Learn and Work Smarter

Send me a message!🤓 Organization is one of those things that is the foundation for so many OTHER things. When we’re disorganized, it can feel like everything around us falls apart and is so much harder than it needs to be. If your digital space is disorganized, you can’t find what you need when you need it. If your tasks are disorganized, you don’t know what you’re supposed to be working on, or e...

Send me a message!🤓 Motivation is a tricky topic. It’s not necessarily an emotion, and it’s also not an action. Yet, despite its mystery, we somehow depend on it to do nearly everything. On the other hand, many of us claim to understand the concept of discipline a little better. Discipline, we argue, is all about gritting our teeth and getting the job done. In this week’s episode of Learn and Wor...

Send me a message!🤓 Learning things is a lifelong activity. It’s not something that stops happening once we graduate. Students and working professionals will always be faced with the challenge of learning new things, and … wait for it … there’s an actual WAY to learn. (I know! If only they taught this in school!) This week’s episode is all about HOW to learn. The learning process — the actual ste...

Send me a message!🤓 This is the first Q&A episode here on the Learn and Work Smarter Podcast! In these monthly Q&A episodes, I answer questions submitted by listeners (that’s you!). Don’t forget – you can submit your questions too! There’s a form on the homepage of LearnAndWorkSmarter.com . All submissions are anonymous. I answer two questions in this month’s Q&A: One question from a...

Send me a message!🤓 One of the most important things you can do for your productivity is create a good task management system. If you don’t have a way to capture and manage the things you have to do, you run the risk of a) forgetting them b) doing them late c) stressing yourself out trying to remember them d) all of the above. In this week’s episode, I teach students and professionals the 4 most...

Send me a message!🤓 We all know what it’s like to feel overwhelmed. There are too many things, not enough time, and just so much pressure to do it all right now.   In this week’s episode, I share some practical strategies to feel less overwhelmed by getting a handle on the things you can control. The theme of this episode is taking action. After all, the only way we can change the way we feel is...

Send me a message!🤓 The concept of learning styles has been floating around for many, many years. However, recently (ish) the existence of learning styles has been questioned. In other words: do they even exist? In this week’s episode, we talk all about learning and working styles: what they are if they even exist how knowing your learning and working preferences can increase your productivity ho...

Send me a message!🤓 Did you know that unmanaged administration tasks (email, errands, phone calls, etc.) are often the BIGGEST disrupter of productivity and focus? That’s right — when you don’t have control of all the “little” school and work administration tasks, all the important tasks become so much harder than they need to be. In this week’s episode, we dive into the world of student and work...

Send me a message!🤓 Hello and welcome to the Learn and Work Smarter podcast! This is the podcast for students and working professionals who want to learn and work smarter. From schoolhabits.com, I’m your host Katie Azevedo, M.Ed., and I am so excited to have you here! In this brief introduction episode, I'm revealing the plan for the Learn and Work Smarter podcast. It's going to be a va...