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How to get through a long YouTube course in one evening
Productivity • 4 min

How to get through a long YouTube course in one evening

Turn an 8-hour course into a summary you read in five minutes. The transcript-plus-ChatGPT method I give every student on day one.

#Productivity #Learning #Tools
Jun 14, 2026
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One file a day: how I finally saw what was happening with my work
Productivity • 5 min

One file a day: how I finally saw what was happening with my work

One plain txt file a day — a morning plan with a single critical task, an honest evening recap. How it showed me what was really eating my week.

#Productivity #Learning
Jun 14, 2026
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What I give students in their first week of mentoring — and why these two books
Productivity • 5 min

What I give students in their first week of mentoring — and why these two books

Before any code or tech stack, I give every new mentee two books on how to learn. Here is the Arabic-grammar mistake that taught me why.

#Productivity #Learning
Jun 14, 2026
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