inshaaAllah how to do research part time or when u're SUPER busy? - PART 1

remember the 3 main principles? Tawakkal, Imperfection coolness, Purpose (NICE). why is it important to use NICE? do you know why? if you can answer all these then let's go on to the next lesson.

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the next thing u gotta do is practice DHL. yeah, DHL. the superfast courier service. u can send a teddy bear from malaysia and it will reach north pole tomorrow. :) and the teddy bear would still be warm from your hug. wow.

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Divide and conquer

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Divide and conquer

i've talked about divide and conquer before in the DSG forum but let's look at it more closer. the thing about being human is our need to procrastinate something that looks heavy. imagine the thought of moving your whole furniture into a new room. do u feel tired? yes... and that's just your imagination. now, imagine moving a single book. is it tiring? not really. 

so, we're gonna use this in our part time research inshaaAllah. for every goal that u have, break it down again and again until they're munching size. in other words, divide them again and again into tasks, until the thought of doing each task would not require any strong motivation. the rule of the thumb is to divide it into a task that can be completed within 20 minutes or less. let's look at an example.

Study theory of relativity : 2 months 

(whoa.. sounds heavy. the 2 months timeline is a great excuse to procrastinate)

so.. im gonna employ divide and conquer here .. to make it appear less daunting inshaaAllah.

Study theory of relativity

• learn basic principle
• look up on wikipedia (20m)
• what?
• why?
• how?
• use?
• find real life examples
• look for examples in youtube (20m)
• write findings
• end
• read up simple tutorials
• find three simple tutorials
• tutorial 1
• tutorial 2
• tutorial 3
• read tutorial
• what is theory of relativity?
• why is it that way?
• what is the use?
• how to calculate it?
• example of calculation?
• end
• read theoretical foundation
• what is the basis of the theory?
• run program on scilab
• download scilab
• run scilab
• find source code
• end

and everytime u complete a microtask, scratch it from the list and pat yourself on the back. well done! feels good to get things done, no matter how small it is. so, let's say u found it on wikipedia and read it.

Study theory of relativity

• learn basic principle
• look up on wikipedia (20m)
• what? .. 
• why? ..
• how?
• use?
• find real life examples
• look for examples in youtube (20m)
• write findings
• end

ok, hope it helps! :)