How often have you felt close to giving up completely on your dissertation? I hear that statement most frequently among my dissertation coaching clients who are practically within a stone’s throw of finishing. What could make it so hard to keep going? The outsider might think that during the long process of writing a dissertation, [...]
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I quit! or, changing the way you look at writing the dissertation
Posted in academic, advisor, choice, criticism, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, re-group, resilience, take stock, top strengths, trusting yourself, using your strengths, tagged change the way you look at writing the dissertation, character strengths and dissertation process, dissertation process, learning to trust your expertise as you write the dissertation, self-confidence as you write, using strengths as you write dissertation on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
6 Tips to Help You Stop Procrastinating and Finish Your Dissertation’s Conclusion
Posted in academic, advisor, coaching, criticism, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, getting started, perseverance, procrastination, re-group, re-start, regrouping, restarting, Smart Tips, start writing, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged diplomacy in dealing with your committee, procrastinating on writing conclusion, writing conclusion to dissertation on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Procrastinating on finishing your dissertation’s conclusion? If so, you have company. Writing the conclusion can be a time when many people clutch. Needing Feedback? One reason why many dissertation writers start to slow down when they’re at this point is that they aren’t getting feedback from their advisor or mentor. If you don’t have a [...]
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 [...]
How to Deal with Others Invested in Your Dissertation Process, Part III
Posted in academic, boundaries, courage, criticism, demands, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, family, fears, goals, life, mental toughness, relationships, self-care, Smart Tips, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged demands, dissertation, fears of scrutiny and criticism, focus on what you want, hard choices, parents, relationship, self-care, writing on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Writing a dissertation brings with it many hard choices. Often those hard choices directly impact relationships. One dissertation client told his parents that he can’t talk about his dissertation with them—not when it’s going well and not when he’s stuck—because he feels that it opens him to too much scrutiny. But he’s always ill at [...]
