http://www.free-articles-zone.com Morenos en 29/11/2009 Imagine having the goal of being a world-class tennis player, but deciding before your first lesson that you would have perfect form and win every game. You would resent any criticism by the tennis pro, you wouldn’t have fun, you would dread every match, and you might feel like quitting after a few losses. This is the why many academics approach their career. http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=121291 2008-02-28 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 read several more articles, add more footnotes, edit it some more, or check your email. Anything but wrap it up and send it in. http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=12222 2006-05-02 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 of them get into a state of complete overload because they haven’t prepared themselves by keeping very simple action-item lists. http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=11032 2006-04-20 http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=9862 2006-04-06 http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=8566 2006-03-22 "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 an article, or doing research, struggles with procrastination. Why is this so prevalent in such a well-educated, intelligent population? http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=5323 2006-02-02 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. Perfectionism, procrastination, and paralysis – one often leads to the next, in a vicious cycle, especially on large, long-term projects with no clear deadlines. Let’s look at each part of this cycle, and explore some concrete steps that you can take to disrupt the cycle. http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=2889 2005-12-05 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. http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=1689 2005-10-20 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 difficulty of translating partly formed ideas into words on paper. One technique that makes use of a normally underutilized part of our brain is called “Mind Mapping.” http://www.free-articles-zone.com/article.php?id=1690 2005-10-20