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“Nothing motivates like a hard deadline. . .”

Maybe you have received ads, as I have, proclaiming that “this is your final courtesy reminder about tomorrow night’s teleconference.”  Final reminder?  Wow!  I take note of that, even if I hadn’t...

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Dissertation Boot Camp? Use All that January Offers for Your Dissertation Surge

January is the time for take-charge measures. Weight loss organizations market heavily in January.  Gyms offer great deals. E-newsletters multiply, magazines bulge with tips to make this year...

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Want to Feel More Engaged with Your Writing? Empathize with Your Reader

Writing this blog for the past year has been an act of joy for me.  Many of you also write blogs, and so if you blog frequently, I would wager that you, too, find writing for your blog compelling. I...

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How Does Mental Toughness Affect Your Motivation to Write Your Dissertation?

One of the top 3 posts on my blog is “Motivation in Writing the Dissertation–It’s All about Mental Toughness and Discipline.” Day after day, it stays in the top 3 posts.  As yesterday turned into...

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Burst Out of Your Academic Bubble and Finish Your Dissertation

Have you turned up the heat on your dissertation now that summer is here?  Is your summer writing starting to take off yet? What are you using as an incentive? One of my clients has a new powerful...

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Summer Productivity Tips: Use the August Hype for Successful Writing

What does August have in common with January and New Year’s?  If you are an  academic writer, a PhD in academia, or an ABD, the last half of summer and August, in particular, may be the calm before the...

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What’s mental toughness got to do with it?

Many readers of Successful Writing Tips are looking for help with motivation.  And they also are interested in what mental toughness has to do with motivation. As a dissertation writer, you may often...

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Reset Your Frenzied Focus—Awestruck by Christmas Beauty and a Good Book

The New Year at its most powerful is a time for reflection and a time to think about where you want to put your focus.  The holidays are often jam-packed with travel, planning, buying, eating,...

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Kicking the can down the road works for me

Kicking the can down the road has been given a bad rap. Political usage of the game’s title has come to mean a shirking of responsibility or procrastinating or hoping someone else will take care of a...

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Happy New Year! Celebrating 2nd Chances, Structure, and Accountability

New Year’s Day is one of the few holidays that much of the world celebrates. Today, on New Year’s Day, we celebrate the possibility of starting afresh and of having second chances, but more even than...

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