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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 [...]

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One of the top 3 posts on my blog is “Motivation in Writing the Dissertation–It’s All about Mental Toughness and Discipline.” Day after day, it stays in the top 3 posts.  As yesterday turned into today, the first two hits of this new day again were on “Motivation in Writing the Dissertation–It’s All about Mental [...]

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Think of those times when you’ve had a breakthrough in your writing. This comes after you’ve been struggling to clear the fog from your brain.  And then the fog lifts.  It’s a great moment, right?  Then what do you do? A client told me that she was putting in less time on her dissertation each [...]

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A client who is moving ever closer to actually finishing her dissertation tells me that she is focusing on what she can do in the moment.  She has found that being in the moment takes work.  There’s nothing airy-fairy about it. And there’s much to be gained from staying in the moment.  By focusing on [...]

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A post that originally appeared in this space was reprinted in the Nov. 24, 2007 issue of the ABD Survival Guide newsletter under the title of “Ask Steven Nash: How Can I Regain My Motivation?” I first wrote the article for this blog after seeing Charlie Rose interview Steve Nash.  I was struck by the [...]

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