Here’s what to expect from the First 90 Days as a Head of Department at a UK Secondary School, with an honest look at how to establish yourself as a leader, not just a manager. … More The First 90 Days: How to survive (and thrive) as a new Head of History
Ready to transform your life? Stop waiting for January 1st to make changes. All it takes is answering 7 brutal questions to course-correct your life, by letting go of unnecessary commitments and tackling those daunting tasks head-on. Your future self will thank you. … More 7 Brutal Questions to Course-Correct your Life before 2026
Experimenting will lead you to making a lot of mistakes along the way. Thankfully, I’ve probably already made them all – and figured out how to avoid them, so that you don’t have to. Here’s my guide to the top five mistakes that all students make when taking notes at Uni – and how to fix them. … More The top 5 note-taking mistakes that every student makes (and how to fix them)
Here’s your must-read guide to the best way to take notes everywhere and anywhere you might work, whether it’s in a notebook, on your laptop, or anywhere else. Teacher-approved and perfect for college or University. … More Stop Wasting Time: A Teacher’s Take on the Best Note-Taking Tools for University
I’ve put together this really robust guide to prompt you on what’s actually needed for University, as well as a few things that you can afford to leave behind – as you get ready for Fresher’s Week, studying, and beyond – from a teacher’s perspective … More A Teacher’s Guide: 50 Things You Actually Need for University (And What You Can Leave Behind)
Now that I’m five years into teaching, I’ve learned a lot about how to do the job properly. Here are my five key takeaways about the profession. … More Five lessons I’ve learned from five years of teaching
If I could read faster – maybe even as quickly as I can listen to audiobooks, which I think are best absorbed on 2x speed – then I’d be able to encounter more, exciting, stories. And that could only be a good thing, right?
Here are the 6 systems that I used to double the number of books that I was reading. … More How I doubled the number of books I read
At what point do we say ‘enough is enough’, and settle with the time that we’ve been given? Never – that’s my answer. Here are four time management strategies to help you get the most out of the time you’ve got (and how to make more time for what matters most) … More 4 More Time Management Strategies you haven’t tried…yet
Productivity has been geared towards one thing: time. It’s the one thing that we don’t have enough of, and also the one thing you can’t make more of. Here are my three favourite strategies for getting more time that you’ve probably not tried…yet … More 3 Time Management Strategies you haven’t tried…yet
Mid-Year Audits aren’t about judgement or regret. They’re not about realising that you’ve not done something right, but instead about taking stock and making sure that you spend the rest of the year getting something right. … More The mid-year audit: how to course-correct for your most productive year yet
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