Hi Krystal, I would be most honoured if I could be added as a writer to your publication. I am so happy to see this type of publication now on Youtube! Really great idea and definitely needed. Thank you, Aamir

A simple strategy to accelerate writing speed — In 2018 I wrote my entire PhD thesis in a few months. The speed was not due to faster typing or efficient notes, but an actual change in writing style. I switched from trying to write paragraphs to just making bullet points. This change allowed me to write many of…

Small routines saves years of research headache. — Doing a PhD is daunting and it’s often the start that is the most scary. You feel excited but also nervous, many a time you are unsure how to actually get things going. So here a few tips I learnt when I did mind that I hope you find useful! 1. The Research Mindset …

Science will never be the same again — Sorry I know, another Covid-19 story. But this is a bit different I assure you. Here is why. The reason research can never be what it once was is because having felt this surge of needed productivity and efficiency it is hard to go back to a lesser state. Once…

The good, the bad and the ugly. — We know about inflammation, the immune system and exercise, but how does it all link together? Firstly, inflammation is how the immune system carries out its job of protecting the body. We need inflammation to protect our tissues from further damage and to help remove infections. But too much can…

Being efficient to be more effective — Trying to maximise productivity is crucial to any success. But there are so many courses and books about “being more productive”. So what is a simple and effective way of maximising productivity in an instant? It is called the 2-minute rule, which is. “If a task takes less than 2…

The sweet danger to our health and wellbeing — It tastes good, we always want it, but how damaging is it? For anyone in the world of keeping fit, whether for muscle gains or cardiovascular endurance, sugar is a double edged sword. Athletes use it as a fuel source, but sugar can be harmful to health. So it is…

Within a sprint lies a hidden marathon — Quite often we associate a sprint with terms like explosive, high octane and intense. But diving a bit further we can extract some interesting similarities with a sprint and how we run our lives. To help form a structure of this “sprint-life” mapping, I came across an interesting sprint model…

They do the simple things really well. — Naturally we look at elite athletes as the pinnacle of what we, as people, can achieve physically. However many of us can view that as a negative comparison and evaluation of who we are or what we can do. Yes it is true many of us will never become an…