Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Perseverance is the Key

Perhaps the most important attribute of a successful researcher is perseverance. It may come as a surprise but many people who complete a doctorate never undertake any further research. This is strange, you might think, when they have completed their research apprenticeship. These people will not develop a research profile and will usually struggle to develop their careers as academics. For it is as true today as it ever was, that academics need to publish to get on!

Perseverance is needed in finding a suitable topic to research, in refining your research questions, in searching for literature, in gathering data and in writing up the thesis. Each person undertaking a doctorate is faced with many challenges but one thing is sure – those that throw the towel in do not end up with a PhD.

Of course, perseverance without the relevant skills and knowledge will still not achieve success. So it is important to get the right information and develop an effective doctoral research project plan. The e-book “How to complete a PhD” (www.justintimebooks.com)will provide you with the necessary information and knowledge to knock months off your PhD studies. Think about it, if you can complete your thesis earlier then you will be earning a full time salary. Five or six months saved on a PhD can translate to a hefty sum in financial terms. Plus it will save you a lot of sleepless nights.

In my time as an academic I have noticed that there are PhD candidates who make sure they access the right information and knowledge and act upon it and those that make all sorts of excuses for not making progress but do not seek the right information and knowledge. Guess who makes the best progress?

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