You have a long-term goal—say, writing a dissertation or a book. And the going gets tough. This is one huge project. It’s a long haul—it may mean months or years of coming back to that same project. It’s been going on for quite a while. Have you stuck with it? Have you kept coming back [...]
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What you need to finish your dissertation
Posted in accountability, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, following through, goals, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, resilience, self-discipline, showing up, success, using your strengths, tagged dissertation, dissertation coaching, grit, Hailee Steinfeld, long-term goals, mental toughness, perseverance, resilience, True Grit on September 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Boldness and Hope Will Rescue Your Dissertation
Posted in academic, brave, coaching, courage, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, fears, finishing the dissertation, hope, mental toughness, perseverance, reflection, resilience, resources, support, take charge, top strengths, urgency, using your strengths, tagged boldness, character strengths, Elizabeth Strout, Finishing your dissertation, hire a dissertation coach, hope, perseverance, support, the reading life, using your strengths on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Writing a dissertation is full of black holes that can swallow you up. Boldness allows you to embrace hope and can make the impossible seem possible. In the short story “Incoming Tide,” Pulitzer Prize winning writer Elizabeth Strout captures the essence of what might result from the interplay of boldness, hope, and perseverance. “Incoming Tide,” [...]
What do I need in order to be a successful writer?
Posted in academic, advisor, beliefs, boundaries, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, goals, Happier, happiness, mental toughness, perseverance, positive psychology, realistic goals, self-sabotage, strategies, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged boldness, character strengths, invest in hiring a dissertation coach, optimism, perseverance, successful writing on January 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
If your goal is to finish your dissertation during this new year of 2010, be bold, be optimistic, and persevere. Positive psychologists for several years have said that the strengths most important for happiness are curiosity, optimism, gratitude, zest, and loving and being loved. My experience as a dissertation and writing coach tells me that [...]
How to Finish Your Dissertation: Don’t Let Complacency Sabotage You
Posted in academic, coaching, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, email, gremlin, mental toughness, momentum, perseverance, procrastination, productivity, self-deception, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged complacency, dissertation sabotage, fear of success, overly confident, perseverance, procrastination on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You’ve been working hard on your dissertation this summer, honing your process, becoming surer of your argument, and thinking about the end. And the end is definitely in sight. Yay!! A couple of clients who have just gone through an unexpectedly bumpy patch right toward the end of their work made a suggestion to pass [...]
What Does It Take to Persevere? – A Snapshot and a Tip
Posted in brave, coaching, courage, creativity, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, gratitude, mental toughness, perseverance, Smart Tips, writing, tagged against the odds, obstacles, perseverance, relief from writing, visual game on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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.
The Grace and Grit of Dissertation Writing
Posted in academic, brave, choice, coaching, commitment, courage, determination, discipline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, football, joy, mental toughness, perseverance, resilience, Smart Tips, top strengths, using your strengths, writing, writing, dissertation, tagged dissertation, grit, hard choices, joy, perseverance, using your strengths, writing on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not a football fan; I barely understand the game. But I do know grit when I see it. This holiday has given me time to watch a football game on TV with my family. When I see what those players do for their team, I cringe, but I’m also in awe. When one big [...]
The Top 7 Tips to Help You Re- Start Writing Your Dissertation
Posted in 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, Smart Tips, 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 | 2 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 [...]
What Do You Call That if Not Perseverance?
Posted in academic, coaching, commitment, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, following through, goals, perseverance, planning, realistic goals, tagged dissertation writing, following through, perseverance, pinpointing and completing small tasks on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What is it that you think you don’t have, but if you had it, your work would be so much easier? What is the difference between you and that PhD on the tenure track at a great school? Over and over, what comes up as my dissertation clients and I talk is the question of [...]
