07th May 2006
You're almost done with the whole article. You should feel relieved. Instead you feel like you've written a bunch of junk.
It's funny, though. At other times you've felt that you've written something worthwhile.
Now, however, you feel the urge to...
25th April 2006
I know what I need to do; why do I need to write it down? You may have fallen into the trap of thinking this way. And hey, if it works for you, that's great!
I find, however, that many people with too much to do, or with large projects looming in front...
13th April 2006
My website poll of 96 junior faculty members has an unequivocal winner. The poll asks, "What is the hardest part about being a junior faculty member?" Over a third of the respondents chose "Teaching takes up so much time" as their response.
Exactly How T...
13th April 2006
"How can I stop procrastinating?"
This is by far the most frequent question that I get from graduate students and professors. As a dissertation and tenure coach, I've come to realize that everyone in academia, whether writing a dissertation, completing a...
13th April 2006
Do you ever feel like you have some great ideas, but when you sit down to write them, they're not so great? Or even worse, you can't really get a sense of what the ideas were?
In one of my graduate student coaching groups we have been discussing the diff...
13th April 2006
Do you set your standards high, but always feel like you've failed? Learn about the 3 "P's" and end the vicious cycle that keeps you stuck and ineffective.
The Vicious Cycle
Perfectionism, procrastination, and paralysis - one often leads to the next, ...
06th April 2006
Time can be your friend or your enemy. For many people who have "free time" to accomplish long-term projects or writing tasks, it is a merciless tyrant. It is just too easy to allow the slightly harder task to slide, as you fill in your day with the hum...
28th March 2006
All writers, graduate students, and professors know that they're supposed to write on a daily basis, or at least as frequently as possible. (If you aren't aware of this fact, read this article on my site: http://WriteDaily.notlong.com.) Despite this kno...
