Do you find yourself making promises to your supervisor or your co-authors to send the paper by a certain date and then “missing your own deadline”? When we promise to deliver the data analysis or the paper draft to someone, and then we forget about it and miss the deadline, we feel really bad about… Continue Reading
Productivity for Scientists
Category Archives: Get things done
How to stay focused and on track
You might be feeling unfocused and unproductive right now… There is so much to do and the progress is slow. You are getting distracted with internet and technology or you are getting constantly interrupted… It might be that your motivation is down, you are preoccupied with the worries and the negative thoughts make you drift… Continue Reading
How to allow yourself to write imperfectly
When we sit down to write we often find ourselves deleting more than we write or hesitating to write anything until it sounds perfect. And yet a great secret to progressing with your writing is to allow yourself to write imperfectly! Earlier this week I’ve received this comment from one of the participants of my… Continue Reading
Online lecture “How to start writing”
Recording of the online lecture “How to start writing” Register via Eventbrite to get instant access: https://howtostartwriting2017.eventbrite.co.uk Do you need to write up your thesis or research paper but keep getting stuck with it? You are not alone, many researchers struggle with it! Even when we know we should be writing we find… Continue Reading
Here is how to focus on your writing
It is notoriously difficult to focus on your writing, be that a research paper or your thesis. We are usually so busy during the day that there is never enough time to get any writing done. And when we do find the time to sit down to write we feel scattered, distracted, doubt ourselves, and… Continue Reading