This is my 1st dedicated guest talk on study/research skills given in Chalmers University of Technology. I'm sharing it unedited for your constructive feedback on the strengths and areas in need of improvement. :) I didn't mention in the talk that I also tripled my income and status after my transformation. Some links: Block online timewasters and distractions: RescueTime: http://www.rescuetime.com/ Leechblock: http://www.proginosko.com/leechblock.html Leechblock equivalent for Google Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/idfmgklhndkcggamadboiaepmohpjhjj Mindmapping: Mindmap on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map Freeplane: http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Freemind's latest Beta version (which is very stable): http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Download#Latest_beta_version Research and Publishing: http://www.mendeley.com/ http://www.zotero.org/ http://www.evernote.com/ http://www.lyx.org/ Memory techniques & tools: http://smart.fm/ 80/20 or Pareto Principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle Parikinson's Law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law