This video is a help from heaven. I am struggling so much since June and I feel a lot of pressure to finish my dissertation and to write good content, even when I feel like I am not getting anything right. Thank you so much! ☺️
Great advice! Headed back to continue my dissertation (took a semester off...lost my passion and enthusiam about which turned into health-related issues). Starting back Jan 2019. Plan to stay very connected to your advice along the way.
Hi Guy, I actually went to the Passion Planner site and yes, I have a PDF download! Super awesome! Thanks for your great tips. My most creative time seems to be in the evenings. So, I have chosen my one swath of time is 8pm to 11 pm for the reading and synthesizing of ideas. I created my first draft of the literature review in February 2019. My proposal was accepted. I have been reading and note-taking etc. I must now stick to the schedule that you mentioned. I found some critical content for the topic I am researching and so I have to modify. My challenge is that ever so often, my goals seem to slide from one deadline to another. Let me try what you suggested and I will let you know. Thanks again!
Thank you for the encouragement. I will look for a passion planner on line. I have been on this journey for over a decade. You have inspired me, and given me a path. Thank you. Mahalo also for including that Hawaii and Alaska were options to your 2018 offer. Be safe during these crazy times. Aloha, Lani
Great advice. I will make sure that I have an hour every day to my reading and writing. Currently, I go for days without touching my dissertation if I can't have ample time.
I am in my initial stage of PhD dissertation and stucked; at the moment depressed & raw with no sleep & memory lapse eh. Your video was helpful. thanks
I saw your reply just now and I simply want to say that my heart is with you. I'm so sad to hear about the depression, no sleep, and memory lapse. I don't know if you are in the U.S. or abroad, but I'm very willing to help. Email me directly at guy [at] thedissertationmentor [dot] com and tell me your story.
Thank you for the wonderful suggestions! I love that you not only teach us to have an great outcome but also to me the most important are the best practices of completing the dissertation! I am committing to 30 minutes a day and I am focusing on getting concrete sources for my dissertation topic! Thank you!
Thank you for the kind suggestion. I use my day diary for planning but I really appreciate your advice that getting done with pages isn't the real progress. Love and respect from Pakistan
Hello Dr. Guy, how are you? When this video popped up on my screen and I read the title...the first thing in my head was NO WAY, this statement goes against everything you have taught me as far. However; your message is true to your mentoring and spot on with the will to make progress. I have enjoyed watching your videos, absorbing your passion for learning along with your infectious enthusiasm for life in general. Thank you :) Jeanie
Hi Jeanie! Wow, I just realized how "click bait" the title of this video is :) I definitely don't advocate the fast approach. In this case, fast means "well." Thanks for being such a source of light in the life of my family. Truly, we are grateful for you.
i just discovered your channel because I needed to actually know what is not a creative essay, as all i did this 3rd year of Literature was just writerish paint my way to literary reflection and insights. I don't wanna overextend so all im saying is I now know how to approach this different structure i needed to understand for my literary investigation for tomorrow.
I needed this!! Thank you, Dr. Guy! I owe you some updates. My minimum time allotment is 30 minutes a day. I can definitely commit to that. I have to get over the "all or nothing" mentality and just do something each day. My goal is to organize both my old and new sources, so that I can start taking notes/pulling quotes. I know I can get this done within the next two weeks. I have been dragging my feet. Thank you again. - Uzoma O.
It has been along time since your last video, very happy to see you posting again. Unfortunately I’m out in the U.K doing my dissertation, and by the end of August I’ll be submitting it. But anyway I’ll share my daily tasks, by starting my day with reading for about 30 to 45 minutes of journal articles and taking side notes. Then applying them into my literature review matrix.
Hi MrTyrone! Thank you so much for commenting. YES. I still and definitely making videos. I've been doing lots of work in one of my groups, so it's taken me away from this platform for a bit. I'm here though and bringing good content out. I'm so excited to hear about your progress and what's going on. Please keep us up to date on your adventure!
I watched the video! And I am in crunch time for my Lit Review, so I have scheduled 3hrs daily for 5 days a week! Hope to complete it in the next 5 weeks! :) Thanks! Passion planner looks awesome. :)
oh i was too excited to be the third comment, haha... what I plan to DO with my time: I have all my articles and materials, outline done, etc --so I am in the "conducting" mode now! I am trying to knock out "sections/topics" of the outline each day. :) woohoo! Thanks!
Thank you Dr. White!! I don't know how to private message on UA-cam, but I have your email. I'll shoot you an email now. Thanks again! You have encouraged me for several years now. :)
Great video, you are a wonderful teacher, your passion for knowledge and actual work has inspired me to think about my schedule to make progress. Thank you
Thank you so much. As an EFL graduate student , the problem is that I read a lot but I can't manage to write one paper a day. I read more than 4 hours a day but I always feel that I don't have a good writing style . I am seeking advice Dr
Dr. Guy, thank you so much for another useful video. My goal is to finish my dissertation by December of this year, and so I am committing to a minimum of 1 hour of dissertation work for 6 out 7 days of the week. As I am a morning person, I have to get this hour in sometime before 9am. My current goal for June is to select, organize, and insert archival material into my dissertation outline. It is slow and tedious work, but I am seeing progress from just one week of committing to this work. I have watched most of your videos, but I do have one question for you. I am confident in my outline, my dissertation topic, and everything relating to my dissertation, but I have an extremely hard time with simply getting any dissertation writing done. I am paralyzed by my fear of my writing not being "good enough" and it prevents me from writing, even though I have all my data collected and a thorough literature review. I am even afraid of submitting what I already have written to my dissertation committee. It would be useful if perhaps you can address "fear of perfection" in writing in one of your videos. I would love to be considered for the passion planner giveaway. Apologies for my long message. Thank you so much for all your wisdom and help. Have a great rest of your week!
"Deadlines" make me get over the fear of writing and submitting. I know that paralysis feeling! Set a deadline for yourself if your school/chair hasn't yet! :) Maybe that'll help. Also, take a look at the invoices of all that you have paid for your courses, that is a motivating factor for me to finish. haha :)
Rebeca, thank you for being so vulnerable here in this post. I will definitely make a video about this. The short answer is this: Work with someone objective about you and your work that is not in a position of authority over you. A friend, a peer, a spouse, a coach: anyone that can point out where you logic falls short. I'm here to help. By the way, please private message me your physical address so I can send you one of these planners.
Johnna, thank you so much for your response. I appreciate all your wisdom and advice. I especially appreciate the "reviewing of invoices." Grad school is so expensive!!! hahaha! I definitely need to work on sticking to my own deadlines, given that my advisors are great, but extremely hands-off. Best of luck with you on work! :)
Dr. White, thank you so much for your advice and for considering making a video about this. Your videos have helped me so much this past year, so this means the world to me. I will definitely put your advice into action and get myself an accountability buddy that is outside of academia. Someone who I can commit to submitting my writing to. Thank you again!
Thank you for your valuable guidelines it's really motivating me to progress through the final stage of my PhD, as an engineer I had to be caught up with the experimentation and programming which took me 2 years and a half to have a grasp on the topic. Just wanted to ask for a final advise, should I go through the literature reading again before writing up my chapter 2 ? or I should just start writing everything down? Thanks again
Thanks a lot Dr. Guy, I also have to start writing my dissertation I really want to have a differentiated contribution to the field that I'm working on (to have more focus on the quality of the work not the quantity of the papers), I started the reading process ( a book+ academic articles) for the Lit. review chapter, but my question is that what are your recommendations for me in terms of how many hrs to spend on reading then the Lit. review writing since "June" considered to be the month of dissertation submission.
Thanks Dr. Guy! I love organizational tools. I watched the video and I'd like to have a passion planner please! I am committed to at least a half an hour per day to read a peer review article on my topic and take notes on my research topic. Will you please send it to me at ---. Thanks in advance! (I hope I'm one of the 3:-)
You sure are! Please private message me your name and physical address. I recommend editing your comment such that you can remove your physical address from UA-cam so you don't get spammed by others. :) THANKS for commenting!
Hi Again! Following up on my previous message. I'd love to send you the planner, but I'll need you to Facebook me or direct message me here your full name and address. I have an address, but no name :)
Nice video and I thought this will help many students while they will prepare their dissertation. If Student facing difficulty in their dissertation and want to consult with the experts can directly visit the Online Assignment Expert.
Hi Guy, I came across your channel after an internet search. I also just returned from Barnes and Noble where I went to search for an effective 2019 planner. I had yet to see your own process with your Passion planner. I like how you lay out in color as well. Many thanks for this!
This video is a help from heaven. I am struggling so much since June and I feel a lot of pressure to finish my dissertation and to write good content, even when I feel like I am not getting anything right. Thank you so much! ☺️
Great advice! Headed back to continue my dissertation (took a semester off...lost my passion and enthusiam about which turned into health-related issues). Starting back Jan 2019. Plan to stay very connected to your advice along the way.
From today, my daily activity is 30 mins reading / annotating / making notes and gathering articles. Thanks for this
Hi Guy, I actually went to the Passion Planner site and yes, I have a PDF download! Super awesome! Thanks for your great tips. My most creative time seems to be in the evenings. So, I have chosen my one swath of time is 8pm to 11 pm for the reading and synthesizing of ideas. I created my first draft of the literature review in February 2019. My proposal was accepted. I have been reading and note-taking etc. I must now stick to the schedule that you mentioned. I found some critical content for the topic I am researching and so I have to modify. My challenge is that ever so often, my goals seem to slide from one deadline to another. Let me try what you suggested and I will let you know. Thanks again!
I almost finished two chapters and I am running out of passion but this was refreshing, Thank you.. from Algeria
I believe in you! Keep going! :)
THANKS for my PASSION PLANNER!!! Received it this weekend! Can't wait to put it to use! I appreciate it! Peace
You are so welcome. Thank you for commenting here and being such a great, active member of our community :) Send photos when you start using it :)
Dr. Guy,
Thank you from Trinidad and Tobago!
I'm on it!
Thank you for the encouragement. I will look for a passion planner on line. I have been on this journey for over a decade. You have inspired me, and given me a path. Thank you. Mahalo also for including that Hawaii and Alaska were options to your 2018 offer. Be safe during these crazy times. Aloha, Lani
It's my belief that we "find" the advice we need with help from divine timing. Thanks for the video, Dr. Guy. :-)
Great advice. I will make sure that I have an hour every day to my reading and writing. Currently, I go for days without touching my dissertation if I can't have ample time.
Thank you for this video, it inspired me and motiviated me, it creates a postive energy, there is no word to express my gratitude.
Dr. Guy you are the greatest of all time! Thank you for your coaching.
Gerry, I think you are the greatest. You are fighting the good fight. Finish!
I am in my initial stage of PhD dissertation and stucked; at the moment depressed & raw with no sleep & memory lapse eh. Your video was helpful. thanks
I saw your reply just now and I simply want to say that my heart is with you. I'm so sad to hear about the depression, no sleep, and memory lapse. I don't know if you are in the U.S. or abroad, but I'm very willing to help. Email me directly at guy [at] thedissertationmentor [dot] com and tell me your story.
@@guyewhite Thank you so much. I will get to you soon
Thank you for the wonderful suggestions! I love that you not only teach us to have an great outcome but also to me the most important are the best practices of completing the dissertation! I am committing to 30 minutes a day and I am focusing on getting concrete sources for my dissertation topic!
Thank you!
Thanks, Sandra! Post some photos of your working space on my facebook if you wish :)
Thank you for the kind suggestion. I use my day diary for planning but I really appreciate your advice that getting done with pages isn't the real progress. Love and respect from Pakistan
Hello Dr. Guy, how are you? When this video popped up on my screen and I read the title...the first thing in my head was NO WAY, this statement goes against everything you have taught me as far. However; your message is true to your mentoring and spot on with the will to make progress. I have enjoyed watching your videos, absorbing your passion for learning along with your infectious enthusiasm for life in general. Thank you :) Jeanie
Hi Jeanie! Wow, I just realized how "click bait" the title of this video is :) I definitely don't advocate the fast approach. In this case, fast means "well." Thanks for being such a source of light in the life of my family. Truly, we are grateful for you.
i just discovered your channel because I needed to actually know what is not a creative essay, as all i did this 3rd year of Literature was just writerish paint my way to literary reflection and insights.
I don't wanna overextend so all im saying is I now know how to approach this different structure i needed to understand for my literary investigation for tomorrow.
This is videio is useful to me and very good presentation.
I bought my Passion Planner couple of months ago, as I'm getting ready for my final six, very intensive months of writing my doctoral thesis. 💚
Hi Dr Guy. It's brilliant. I'm gonna apply this tips in my everyday tesis work. Thanks for sharing!
I needed this!! Thank you, Dr. Guy! I owe you some updates. My minimum time allotment is 30 minutes a day. I can definitely commit to that. I have to get over the "all or nothing" mentality and just do something each day.
My goal is to organize both my old and new sources, so that I can start taking notes/pulling quotes. I know I can get this done within the next two weeks. I have been dragging my feet. Thank you again.
- Uzoma O.
Uzoma! YES! Thank you so much for your update. What a joy! I KNOW you can do this!
It has been along time since your last video, very happy to see you posting again. Unfortunately I’m out in the U.K doing my dissertation, and by the end of August I’ll be submitting it. But anyway I’ll share my daily tasks, by starting my day with reading for about 30 to 45 minutes of journal articles and taking side notes. Then applying them into my literature review matrix.
Hi MrTyrone! Thank you so much for commenting. YES. I still and definitely making videos. I've been doing lots of work in one of my groups, so it's taken me away from this platform for a bit. I'm here though and bringing good content out. I'm so excited to hear about your progress and what's going on. Please keep us up to date on your adventure!
I watched the video! And I am in crunch time for my Lit Review, so I have scheduled 3hrs daily for 5 days a week! Hope to complete it in the next 5 weeks! :) Thanks! Passion planner looks awesome. :)
oh i was too excited to be the third comment, haha... what I plan to DO with my time: I have all my articles and materials, outline done, etc --so I am in the "conducting" mode now! I am trying to knock out "sections/topics" of the outline each day. :) woohoo! Thanks!
Johnna! WONDERFUL! Please private message me your physical address so I can send you one of these passion planners.
Thank you Dr. White!! I don't know how to private message on UA-cam, but I have your email. I'll shoot you an email now. Thanks again! You have encouraged me for several years now. :)
Great video, you are a wonderful teacher, your passion for knowledge and actual work has inspired me to think about my schedule to make progress. Thank you
Hi from Mexico City, great video!!, tnks a lot
Thank you so much. As an EFL graduate student , the problem is that I read a lot but I can't manage to write one paper a day. I read more than 4 hours a day but I always feel that I don't have a good writing style . I am seeking advice Dr
same with me
Thank you Dr White. Your videos are valuable and motivating. I am sharing this link in our CTU doctoral class discussion board
Thank you so much, Spikes! You are so kind to do that!
All I also recommend Dr Guy’s book The dissertation Warrior !!! It has helped me ahead in the doctoral journey. It’s a great investment!!!
Thank you so much for helping me get unstuck with my dissertation! I'm looking into the Passion Planner NOW!
Dude, your advice was priceless..thank you so much and keep making videos.
thanks a lot it is very inspirational video
I'm beginning my lit review early this summer. My dissertation development with my chair doesn't start until the fall but I'm getting a headstart.
WELL DONE, Dani! I recommend everyone should start sooner than they think they have to. Could save years.
Guy E White thanks! I'm definitely on it.
This is so on point!!!!
Wow, this video is really good and helpful. So timely as I am looking to submit my PhD thesis by June.New subscriber here
Very intuitive view... thank you
Dr. Guy, thank you so much for another useful video. My goal is to finish my dissertation by December of this year, and so I am committing to a minimum of 1 hour of dissertation work for 6 out 7 days of the week. As I am a morning person, I have to get this hour in sometime before 9am.
My current goal for June is to select, organize, and insert archival material into my dissertation outline. It is slow and tedious work, but I am seeing progress from just one week of committing to this work.
I have watched most of your videos, but I do have one question for you. I am confident in my outline, my dissertation topic, and everything relating to my dissertation, but I have an extremely hard time with simply getting any dissertation writing done. I am paralyzed by my fear of my writing not being "good enough" and it prevents me from writing, even though I have all my data collected and a thorough literature review. I am even afraid of submitting what I already have written to my dissertation committee. It would be useful if perhaps you can address "fear of perfection" in writing in one of your videos.
I would love to be considered for the passion planner giveaway. Apologies for my long message.
Thank you so much for all your wisdom and help. Have a great rest of your week!
"Deadlines" make me get over the fear of writing and submitting. I know that paralysis feeling! Set a deadline for yourself if your school/chair hasn't yet! :) Maybe that'll help. Also, take a look at the invoices of all that you have paid for your courses, that is a motivating factor for me to finish. haha :)
Thanks for pouring love into this community, Johnna!
Rebeca, thank you for being so vulnerable here in this post. I will definitely make a video about this. The short answer is this: Work with someone objective about you and your work that is not in a position of authority over you. A friend, a peer, a spouse, a coach: anyone that can point out where you logic falls short. I'm here to help. By the way, please private message me your physical address so I can send you one of these planners.
Johnna, thank you so much for your response. I appreciate all your wisdom and advice. I especially appreciate the "reviewing of invoices." Grad school is so expensive!!! hahaha! I definitely need to work on sticking to my own deadlines, given that my advisors are great, but extremely hands-off. Best of luck with you on work! :)
Dr. White, thank you so much for your advice and for considering making a video about this. Your videos have helped me so much this past year, so this means the world to me. I will definitely put your advice into action and get myself an accountability buddy that is outside of academia. Someone who I can commit to submitting my writing to. Thank you again!
Thank you for your valuable guidelines it's really motivating me to progress through the final stage of my PhD, as an engineer I had to be caught up with the experimentation and programming which took me 2 years and a half to have a grasp on the topic. Just wanted to ask for a final advise, should I go through the literature reading again before writing up my chapter 2 ? or I should just start writing everything down? Thanks again
Just found this video now. I have two months left to write my Bachelor dissertation. Don't think 15 minutes a day is going to cut it haha.
15 mins everyday is much better than no work at all because you think 15 mins is not enough.
Thanks a lot Dr. Guy, I also have to start writing my dissertation I really want to have a differentiated contribution to the field that I'm working on (to have more focus on the quality of the work not the quantity of the papers), I started the reading process ( a book+ academic articles) for the Lit. review chapter, but my question is that what are your recommendations for me in terms of how many hrs to spend on reading then the Lit. review writing since "June" considered to be the month of dissertation submission.
great video doc. thank you
Thank you, Aziz!
Due to some personal reasons my research journey interuppted.bt now I restarted my wrk...facing alot of difficulties.. stress...I'm not updated..
You know what month it is!
Thanks Dr. Guy! I love organizational tools. I watched the video and I'd like to have a passion planner please! I am committed to at least a half an hour per day to read a peer review article on my topic and take notes on my research topic. Will you please send it to me at ---. Thanks in advance! (I hope I'm one of the 3:-)
You sure are! Please private message me your name and physical address. I recommend editing your comment such that you can remove your physical address from UA-cam so you don't get spammed by others. :) THANKS for commenting!
Hi Again! Following up on my previous message. I'd love to send you the planner, but I'll need you to Facebook me or direct message me here your full name and address. I have an address, but no name :)
How do I overcome ABD?
Nice video and I thought this will help many students while they will prepare their dissertation. If Student facing difficulty in their dissertation and want to consult with the experts can directly visit the Online Assignment Expert.
Man, I do not have 15 minutes.
I watched the video kindly send me the planner 🙏
😉
Hi Guy, I came across your channel after an internet search. I also just returned from Barnes and Noble where I went to search for an effective 2019 planner. I had yet to see your own process with your Passion planner. I like how you lay out in color as well. Many thanks for this!