Motivation
What does academic success mean and how to achieve it?
What does academic success mean for working academics today? A working professor’s honest take on metrics, impact, and a career you can sustain.
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Are Hidden Feelings of Fraudulence Stealing Your Confidence in Academia? How to Finally Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome in academia hits hardest before a viva or a submission. Here is the framework a working professor uses, and how to start applying it today.
Motivation
How to overcome the challenges of finding funding?
How to find research funding as an early-career academic. A working professor’s playbook covering UK and EU schemes, fellowship logic, and reviewer priorities.
Motivation
5 ideas to deal with common PhD challenges
Five common PhD challenges and how to handle them. A working professor’s plain-language approach to motivation, supervision, isolation and the long middle.
Motivation
7 secrets to stay motivated at the beginning of academic year
Seven ways to stay motivated at the start of a new academic year. A working professor’s grounded approach to resetting after summer, without hype.
Guest Posts
The 6 steps to set yourself free from academia, within academia [Guest post]
Six steps to set yourself free from academia, within academia. A guest post on building autonomy inside the system, without leaving it behind.
Motivation
Who is a Motivated Academic? The Manifesto 2021
Who is a Motivated Academic? The 2021 manifesto behind the brand now reaching a 60,000-strong academic audience on LinkedIn — what it stands for and serves.
Motivation
Top 15 PhD interview questions that you must be ready to answer!
PhD interview questions: the 15 you will be asked, what supervisors are really listening for, and how to answer without sounding rehearsed.
Motivation
7 valid reasons why to do a PhD in 2023?
Seven valid reasons to do a PhD in today’s job market. A working professor’s honest take on when a doctorate is worth it and when it really isn’t.
Motivation
How you can survive 2022 using only one motivation tool?
The one motivation tool a working academic uses when nothing else works. A practice to start this week, with no app, planner or productivity guru required.
Motivation
How to get things done and stay motivated
How to get things done and stay motivated in academia. A working professor’s grounded approach to motivation that does not rely on perfect circumstances.
Motivation
How to deal with rejection in 5 easy steps?
How to deal with rejection in academia in five steps. A working professor’s honest framework for paper rejections, grant declines and bigger career setbacks.
Motivation
How to be positive, motivated and productive by self-aware procrastination?
Why you do not always need to stop procrastinating. A working academic’s case for using self-aware procrastination to stay positive, motivated and productive.
