I hear many people say that they can’t write their dissertation. Is that you? Has it been too long since you have written anything? Or too long since you contacted your advisor? How about shaking things up a bit? Where can you make a small change or even take a bold step? Many of my [...]
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What Do You Do When You Can’t Write Your Dissertation? How Do You Shake Things Up?
Posted in boundaries, brave, courage, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, getting started, motivation, planning, re-start, restart writing, Smart Tips, start writing, tagged can't write dissertation, change your physical space, motivate yourself on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What Does It Take to Persevere? – A Snapshot and a Tip
Posted in brave, coaching, courage, creativity, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, gratitude, mental toughness, perseverance, Smart Tips, writing, tagged against the odds, obstacles, perseverance, relief from writing, visual game on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
She is in the last big push toward her defense, but she has had to climb mountains to get here. She has persevered in spite of incredible obstacles. Now she is demanding a great deal of herself by working until far in the night. As a scientist, she often is trying to make sense of numbers on a page or screen. When the numbers start to blur for her, she looks for a moment of fun, a change.
An Academic’s Well-Lived Life: Perseverance, Loyalty, Gratitude, Love
Posted in academic, advisor, brave, choice, coaching, courage, creativity, criticism, dissertation coach, following through, football, grateful, gratitude, perseverance, positive psychology, top strengths, using your strengths, tagged model for a professor, others matter, perseverence, teaching by example on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By now, you’ve probably heard that Randy Pausch died Friday at the age of 47. Though known in the field of computer science, he had gained world-wide fame from his wise, clever “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon in the fall of 2007. At that time he had been told that because of aggressive pancreatic cancer, he [...]
What if Dissertation Writers Had the Focus of Tiger Woods?
Posted in academic, anxiety, brave, coaching, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, focus, getting started, mental toughness, momentum, re-group, re-start, self-sabotage, struggling, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged flow, mental toughness, self-regulation, self-sabotage on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I’m in line at the grocery, I read the latest celeb magazines. If there’s an article about Tiger Woods, I’ll read about his wife and his yacht and, of course, his relationship with his father, but I’ve never been interested enough to take the time to see what are golf’s and Tiger Woods’s hold [...]
To Get Started Writing and To Keep Writing, Hang out with Hard-Working Writers
Posted in acting as if, brave, coaching, courage, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, motivation, re-start, restart writing, writing, tagged competition, courage, following a good model, friends, getting started writing, taking chances on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Writing can be like rowing a kayak. This past week-end my husband and I visited long-time friends at their lake house. In the early evening, when it was a little cooler, they suggested it would be a good time to go out on the water. I hadn’t really noticed that the only boats available were [...]
Keep Your Head in Your Dissertation This Summer
Posted in academic, brave, choice, cleaning, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, memorable start, planning, restart writing, Smart Tips, strategies, take charge, writing, tagged priorities, summer writing, urgency on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You want to be at a good place with your writing at summer’s end? You can absolutely do that, especially if you approach the summer with a bit of urgency and heat. Get a picture of yourself in your mind’s eye of you taking charge. What would your taking charge look like? 1. See what’s [...]
A Gratitude Attitude May Help You Move toward Your Goal
Posted in academic, brave, coaching, courage, creativity, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, Happier, hope, perseverance, procrastination, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, dissertation, tagged achieving, dissertation, goals, gratitude, gratitude intervention, happy, increased progress, writing on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How would you like to make 20 percent more progress on your dissertation than you’re now making? Bob Emmons, professor at the University of California, Davis, has found that having a grateful attitude can make that possible. The author of Thanks! How the New Science of Gratitude Can Make You Happier, Prof. Emmons has made amazing [...]
Writing Matters and Others Matter—Prioritizing Fights Procrastination
Posted in academic, anxiety, brave, choice, coaching, commitment, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, goals, mental toughness, motivation, productivity, reasons for not writing, relationships, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, start writing, time, time management, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation coach, international coach, priorities, prioritizing, procrastination, responsibility to others, time management on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re like me, you don’t have uninterrupted time for writing. Maybe you work full time in a demanding job or work two demanding part-time jobs or you take care of your children. And when you get to the point when you do have time to write, you’re exhausted. Just brain dead. And that, of [...]
