This morning as I was reading a paragraph here and there in Newsweek, I swear I saw the words “put off finishing his dissertation” rise off the page in 3-inch-tall block letters, or so it seemed.
Procrastinating on one’s dissertation isn’t unusual, but to get your name in Newsweek because what you’re doing to procrastinate is [...]
Archive for June, 2008
How I Avoid Writing: Procrastinating on the Dissertation
Posted in academic, coaching, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, following through, goals, mental toughness, perseverance, procrastination, re-group, restart writing, self-deception, self-sabotage, top strengths, writing, writing breaks, tagged dissertation, procrastination, self-regulation, self-sabotage, writing on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
How Are You Doing with Your Summer Writing?
Posted in academic, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, goals, planning, re-start, resilience, restart writing, structures, tagged finishing the dissertation, making it easier to write, moving into writing, planning ahead on June 9, 2008 | No Comments »
If you’ve been teaching this past year, isn’t it a joy not to have to work on lectures or grading? Maybe you have the house/apartment/office to yourself.
So–how are you doing on your summer writing?
If you are almost ready to get started, but not quite there yet, perhaps you had a project dumped on you as [...]
Hard Deadlines: Are You Being Squeezed Out of Your Doctoral Program?
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, advisor, coaching, deadline, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, strategies, tagged finishing the dissertation, hard deadlines, working with advisor on June 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Is your university enforcing hard deadlines for finishing dissertations? Are you getting any signals from your university about what might be ahead for you? Has your advisor become more critical of your work?
Every day I talk with dissertation clients who are trying hard to finish their doctoral degree. This week several people sounded a similarly unsettling [...]
How Does Mental Toughness Affect Your Motivation to Write Your Dissertation?
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, coaching, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, goals, perseverance, writing, tagged accomplishing something, discipline, dissertation, mental toughness, motivation on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the top 3 posts on my blog is “Motivation in Writing the Dissertation–It’s All about Mental Toughness and Discipline.” Day after day, it stays in the top 3 posts. As yesterday turned into today, the first two hits of this new day again were on “Motivation in Writing the Dissertation–It’s All about Mental [...]
