August, for many people writing dissertations, is the month of if-not-now-when? Other responsibilities are on the horizon, but what can you do to make use of the time August offers you? If you use the time you have now, you’ll very likely be controlling the space where you will be working and living later on. [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Write Your Dissertation in August—If Not Now, When?
Posted in boundaries, choice, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, tagged draw boundaries, eliminate distractions, focus on your work on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is Email Sucking the Life Out of You and Robbing You of Writing Time?
Posted in academic, boundaries, coaching, commitment, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, email, getting started, planning, productivity, Smart Tips, start writing, writing, tagged avoiding email, emailing all day, getting started each morning, writing each morning on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dissertation writers, professional writers and editors, bloggers–we all fight the good fight against email. Seth Godin, famous marketing blogger, asks, “Do you spend your day responding and reacting to incoming all day… until the list is empty? “ He says that unlike the days when he could sort his mail in minutes the “old-fashioned way,” [...]
How to Finish Your Dissertation: Don’t Let Complacency Sabotage You
Posted in academic, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, email, gremlin, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, procrastination, productivity, self-deception, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged complacency, dissertation sabotage, fear of success, overly confident, perseverance, procrastination on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve been working hard on your dissertation this summer, honing your process, becoming surer of your argument, and thinking about the end. And the end is definitely in sight. Yay!! A couple of clients who have just gone through an unexpectedly bumpy patch right toward the end of their work made a suggestion to pass [...]
