I don’t watch NBA basketball because it’s NBA basketball. But I will watch Steve Nash, the point guard from Canada who plays for Phoenix and is the winner of the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award.
Nash is bright and personable. I first saw him on David Letterman. Last night Charlie Rose interviewed Nash in a show [...]
Archive for August, 2007
You Ask: How Can I Regain My Motivation? Ask Steve Nash
Posted in Charlie Rose, basketball, choice, coaching, commitment, courage, creativity, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fun, momentum, perseverance, play, television, top strengths, writing, writing, dissertation on August 29, 2007 | No Comments »
“Finish the paper . . . dang!”
Posted in academic, coaching, ethics, higher education, student athletes, teaching writing, underprepared students, writing on August 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Just in time for the first day of classes at many universities, we’re reminded of one of the less admirable aspects of higher education.
Purdue University’s women’s basketball team has been placed on probation for two years because an assistant coach committed academic fraud by helping a student write a term paper. In emails sent to [...]
Are You Protecting Your Writing from Theft?
Posted in academic, coaching, planning, theft, writing, writing, dissertation on August 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Do you know where your laptop is? No matter what, do you know where you could put your hands on your writing file?
Please plan multiple ways to protect your intellectual property.
Read “Gone With Two Flashes” at insidehighered.com–it’s a horrendous reminder of how important it is to back up every writing project and also to email your work [...]
What Bold Step Would You Take to Gain 2 Good Writing Days?
Posted in coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, focus, goals on August 21, 2007 | No Comments »
One of my amazing dissertation clients had had a few bad writing days.
She emailed me, saying, “I tried every strategy I could think of,” but she kept meeting a “deep physical resistance.” She couldn’t force herself to go into the library. It seemed to her as if an “impenetrable force field” prevented her from entering.
“Feeling that desperate times [...]
“No Happiness For Me While I Write My Dissertation”
Posted in Happier, Tal Ben-Shahar, The Daily Show, choice, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, focus, getting started, goals, happiness, joy, perseverance, planning, positive psychology, reflection, running, self-care, training, writing, writing, dissertation on August 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Is it possible for you to experience happiness when you’re writing a dissertation?
Do you say that to complete your dissertation successfully, you have to smack yourself around the head and shoulders to make yourself keep going? And you can’t think about feeling joy in the process? Tal Ben-Shahar, author of the book Happier, would disagree.
He [...]
How Can You Finish Your Dissertation If Perseverance Isn’t Your Strong Suit?
Posted in academic, acting as if, choice, coaching, creativity, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, perseverance, positive psychology, reflection, resources, top strengths, writing, writing, dissertation on August 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So perseverance isn’t your strong suit?
But finishing the project no matter what is your goal?
When playing cards, what can you do if you can’t follow suit? You play your trump card! So what is your trump card, your ace in the hole?
Even if perseverance is low on your list of strengths, you can finish what [...]
Procrastinating On Your Dissertation? Look Around, Where Else Are You Procrastinating?
Posted in choice, coaching, decluttering, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, procrastination, writing, writing, dissertation on August 1, 2007 | No Comments »
If you find you cannot put two sentences together in your dissertation, or you cannot decide how to move your argument forward, then maybe it’s time to take action on some other front. Where might that be, you ask?
Well, if you feel stuck and you’re not moving forward on your argument, you may be procrastinating. So [...]
