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OUR PAST IS NOT OUR DESTINY

  So many of us live in the past. We constantly bemoan the things that "happened to us" and blame them for why we are the way we are today. Let me say this clearly. I'm in no way minimizing some of the atrocities that many of us experience; what I must say however, is

By | 2016-12-22T17:53:50+00:00 December 22nd, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

The Many Roles of Doctoral Students and the Stress They Cause

One of the biggest challenges a doctoral student face is the ability to balance the responsibility of their studies with the other responsibilities they already have. Most doctoral students already have families, work a full or part time job, among other responsibilities of managing a household and other social activities. My goal for this article,

By | 2016-12-21T11:58:50+00:00 December 21st, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Not necessarily the SMARTEST who succeeds: Unless…

As I drove to work today, I got to thinking about all the doctoral students that went through the program with me; and something struck me and I thought I'd share it with you. This is especially for those of you going through any kind of rigorous studies - however, for now I speak specifically about the PhD doctoral

By | 2016-12-21T07:51:31+00:00 December 21st, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Our Thoughts Create our Destiny

Our thoughts are the architects of our destiny; what we think, we create; what we feel, we attract; what we imagine, we become. Therefore in order to make any change, we have to win in our minds before we can win in our lives. Most of us are totally unaware that what we think continuously

By | 2016-12-18T19:35:15+00:00 December 18th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Dissertation Dynamics: I Have All this Data – What Do I Do Now?

It's really a good feeling when you've completed collecting a lot of data and the temptation now, is to think that it's just a matter of assembling it. But remember,  your data is of no real value by itself. The value lies only in how well it is able to answer your research question. It must also demonstrate the significance

By | 2016-12-16T08:52:07+00:00 December 16th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Dissertation Dynamics: Methodology

The Methodology: How was your data obtained and analyzed? Readers need to know how the data was obtained because the method you chose affects the findings and, by extension, how you likely interpreted them. Unreliable method produces unreliable results and, as a consequence, undermines the value of your interpretations of the findings. There are a

By | 2016-12-14T13:12:27+00:00 December 14th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

Ask the right questions

The questions we ask ourselves determine what we focus on. If we are always asking ourselves, "Why does this always happen to me?" - "Why am I always the last to know?" - "Why is it that I never win anything?" - then, guess what? We will inevitable come up with the answers that will

By | 2016-12-14T01:21:26+00:00 December 14th, 2016|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments
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