Dissertation Completion Strategies

By Rachna Jain

Dissertation Completion Strategies is the final book in the “Get it Done” series. This book is based on the author’s expertise in coaching ABD’s to finish their dissertations- most in a year or less, with a 95%+ success rate. The author has distilled her more than decade of dissertation coaching experience into this book, and laid out the process in an easy to follow format consisting of three steps: Planning-Focus-Progress. You’ll learn how to set reasonable goals, how to plan for your progress, how to focus and reduce distractions, and how to use some interesting and fun visual aids to keep you on track and moving forward. You’ll get additional tips for dealing with procrastination and perfectionism, and dissertation overwhelm, as well as strategies for navigation the chapter writing and advisory relationship. The purpose of this book is to go deeper in a few key areas and help further the learning and understanding you gained from Get it Done and Get it Done Faster. If you read and apply the strategies in this book, you will complete your dissertation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rachna Jain
• Release date: Nov 30, 2012
• ISBN: 9781600870040

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Dissertation Completion Strategies

How to Get it Done Faster

Dr. Rachna D. Jain

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This book will tell you:

How to balance thinking and doing

How to get more done in small blocks of time

How to take care of yourself in the process

How to write regularly

How to overcome dissertation blocks

How to get it done faster so you can move on with your life!

You’ll receive all these strategies, and more, at a fraction of the cost of individual coaching. Best of all, you’ll have them together in one place so you can refer to them as often as you need to.

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Acknowledgement

To My Mom

For Always Pushing For Excellence

And Loving Me Even When I Didn’t Quite Get There

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

How Doing Your Dissertation is Like Eating an Ice Cream Cone

Section 1 - Dissertation Completion Strategies

Section 2 - Assessing Your Mindset

Section 3 - Self Belief Changes Everything

Section 4 - Elements of a Successful Dissertation Process

Section 5 - Creating Structures to Finish

Section 6 - Setting Workable Deadlines

Section 7 - Goal Setting

Section 8 - Time Management

Section 9 - Track Your Progress

Section 10 - Researching Effectively

Section 11 - Writing Strategies

Section 12 - Creating a Strong Advisory Relationship

Section 13 - Energy and Priority Management

Section 14 - Stop the Bleeding

About the Author

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How Doing Your Dissertation is Like Eating an Ice Cream Cone

Think back, a moment, to the last ice cream cone you had. Maybe it was a double dip chocolate chip with sprinkles (my favorite!) or simple vanilla. In any case, I would like you to take a moment and think about how you approached eating that ice cream cone.

Did you take a big, deep bite out of it?

How was it to try and swallow that solid lump of cold ice cream? The last time I tried this, I got brain freeze, a headache and my teeth hurt. It was not enjoyable.

Contrast this to a time where you might have eaten the ice cream leisurely, taking small bites and licks, slowly and patiently wearing it down. You were, perhaps, lost in the moment, yet focused on the outcome.

How is this related to the dissertation?

Many times, graduate students approach the dissertation from perspective number 1- they try to bite off huge pieces and cram their way through it- ending up with brain freeze, headaches, stress, and an unpleasant feeling about the whole thing.

Students who approach the dissertation from the second perspective take longer to wear down the ice cream. They have to be patient, keep track of the melting and dripping, but most of all, they have to have faith that they will, indeed, get to

Reviews for Dissertation Completion Strategies

[donnette O'Neil · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very inspirational and practical solutions to organising yourself for thesis.

[Jamela · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is an excellent book to read and common-sense strategies.