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Productivity: A Little Help.

By Kel Weinhold | May 6, 2020

Hi,I'll start with what has become cliche at this point: I hope you and yours are well in these very strange times. I also hope you and the people around you are finding the strength to be kind to yourselves and each other in the face of … [Read more...] about Productivity: A Little Help.

Filed Under: Productivity, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Unstuck

Productivity: Escaping the Land of Stuck, Part 3: The Quagmire of Failure

By Kel Weinhold | March 12, 2020

We return for round three of Escaping the Land of Stuck. If you have done the past couple of sessions and neither the The Isle of Perfectionism or The Sea of Change seems familiar, there is one more location where a gzillion people get stuck and … [Read more...] about Productivity: Escaping the Land of Stuck, Part 3: The Quagmire of Failure

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Productivity: Escaping the Land of Stuck, Part 2: Sailing the Sea of Change

By Kel Weinhold | March 5, 2020

We are back for Round Two of How to Escape the Land Of Stuck. Setting off on the Sea of Change. We’ll start the same way we did last week: Grab a piece of paper and explore these questions: What happened? Why did I get stuck in this … [Read more...] about Productivity: Escaping the Land of Stuck, Part 2: Sailing the Sea of Change

Filed Under: Marginalized Voices, Productivity, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Unstuck

#Dispatches From the Front – Journal Editor Advice

By Karen Kelsky | March 2, 2020

In our new Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. This week, the question is: “Journal Editors! What do you wish scholars understood better about the article publication … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front – Journal Editor Advice

Filed Under: Dispatches, Publishing Issues

Productivity: Escaping The Land of Stuck, Part 1: The Isle of Perfectionism

By Kel Weinhold | February 27, 2020

So you’re stuck. Welcome. We all spend time here now and again. How about we toss self-castigation into the bin and try a different tactic in getting unstuck. Step #1: Instead of being mad at yourself for ending up here, get curious. Grab … [Read more...] about Productivity: Escaping The Land of Stuck, Part 1: The Isle of Perfectionism

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Productivity: Play to your Strengths

By Kel Weinhold | February 20, 2020

We are all very good at identifying our weaknesses.And highlighting them.And worrying about them.And perseverating on them. To what end? Does intense focus on a supposed deficit change behavior? (Hint: The answer is no.) For some of us, … [Read more...] about Productivity: Play to your Strengths

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing

Productivity: Find What You Value. Follow It.

By Kel Weinhold | February 13, 2020

“Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because … [Read more...] about Productivity: Find What You Value. Follow It.

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Productivity: Think less. Accomplish more.

By Kel Weinhold | February 6, 2020

Welcome to Week Three of creating your own Peak Productivity Pyramid. If you missed the first two, please read the one on Physical Capacity and the one of Emotional Capacity. The next level of the pyramid (after physical and emotional … [Read more...] about Productivity: Think less. Accomplish more.

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing

Productivity: Find Your Joy. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

By Kel Weinhold | January 30, 2020

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ” —Aristotle Welcome back to our four-part discussion of creating a Productivity Pyramid. If this is your first engagement with this idea, please be sure to read last … [Read more...] about Productivity: Find Your Joy. Lather. Rinse. Repeat.

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Shame, Work/Life Balance in Academia

Productivity: It Starts in Your Body.

By Kel Weinhold | January 23, 2020

For the next four weeks, I am going to be writing about how to define and implement your Peak Performance Strategy. If that sounds nauseatingly like classic corporate speak, you are right. The idea comes from an article I read in The Harvard … [Read more...] about Productivity: It Starts in Your Body.

Filed Under: Productivity, Strategizing Your Success in Academia

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