by Dr. Rachna Jain | Good Work Habits
In my more than sixteen years of offering dissertation coaching services, and having helped more than 1000 ABD’s in that time, there are two areas which stand out as the most undervalued aspects of the dissertation process. Usually, clients seek out coaching...
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...