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Jesse F. Simon

Jesse F. Simon

My Favorite Books from the First Half of 2022

My Favorite Books from the First Half of 2022

I managed to read 18 books during the first half of 2022. Below, I’ve included short summaries of my favorites that I’d recommend to just about anyone. You can find the complete list at the end. The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin | Paperback I loved this book.

Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits

You can purchase the book here: Hardcover | Kindle | Audiobook This past semester (M1 Summer) was particularly challenging for me. The course content increased, but the allotted time between exams shortened. Soon after starting the term I began to burn out. I was drifting further away from achieving my goals as

Responsibility Overwhelm

Responsibility Overwhelm

As I approach my 2nd year, I am further fragmenting my time between studying, extracurriculars, preparing for new leadership roles, organizing my research, and maintaining my personal life. At times I feel that it’s unrealistic for me to believe that I can do it all, and do it all

Beliefs & Mindsets

Beliefs & Mindsets

I listened to a thought-provoking podcast recently with Drs. Andrew Huberman and Alia Crum [https://hubermanlab.com/dr-alia-crum-science-of-mindsets-for-health-performance/] , during which they talk about Dr. Crum [https://psychology.stanford.edu/people/alia-crum]’s research on how our beliefs and mindsets can affect our health. Dr. Crum described a study [https://dash.

Combating Anxiety & Overstimulation

Combating Anxiety & Overstimulation

It wasn’t until after finishing my first semester when I realized that I had been overstimulating myself. I rarely took a day off and I was mostly managing my stress with distractions like Netflix, podcasts, or YouTube. As a result, it took me almost the entire first week of

Books I Read In March 2022

Books I Read In March 2022

Total Pages Read: 1,694 | Inspired by Cal Newport Loonshots [https://amzn.to/3MCSwzw] by Safi Bahcall | Paperback Bahcall, a physicist-turned-businessman, uses phase transitions and the theory of emergence to explain how companies, organizations, and empires interact in order to nurture loonshots — the crazy ideas that are initially widely rejected

My Study Strategy for Medical School | OMS-I

My Study Strategy for Medical School | OMS-I

Meta-Macro My study strategy is intertwined with my time management system [https://www.jessefsimon.com/my-time-management-system/]. I use a fixed-schedule productivity [https://www.jessefsimon.com/deep-work/] approach, only allowing myself to study between 7 am and 5 pm every day, except Saturdays (rest day). Leveraging Parkinson's Law, this