So I finished another audiobook ... Comma - How to restart, reclaim and reboot your PhD by Tara Brabazon.
I was cringing a bit as I was listening, it is not a pep talk book, there were some dark shades of the academic world. Though I am new here, I wondered, do I want to dive in or was it just that the author did not have a good experience?
The chapter that hit home and I really wanted to take key lessons and drilled well into me was taking responsibility for my PhD and the other one was on problem solving. The six steps:
1. Write down the problem
2. Write down all the solutions, even the crazy ones
3. Think about the solution and how to action
4. Pick the most practical solution
5. Plan how are you going to enact the solution
6. Just do it!
And now I am listening to Dr Sid Warrier about discipline, etc.
Decision = Outcome divided by effort.
Motivation hook
Time, person and will power - algorithm of discipline.
Reverse engineer:
1. Have a clear outcome - measurable outcome
2. clear rewards and punishments - train the emotional part of the brain
3. Create a system - use time, person (for accountability - power (authority)
4. taking care of your body - body and mind energised not fatigued!
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