Stuff to try for increased perseverance, productivity, pluckiness, and pride. I'm so glad I tried these things in my PhD. Some I tried once and never needed to again; some I tried and realised I could try over and over again; and some I never wanted to try, but I had to when I needed it (and it helped).
A lot of the things mentioned here have their own video exploring them fully, in order:
1) Try getting up at 5:30 am for a week: • Rising at 5:30 am for ...
2) Horrendously push yourself at something you think you really can't do: • The Hardest Parts of M...
5) Just once, try biting off more than you can chew: • Learning to Say Yes to...
6) Take a stand and tell them no: • Take a Stand and Make ...
9) Remove yourself from unfixable situations: • Thoughts From 3 Years ...
10) Back up the back-ups of your back-ups: • True PhD Horror: Hard ...
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Credit music is Dolphin Rush by Silent Island, used with permission.
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My name is Lucy Kissick, I'm a nuclear scientist and a science fiction author, and oh my god I skipped number eight in the video, I'm such an idiot, I'm such an idiot, how do I have a PhD.
30 июл 2024
