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Reacting to Criticism

It’s inevitable, really. If you spend time with people, you will get criticized. Not by everyone (hopefully) or about everything (hopefully), but people, by nature, can’t seem to get by without...

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Stress Management In Times of Crisis

Sometimes, there are experiences in the dissertation process which become a crisis (or, at least, feel like one.) Examples might be related to your family- as in someone in your family gets sick; or...

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Clarity is Crucial

Now onto the topic of today's post: Clarity. Clarity refers to being clear. In the dissertation, clarity is crucial. You must first be clear on the boundaries of your project, and then be clear in your...

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Sometimes You Just Need a Break

Sometimes I just get tired. It can be this way in the dissertation process too, where you make very, very good progress, and you’re working consistently to the goal, and you’re marching to the finish...

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Slowing Down Can Actually Translate to Meaningful Progress

In completing a project the length and size of the dissertation, it can be easy to believe that you constantly need to keep moving forward; otherwise you’ll actually be losing ground. It’s like that...

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Expectations vs Reality

Have you ever had a week where you planned to make a huge amount of progress on your dissertation, but then, for whatever reason, life got in the way, and you weren’t able to complete the work you...

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How I Wrote 56,000 Words in 25 Days

Every now and then, I take stock of what I'm teaching/coaching on, and I test it out once again. This was the case recently as I wrote a 56,000 word book manuscript in 25 days.        Related...

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Choosing A Dissertation Topic

A brief post on my new short ebook on selecting a dissertation topic.        Related StoriesThe Dissertation is Like Any Other GoalHow I Wrote 56,000 Words in 25 DaysStop Waiting for Someday 

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Preparing to Be Ready to Work

One of the concepts I shared in my dissertation coaching group last week was that each of needs a certain amount of preparation- or even pre-preparation, in order to be productive in our scheduled work...

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Stop Waiting for Someday

Too many dissertation writers put off their dissertations, waiting for someday which never comes.        Related StoriesThe Dissertation is Like Any Other GoalHow I Wrote 56,000 Words in 25...

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Reacting to Criticism

It’s inevitable, really. If you spend time with people, you will get criticized. Not by everyone (hopefully) or about everything (hopefully), but people, by nature, can’t seem to get by without...

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Stress Management In Times of Crisis

Sometimes, there are experiences in the dissertation process which become a crisis (or, at least, feel like one.) Examples might be related to your family- as in someone in your family gets sick; or...

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Clarity is Crucial

Now onto the topic of today's post: Clarity. Clarity refers to being clear. In the dissertation, clarity is crucial. You must first be clear on the boundaries of your project, and then be clear in your...

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Sometimes You Just Need a Break

Sometimes I just get tired. It can be this way in the dissertation process too, where you make very, very good progress, and you’re working consistently to the goal, and you’re marching to the finish...

View Article

Slowing Down Can Actually Translate to Meaningful Progress

In completing a project the length and size of the dissertation, it can be easy to believe that you constantly need to keep moving forward; otherwise you’ll actually be losing ground. It’s like that...

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