The New Year at its most powerful is a time for reflection and a time to think about where you want to put your focus. The holidays are often jam-packed with travel, planning, buying, eating, interacting, negotiating, and not much quiet time. The first week of the New Year may reveal that it’s harder to [...]
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Reset Your Frenzied Focus—Awestruck by Christmas Beauty and a Good Book
Posted in dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, family, focus, getting started, memories, mental toughness, momentum, motivation, planning, using your strengths, write more easily, You Tube, tagged Christmas lights, concentration, decorations, dissertation coaching, focus, motivation, New York City, plan, schedule, stress, Téa Obreht, The Tiger’s Wife on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What was I thinking?
Posted in academic, anxiety, demands, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, distractions, family, goals, planning, re-group, realistic goals, relationships, teaching, time management, writing, writing schedule, tagged calendar, daily goals during holiday, dissertation, end of semester overwhelm, family conflict, holiday stress, insensitive relative, perfect person, plan, schedule on December 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Did you think you had much of your shopping done for the holidays, but now you can’t find key presents? Are you wondering where that stocking- stuffer stuff is? In the multiple piles of boxes that you have around your bedroom and basement? Did you really buy them…or maybe not? Did you schedule your holiday gathering [...]
Delivering the Dissertation: Dissertation Writer as Showrunner
Posted in acting as if, coaching, deadline, discipline, dissertation advisors, dissertation boot camp, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, finishing the dissertation, following through, goals, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, planning, self-discipline, showing up, structures, take charge, time, time management, top strengths, using your strengths, writing schedule, tagged dissertation writer, leadership, organize, plan, project manager, schedule, showrunner, time management, use your strengths on August 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you heard of a “showrunner”? Writers in the TV industry are now expected also to manage—or to have the skills and strengths that would allow them to manage. According to John Wells, Writers Guild of America West president and writer/producer of E.R., Third Watch, and West Wing, it is virtually impossible to be just a writer [...]
6 Tips for Writing Success: Planning is Key — Earn Time on Facebook
Posted in academic, accountability, coaching, dissertation coach, distractions, getting started, Internet, planning, self-deception, self-sabotage, Smart Tips, success, time, time management, writing, dissertation, tagged anticipate self-sabotage, be accountable, dissertation coach, email, Facebook, plan, support system, write daily, writing success, writing tips, Youtube on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To build any significant momentum on your dissertation, you need to write every day. It’s up to you how much you do every day, but commit to daily action and start a specific plan. What do you need to do to get started? 1. Plan your schedule and keep it in front of you. Use a [...]
2 Huge Benefits to the 4-Step Plan for Greater Productivity
Posted in academic, accountability, choice, coaching, commitment, deadline, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, exercise, focus, following through, goals, momentum, perseverance, planning, productivity, realistic goals, self-care, Smart Tips, time, writing, writing breaks, tagged calm, exercise, fulfilled, greater productivity, low-stress, meet deadlines, no anxiety, plan, stick to plan, write daily on February 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Want to feel calm, even fulfilled, while increasing your productivity? And meet a dissertation deadline? Read on. Recently, I blogged about how a client achieved greater productivity in her writing. She and I had collaborated over what steps would most likely yield success. Sticking to her plan gave her the success she wanted–she met her deadline [...]
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 [...]
Deprivation Doesn’t Work for Dieting and It Doesn’t Work for Dissertation Writing
Posted in academic, coaching, commitment, creativity, deprivation, dissertation coach, dissertation writing, goals, isolation, life, planning, realistic goals, self-care, time, writing, tagged balance work and fun, dissertation process, isolation, nurture, plan, relationships, self-care, talk through plans, write down plans on November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Most of us in the U.S. turned back our clocks this morning, giving us one extra hour. Now you may think I’ll say that everyone writing a dissertation had one extra hour today to write. Not me. Not this time. As I read the Washington Post this morning, a little earlier than I usually do [...]
