“Hey, where’s the beef?” yells the cranky, elderly woman at a fast food counter. We see an enormous bun being poked at by two less cranky women. Trying to say something positive, they agree that the bun is big: “It’s a big fluffy bun. It’s a very big fluffy bun.” But the all-business, take-no-prisoners woman says, [...]
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To increase motivation to write the dissertation, be curious
Posted in academic, accountability, curiosity, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, productivity, self-discipline, using your strengths, writing, tagged be curious, curiosity and writing, curiosity increases motivation, manage curiosity, motivation to write dissertation, problem solving, using curiosity on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Curiosity and love of learning are powerful motivators Todd Kashdan, author of Curious? Discover the Missing Ingredient to a Fulfilling Life, advocates bringing your strength of curiosity to your work. He says that the higher the level of curiosity, the greater the analytic ability and problem-solving skills. Most of my dissertation coaching clients have “love of learning” and “curiosity” as [...]
Delivering the Dissertation: Dissertation Writer as Showrunner
Posted in acting as if, coaching, deadline, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, following through, goals, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, planning, self-discipline, showing up, structures, take charge, time, time management, top strengths, using your strengths, writing schedule, tagged dissertation writer, leadership, organize, plan, project manager, schedule, showrunner, time management, use your strengths on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you heard of a “showrunner”? Writers in the TV industry are now expected also to manage—or to have the skills and strengths that would allow them to manage. According to John Wells, Writers Guild of America West president and writer/producer of E.R., Third Watch, and West Wing, it is virtually impossible to be just a writer [...]
Is Your Dissertation One of Your Big Rocks?
Posted in accountability, coaching, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, following through, mental toughness, planning, self-deception, self-sabotage, showing up, structures, take charge, time management, tagged Big Rocks, dissertation, distractions, late summer chaos, prioritize, self-sabotage, summer writing, time management, where you have control on August 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
August can be a time of scrambling A friend who was taking her family on a trip to Europe was rushing to get everything done. She said, “All I have to do is just get to the plane.” I know what she means—what a wonderful feeling it is to settle in and stare into space, [...]
Getting Motivated
Posted in academic, coaching, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, getting started, mental toughness, motivation, productivity, self-discipline, writing, tagged autonomy, Dan Pink, getting motivated, mastery, purpose on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Motivation is in short supply. We know that motivation is a force that causes us to move toward a goal we’ve set. Reason, physical urge, and self-discipline are part of that force. For many writers, motivation is difficult to find, to come by, to pin down. Recently I received an email about an upcoming teleconference— Ellen [...]
Take a Break: 4 Tips to Make Reentry Less Bumpy
Posted in dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, Happier, happiness, joy, life, planning, procrastination, re-group, re-start, resilience, restart writing, restarting, self-care, self-sabotage, time management, write more easily, writing breaks, writing schedule, writing, dissertation, tagged break from writing, down time from writing, life balance, limit breaks, make plans for restarting, r and r, reentry, return from a break, vacation, write restart time on calendar on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve made a big deadline? Hurray for you! If you’ve sent off a revised draft of a chapter or major chunk of your dissertation to your advisor or you’ve finished multiple revisions of an article and sent it off to a journal, pat yourself on the back, think about what comes next…. And then take [...]
Be Inspired: Execute a Smoking-Hot Dissertation Boot Camp
Posted in acting as if, boot camp, coaching, commitment, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, focus, goals, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, showing up, using your strengths, tagged being in the zone, focusing, inspired by Winter Olympics, smoking-hot and smoking-fast athletes, smoking-hot Dissertation Boot Camp on February 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
How inspired are you by watching the Winter Olympics? What a thrill to see the moguls skiers come down the slope so fast it seems as if the screen must be on fast-forward. Smoking fast, the commentator says. We figured, without hearing the commentator say it, that these skiers are “on the edge of out of [...]
What do I need in order to be a successful writer?
Posted in academic, advisor, beliefs, boundaries, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, goals, Happier, happiness, mental toughness, perseverance, positive psychology, realistic goals, self-sabotage, strategies, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged boldness, character strengths, invest in hiring a dissertation coach, optimism, perseverance, successful writing on January 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If your goal is to finish your dissertation during this new year of 2010, be bold, be optimistic, and persevere. Positive psychologists for several years have said that the strengths most important for happiness are curiosity, optimism, gratitude, zest, and loving and being loved. My experience as a dissertation and writing coach tells me that [...]
Boot Camp for Writers Will Motivate You and Boost Your Productivity
Posted in academic, accountability, coaching, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, momentum, motivation, productivity, writing, writing habit, tagged Boot Camp for Writers, dissertation boot camp, writers' retreat, writing habit, writing routine on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What do you envision that would help you produce more text and jumpstart your motivation? What about creating your own writer’s retreat? Consider how a Boot Camp for Writers would get you back on track with your dissertation or your book or article and give a huge boost to your productivity. If you have been [...]
