Some of us have observed that those starting a PhD might benefit from the ideas listed below:
- Plan your PhD to be completed on time.
- Be aware of the mass of work involved in a PhD.
- Break the mass of work involved in a PhD into doable tasks.
- Do not focus on the mass of work involved in a PhD.
- Find a supervisor who will spend time with you and who has developed a community of scholars.
- Spend time with your supervisor and the community of scholars.
- Interact with other communities of scholars.
- Find other PhD students who do not have your support system and invite them to join and contribute to yours.
- Deal with problems as they arrise.
- Please email me with other ideas that I have not yet placed here.
- Do the PhD full time if you can. Doing a part time PhD is hazzardous due to interuptions and distractions.
The biggest challenges are the distractions ... like going to Lorne to lay on the beach. Some people have difficult weeks.
Worth Thinking About
something special you should read: (Sent to me by a friend)
Subject: Dalai Lama Millennium Message
This is what The Dalai Lama has to say on the millennium, all it takes is a few seconds to read and think. Do not keep this message. The mantra must leave your hands within 96 hours. You will get a very pleasant surprise. This is true even if you are not superstitious.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs:
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
FORWARD THIS MANTRA E-MAIL TO AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE AND YOUR LIFE WILL IMPROVE.
0-4 people: Your life will improve slightly.
5-9 people: Your life will improve to your liking.
9-14 people: You will have at least 5 surprises in the next 3 weeks.
15 people and above: Your life will improve drastically and
everything you ever dreamed of will begin to take shape.
