How I learn from podcasts
Written by Leon Pahole
•Following up from my last week's post about how I learn from books, here is my system to help me retain information I listen about in podcasts.
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How I learn from books
Written by Leon Pahole
•My system to help me retain information I read in books.
Read full blog post (Substack) >>My Productivity Setup as a Software Engineer
Written by Leon Pahole
•I've spent the last year improving the way I work as a software engineer. I applied a lot of small improvements to the way I worked with the computer, which ultimately made a big difference in my productivity. I am able to deliver results faster without sacrificing quality. I'm sharing these tips here - I hope they can inspire you to embark on your own productivity journey!
Read full blog post >>Managing Perfectionism in Software Engineering
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Mindset
Written by Leon Pahole
•Perfectionism is a double-edged sword - depending on the situation, it can be a great asset or a liability that holds us back. In this article, I share my experience with perfectionism as a software engineer, and how I'm learning to control it so it doesn't control me.
Read full blog post >>How I stay healthy as a Software Engineer
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Health
Written by Leon Pahole
•A collection of tips, techniques, and practices that I follow to maintain a healthy lifestyle as a software engineer, improving my well-being, productivity, and happiness.
Read full blog post >>Handling stressful situations, part 3: The retrospective
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Mindset
Written by Leon Pahole
•This blog post is part of a series on how I handle stressful and difficult situations to stay calm and collected, perform to the best of my abilities, and grow from the experience. In this post, I discuss the retrospective that I conduct after a stressful situation, which helps me to learn from the experience and grow.
Read full blog post >>Handling stressful situations, part 2: Maintaining composure and performing in the moment
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Mindset
Written by Leon Pahole
•This blog post is part of a series on how I handle stressful and difficult situations to stay calm and collected, perform to the best of my abilities, and grow from the experience. In this post, I discuss the techniques for staying calm and perform well during stressful moments.
Read full blog post >>Handling stressful situations, part 1: The Preparation Routine
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Mindset
Written by Leon Pahole
•This blog post is part of a series on how I handle stressful and difficult situations to stay calm and collected, perform to the best of my abilities, and grow from the experience. In this post, I discuss my preparation routine, which takes place before a stressful event - whether it's minutes, hours, or days away.
Read full blog post >>Cultivating the adaptable mindset
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Mindset
Written by Leon Pahole
•The adaptable mindset is the idea that one should be confident in what they can learn. The idea applies to all walks of life, but for me, it was the most useful in my career as a web developer. In this blog post, I've detailed how having an adaptable mindset helps me deal with negative emotions, how I back it with action and, perhaps most importantly, why I find joy in it.
Read full blog post >>Productivity bit: workspace alias
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Productivity
Written by Leon Pahole
•Over the years I've realized that small - perhaps even trivial - productivity improvements can really add up to produce an efficient work environment. I call these improvements productivity bits. In today's blog post, I am sharing the productivity bit that helps me kickstart my work on a certain workspace.
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