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 [...]
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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 »
3 Success Tips to Help You Engage with Your Writing
Posted in Charlie Rose, choice, coaching, creativity, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, focus, goals, hope, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, planning, positive psychology, Smart Tips, writing, You Tube, tagged jumpstarting your writing, last resort, left brain, putting time in, resting the brain, right brain, scaring yourself into writing, threatening yourself on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over the past week two different people, both of whom are approximately 32, seemed surprised that I had heard of the singing group Coldplay. The frenetic marketing of Coldplay’s new record would make it hard not to have heard of them. To dig up a little more on Coldplay, I turned to YouTube. I found [...]
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 [...]
The Top 7 Tips to Help You Re- Start Writing Your Dissertation
Posted in academic, choice, creativity, decluttering, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, focus, following through, getting started, grateful, gratitude, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, procrastination, re-group, re-start, regret, regrouping, restart writing, restarting, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, top strengths, writing, writing breaks, writing, dissertation, tagged bad attitude, catastrophizing, creativity, decluttering, gratitude, momentum, perseverance, procrastination, re-start dissertation, regret, Smart Tips, successful writing on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
1. What is the key to perseverance? Getting started is the key. The first step is the hardest. Sit down and then stay there. 2. What is sending you right over the edge? You are– Catastrophizing only raises your blood pressure. Who needs the drama? Remember: Catastrophizing is just another form of procrastination. 3. Who [...]
What Is Your Writing State? Are You in Lockdown or Maybe in Maine?
Posted in acting as if, creativity, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, mental toughness, motivation, productivity, strategies, tagged choose a state of mind to help you write, go public on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Getting some writing done this week will happen only if you let people know that you’re using every spare minute to write. You need to go public and let others know that you aren’t kidding. Then throw yourself into your writing. One person I know says that for her status on Facebook this week, she [...]
3 Ways to Cultivate Gratitude—A Grateful Mindset Aids Writing
Posted in academic, choice, coaching, creativity, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, focus, grateful, gratitude, happiness, positive psychology, resources, self-sabotage, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged cultivate gratitude, grateful, gratitude helps writing on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s a given that Thanksgiving and being grateful go together. But in Thanks! How the new science of gratitude can make you happier, Robert A. Emmons goes beyond the commonplace notions on gratitude. • Gratitude is acknowledging the help someone else has given us. • In spite of the difficulty and frustration we may experience [...]
Deprivation Doesn’t Work for Dieting and It Doesn’t Work for Dissertation Writing
Posted in academic, coaching, commitment, creativity, deprivation, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, goals, isolation, life, planning, realistic goals, self-care, time, writing, tagged balance work and fun, dissertation process, isolation, nurture, plan, relationships, self-care, talk through plans, write down plans on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Most of us in the U.S. turned back our clocks this morning, giving us one extra hour. Now you may think I’ll say that everyone writing a dissertation had one extra hour today to write. Not me. Not this time. As I read the Washington Post this morning, a little earlier than I usually do [...]
How to Get Your Paper Out the Door Without Grinding Your Teeth: Nine Tips on Perseverance
Posted in academic, coaching, commitment, creativity, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, focus, goals, Happier, perseverance, re-group, self-care, strategies, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing breaks, writing, dissertation, tagged happiness increases perseverance, smiling inceases perseverance, use top strengths to achieve perseverance on October 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I often ask my dissertation clients, when they commit to a goal, if this is a no- kidding, no-fooling goal. Since it is often said that the key to finishing a dissertation is perseverance, I’m asking them if they will be unstoppable, and, in effect, to commit to perseverance. But perseverance does not necessarily mean an all-out, [...]
You Ask: How Can I Regain My Motivation? Ask Steve Nash
Posted in basketball, Charlie Rose, choice, coaching, commitment, courage, creativity, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fun, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, play, Steve Nash, television, top strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged mentally tough, Steve Nash on August 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
