How has your summer been so far? Are you meeting your writing goals? Or are you uneasy as you look at the calendar? Unfortunately, the best of intentions at the beginning of summer can sometimes get waylaid. If you have met your writing goals or if you are on track to meet them, congratulations and [...]
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Summer Writing Goals
Posted in determination, discipline, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, following through, resilience, showing up, strategies, tagged goals, perseverance, resilience, summer writing, summer writing goals, willpower, writing on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Gratitude Attitude May Help You Move toward Your Goal
Posted in academic, brave, coaching, courage, creativity, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, Happier, 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 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
The Big 3: Goals to Pull You Out of Dissertation-Writing Limbo
Posted in academic, accountability, coaching, commitment, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, getting started, goals, motivation, procrastination, realistic goals, reasons for not writing, restart writing, Smart Tips, tagged dissertation writing, getting started, goals, procrastination, reasons for not writing on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You can come up with a gazillion reasons for avoiding your dissertation —too tired, too busy, too stressed, too, too, too. And you are all of those things. However, any reason you come up with for not getting to work on your dissertation will seem paltry when put up against the Big 3 Goals: 1. [...]
Where Do You Want to be on Your Dissertation in 3 Months?
Posted in academic, alliances, choice, coaching, commitment, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, family, following through, getting started, goals, momentum, perseverance, planning, productivity, re-start, realistic goals, resources, restart writing, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, strategies, tagged 3-month goals, alliances, goals, plan, resolutions, resources, short-term, support, write it down on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Making goals for an entire year seems to me to be self-sabotaging. Are we talking about making a big change that you’ll be so disciplined that you’ll do that action you’re contemplating every single day for the next year? That’s too much time to deal with. Chunk it down. If you decide where you want [...]
