She is in the last big push toward her defense, but she has had to climb mountains to get here. She has persevered in spite of incredible obstacles. Now she is demanding a great deal of herself by working until far in the night. As a scientist, she often is trying to make sense of numbers on a page or screen. When the numbers start to blur for her, she looks for a moment of fun, a change.
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What Does It Take to Persevere? – A Snapshot and a Tip
Posted in Smart Tips, brave, coaching, courage, creativity, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, gratitude, mental toughness, perseverance, writing, tagged against the odds, obstacles, perseverance, relief from writing, visual game on July 31, 2008 | No Comments »
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 perseverence, model for a professor, teaching by example, others matter on July 27, 2008 | No Comments »
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 had [...]
The Strength of Curiosity and Your Dissertation
Posted in Smart Tips, academic, coaching, curiosity, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, gratitude, hope, joy, positive psychology, success, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, zest, tagged dissertation, life satisfaction, top strength, using curiosity on March 31, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the top 5 strengths that many of my dissertation clients share is curiosity.
It’s not surprising that motivated, high-achieving academic people would have curiosity as a top strength.
And as you write a dissertation and live your life, the benefits of curiosity are many. For one thing, curiosity is among those specific strengths which are [...]
Top 5 Tips to Help You Accomplish Your New Year’s Dissertation Resolution
Posted in New Year's Resolution, Smart Tips, academic, coaching, commitment, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, goals, grateful, gratitude, hope, momentum, motivation, perseverance, productivity, realistic goals, strategies, structures, tagged following through, dissertation coach, New Year's Resolutions, writing resolutions, dissertation resolutions, check points, realistic goals on January 1, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Take Stock, Refuel via Gratitude and Hope, and Prepare for One More Push
Posted in academic, brave, coaching, commitment, courage, deadline, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, goals, grateful, gratitude, hope, motivation, perseverance, re-group, re-start, restart writing, take stock, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged courage, deadline, finishing, gratitude, hope, Taking stock in writing process on December 21, 2007 | No Comments »
Have you given yourself until, say, tonight or tomorrow to write and then your plan is to take a break, send the thing off, go on a holiday?
Time to take stock.
Stop and breathe.
Where are you in the process? You’ve put in time, you’ve written some, and you have a bit more to do.
This isn’t the [...]
Value-Added Gratitude Helps You to Control Negative Emotions and Stay on Track with Your Writing
Posted in academic, choice, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, getting started, grateful, gratitude, happiness, life, re-start, regrouping, resilience, resources, restart writing, restarting, start writing, time, time theft, tagged choice, cultivate gratitude, feeling grateful helps with writing, grateful on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
Running late. Seasonal distractions. Time-starved. I don’t like these feelings,
but everywhere I go, there they are.
This morning I was buying chocolate Santas at a German gourmet bakery. And,
as usual, I was running late. Distracted. Way late in all that I needed
to do for my work and for the holiday.
As my stuff was being tallied, out [...]
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 [...]
How Gratitude Can Improve Your Thanksgiving and Your Writing
Posted in academic, choice, coaching, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, gratitude, happiness, hope, positive psychology, reflection, research, resources, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged being grateful, choosing gratitude, gratitude, gratitude and writing, how to be grateful, how to feel like writing during Thanksgiving holiday, practicing gratitude, writing and happiness on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Thanksgiving is upon us here in the U.S. And for some, worries and fears accompany the holiday.
1) Depressed—do holidays depress you, make you feel lonely, highlight a less-than-perfect present?
2) Overwhelmed—do holidays mean added work, family responsibilities, traveling, relationships, in-laws?
3) Anxious—have you let weeks (or more) go by without your doing any work on your diss? Are [...]
