Curiosity is a powerful strength and is a great strength to cultivate if you are writing your dissertation.
Curiosity gives you:
• the will to explore,
• the will to stay with an idea,
• the will to persevere,
• the will to reach a goal,
• and it also gives you joy in the process.
If you have trouble moving into a project or if [...]
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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 [...]
“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 [...]
