself to study between 7 am and 5 pm every day, except Saturdays (rest day). Leveraging Parkinson's Law, this forces me to find ways to get work done within

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

You can purchase the book here: Hardcover [https://amzn.to/3toMAmg] | Kindle [https://amzn.to/3iljNbR] | Audiobook [https://amzn.to/364Efvf] I absolutely love Cal Newport's podcast [https://www.calnewport.com/podcast/] — I listen to it religiously. However, I feel that I didn’t need Part I of

My Time Management System

My Time Management System

This article is inspired by Cal Newport’s Productivity Funnel Framework [https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2021/04/20/the-productivity-funnel/] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recently, I’ve discovered Cal Newport through a Tim Ferriss podcast episode [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1F3WsugZtMfK6D4nTAF07R?si=b6a59af9d681450a] and I cannot get enough of this guy. His

How to Connect JoyCon Controllers to Anki for Medical School (MacOS)

How to Connect JoyCon Controllers to Anki for Medical School (MacOS)

1. Go to the App Store and download the free app JoyKeyMapper [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/joykeymapper/id1511416593?mt=12] and open the application (Figure 1). 2. Go to System preferences > Bluetooth 3. To make your JoyCon discoverable, press and hold the sync button on your JoyCon