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Depressed By The Dissertation

A theme which has been showing up lately in my dissertation coaching work is that of depression and the dissertation. For several of my clients, the dissertation has become one long, depressing and...

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What Keeps You ABD?

I was going through a set of media inquiries yesterday and came across one from Dr. Lynn K. Jones, who was asking what keeps ABD's in their ABD state? I had a few thoughts about this (as you can...

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Dissertation Transformation: How Self Belief Changes Everything

It's been a pretty hectic and exciting month so far, as I've had 5 clients successfully defend their proposals, and 3 more are scheduled for their dissertation defenses in the next few weeks. (As you...

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Avoid Bad Job News

The title for this post came to me after a few conversations with clients over the past few weeks, all of which centered on how poor the job prospects are for those with PhD degrees, especially within...

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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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Dissertation Transformation: How Self Belief Changes Everything

It's been a pretty hectic and exciting month so far, as I've had 5 clients successfully defend their proposals, and 3 more are scheduled for their dissertation defenses in the next few weeks. (As you...

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Avoid Bad Job News

The title for this post came to me after a few conversations with clients over the past few weeks, all of which centered on how poor the job prospects are for those with PhD degrees, especially within...

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You Must Act Differently to Be Different.

Freezing and not acting is not the way to make forward dissertation progress.

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When Life Conspires Against Your Progress

Life events do not need to prevent your dissertation progress.

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