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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,” he [...]

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Are you hoping to do a bunch of work over the summer?  You’re not alone.  Almost every day I hear those very same words from my clients.
What can you put in place now that will help you be a productive writer this summer?
1.   Find out exactly how much time you are working now and what [...]

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Curiosity is a boon to dissertation writers, except when it isn’t.
Curiosity is indeed powerful, giving us the will to explore, to persevere, and even to reach a goal.
I’ve suggested in an earlier blog (“To Enjoy Writing Your Dissertation, Use your Curiosity”) that it might be worth your while as researchers and writers to try to [...]

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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 course, is the [...]

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Want to feel calm, even fulfilled, while increasing your productivity?  And meet a dissertation deadline?  Read on.
Recently, I blogged about how a client achieved greater productivity in her writing. 
She and I had collaborated over what steps would most likely yield success.  Sticking to her plan gave her the success she wanted–she met her deadline by increasing her [...]

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You can come up with a gazillion reasons for avoiding your dissertation —too tired, too busy, too stressed, too, too, too.  And you are all of those things.
However, any reason you come up with for not getting to work on your dissertation will seem paltry when put up against the Big 3 Goals:
1. Defend your [...]

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If you are still on the fence about re-starting your dissertation, the truth is that it doesn’t have to be hard.  Make it easy.
For the first session in re-starting your dissertation, you just show up.  You don’t have to write.  You don’t have to search for articles or read.  You just show up.  And we [...]

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January is the time for take-charge measures. 
Weight loss organizations market heavily in January.  Gyms offer great deals.
E-newsletters multiply, magazines bulge with tips to make this year different, and Oprah offers all of us a way to control our weight.
   
It makes sense to take advantage of the season, the urge, the energy in the air, in [...]

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I’m not a football fan; I barely understand the game.  But I do know grit when I see it.
This holiday has given me time to watch a football game on TV with my family.
When I see what those players do for their team, I cringe, but I’m also in awe.
When one big fellow was flattened [...]

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I asked one of my dissertation coaching clients if he planned to make any resolutions for the New Year.
He said, “I make changes throughout the year.”
He has a long-term plan in place and makes changes as needed.  What great planning!
If you also have a plan in place that is working for you, congratulations!  Keep it [...]

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