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 several [...]
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3 Success Tips to Help You Engage with Your Writing
Posted in Charlie Rose, Smart Tips, You Tube, choice, coaching, creativity, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, focus, goals, hope, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, planning, positive psychology, writing, 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 | No Comments »
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 mental toughness, self-regulation, self-sabotage, flow on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
2 Huge Benefits to the 4-Step Plan for Greater Productivity
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, accountability, choice, coaching, commitment, deadline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, focus, following through, goals, momentum, perseverance, planning, productivity, realistic goals, self-care, time, writing, writing breaks, tagged calm, exercise, fulfilled, greater productivity, low-stress, meet deadlines, no anxiety, plan, stick to plan, write daily on February 10, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
The Top 7 Tips to Help You Re- Start Writing Your Dissertation
Posted in Smart Tips, 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, 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 | No 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 could work at a desk stacked so [...]
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 | No Comments »
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 in our writing [...]
To Write More Easily, Induce a Good Mood: Five Minutes of Music Can Get You in Front of that Computer Screen and Writing
Posted in Happier, You Tube, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, focus, getting started, hope, joy, memories, momentum, music, positive psychology, re-start, resources, restart writing, start writing, strategies, structures, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged "I Can See Clearly Now, "You've Got a Friend", Carole King, connections, dissertation coaching, get started writing, getting started, good mood, positive, self-management, support, writing on November 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Writing is easier when you’re in a good mood.
Researchers say that if you can generate a somewhat happy frame of mind, starting your writing and sticking with it will be easier.
So what can you do to bring about a happier mood? Listen to some music!
Music is powerful. Research supports claims that not only can music [...]
How I’ve Allowed Fun-Sized Snickers to Help Me Procrastinate on My Writing
Posted in academic, choice, coaching, determination, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, exercise, focus, goals, planning, procrastination, restart writing, self-deception, self-sabotage, start writing, time, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged eating Snickers as a substitute for writing, exercising is an aid to writing, procrastination on October 28, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been frittering, frittering away the time I set aside for writing. Not only have I been frittering it away, but I’ve been putting one of my vices in its place.
This is a dangerous time of the year. Not only is it Halloween, heralded in grocery stores and drug stores by rows upon rows of [...]
How to Get Your Paper Out the Door Without Grinding Your Teeth: Nine Tips on Perseverance
Posted in Happier, academic, coaching, commitment, creativity, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, focus, goals, 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, urgent lock-down.
One [...]
Getting Started: How to Honor Your Top Strengths and Write Second
Posted in academic, choice, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, focus, getting started, planning, positive psychology, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, dissertation on September 6, 2007 | No Comments »
“Write first” has been the admonition of many a writing maven, and it still holds water. Pop out of bed, get coffee and cereal, do the minimum of readying for the day and then you’re at it. The writing is in the middle of your desk, top priority, first thing out of the box.
That works [...]
