by Dr. Rachna Jain | Good Work Habits
As a dissertation writer, do you ever find yourself “borrowing” problems that aren’t there? What I mean is, if you ever have a day where you are feeling pretty good, making steady progress, and everything seems OK- and then, suddenly, your mood dips...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Good Work Habits
I just finished reading a great book, Willpower, which talks about the importance of self-control and self management. While there were many good points in the book, a few stood out for me as being especially relevant to the dissertation process. Willpower, as defined...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Good Work Habits
[podcast]https://www.completeyourdissertation.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/cultureofsuffering.mp3[/podcast] If you’re like most graduate students, you have gotten caught up in a culture of suffering. The culture of suffering says you need to delay all happiness,...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Good Work Habits
[podcast]https://www.completeyourdissertation.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/timelinefeelsworse.mp3[/podcast] The idea for this post came to me during one of my dissertation coaching sessions earlier this week, when a new client and I were discussing why she had made such...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Good Work Habits
I read an article recently that says that people tend to seriously overestimate what they can accomplish in one year. A tendency to overestimate in the short term is one reason for a lot of dissertation frustration and failure. Imagine how frustrating it would be if...
by Dr. Rachna Jain | Good Work Habits
If you’ve been spinning your wheels or not making the kind of progress that you want to make, here are your next three steps: 1. Your first step is to set a reasonable goal for the next week of progress. It might be 15 minutes a day. It might be 30 minutes a...
