Valuable lessons: The Six Laws of PhD Failure.

  • 1st Law of PhD Failure – Choosing the wrong dissertation advise.
  • 2nd Law of PhD Failure – Expecting Dissertation Hand-holding from your Peers.
  • 3rd Law of PhD Failure – Choosing too Broad a Dissertation Topic.
  • 4th Law of PhD Failure – Procrastination.
  • 5th Law of PhD Failure – Ignoring your Dissertation Committee.
  • 6th Law of PhD Failure – Getting Romantically Involved with Faculty Members.

Regardless of the situation, you should simply keep in mind to be careful and keep your guard up. Finally, understand that if things go wrong in the relationship, it could become a serious impediment to success. Moreover, even with successful relationships, your academic success may be hindered by reports of gossip and peers linking any progress of your work to the relationship itself rather than to your own hard work. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

To read the full article, please click the source link down below.

SOURCE: https://dissertationgenius.com/the-six-laws-of-phd-failure/

With respect.

VALAUBLE LESSONS: PhD Problems: When Things go Wrong

by Dr Nathalie Mather-L’Huillier.

  • Problems with supervisors
  • Lack of communication.
  • Absent supervisors.
  • Overbearing supervisors.
  • Supervisors who retire, go on sabbatical and other leave periods

Retirement

Leaving for another university

Going on sabbatical

  • My first and second supervisor don’t get on.
  • Changing supervisors.
  • Overworked – teaching and other commitments.
  • Loss of motivation.
  • “Second year blues”.
  • Calling it a day.

To read the full article, Please click the link down below.

SOURCE: https://www.findaphd.com/advice/doing/phd-problems.aspx

With respect.

VALUABLE POETRY: Face To Face by Rabindranath Tagore.

This poetry supposed to post on day before yesterday. I forgot badly. All right, I still wanna post it.

ABOUT THE POET:

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Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Rabīndranāth Ṭhākur, (born May 7, 1861, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died August 7, 1941, Calcutta), Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter who introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit. He was highly influential in introducing Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of early 20th-century India. In 1913 he became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Day after day, O lord of my life,
shall I stand before thee face to face.
With folded hands, O lord of all worlds,
shall I stand before thee face to face.

Under thy great sky in solitude and silence,
with humble heart shall I stand before thee face to face.

In this laborious world of thine, tumultuous with toil
and with struggle, among hurrying crowds
shall I stand before thee face to face.

And when my work shall be done in this world,
O King of kings, alone and speechless
shall I stand before thee face to face.

SOURCE: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/face-to-face/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rabindranath-Tagore

With respect.