How to complete my Ph.D by the end of 2009 by tahetydruk

"You have to be dedicated to do it, but it will be a relief later on."

How I did it: Its important not to stay in the ivory tower of a lonely genius. I joined various research teams and not just in my own university, its even more important to be part of international teams, at least at my field. In this way you get constant inspiration, feedback, motivation. And you get a lot of work done without even noticing it.
 
The other secret is to divide the goal of that size into manageable pieces. There were days, I didn't aim to work more with my dissertation than to finish just a few sentences. But I made it a daily routine. In this way, I actually managed to finish it with one and a half years. The years before it I was drifting and not really doing anything directly contributing to this goal, except taking a few courses.

Resources: research communities of various kind; dedicated supervisors; supportive crowd of people around me at the last months before finishing it.


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Dec 15, 2009, 12:44PM PST | 3 comments | 8 cheers


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Rs:) naanu “It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.” - John Wooden

very inspiring for me

reading that u didn’t gave up for 8 years..

Apr 18, 2010, 10:39PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

tahetydruk is searching for the flow

Thanks! (Could have spent less time, though :)

but what I also learned, is, that with big goals you have to trust your inner speed. If things take time, they take time. And its important to understand, if you slow down because of some kind of distraction, coming from outside and try to get rid of that.

Apr 19, 2010, 01:08PM PDT | Thread | Respond to this

Rs:) naanu “It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.” - John Wooden

very true!!

Apr 19, 2010, 08:43PM PDT | Respond to this


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