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 research findings [...]
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A Gratitude Attitude May Help You Move toward Your Goal
Posted in Happier, academic, brave, coaching, courage, creativity, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, 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 | No Comments »
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 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 [...]
“No Happiness For Me While I Write My Dissertation”
Posted in Happier, Tal Ben-Shahar, The Daily Show, choice, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, focus, getting started, goals, happiness, joy, perseverance, planning, positive psychology, reflection, running, self-care, training, writing, writing, dissertation on August 17, 2007 | No Comments »
Is it possible for you to experience happiness when you’re writing a dissertation?
Do you say that to complete your dissertation successfully, you have to smack yourself around the head and shoulders to make yourself keep going? And you can’t think about feeling joy in the process? Tal Ben-Shahar, author of the book Happier, would disagree.
He [...]
