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Just One Thing: Managing your Momentum Pyramid

By Kel Weinhold | August 3, 2022

  Other Ways to Support Your Writing A Bit of Motivation and WRITING Every M, W, TH A reboot of Writing in the Pandemic (Newly named A Bit of Motivation and Writing.) A 60-minute session combining coaching and writing. Here is the link to … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Managing your Momentum Pyramid

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Writing

Introducing How To…

By Kel Weinhold | July 15, 2022

I made an incorrect assumption. I am a former journalism professor. Every term of my academic career, I spent hours and hours teaching students and scholars how to think about, conceptualize and produce written projects, including how to edit … [Read more...] about Introducing How To…

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Writing

Just One Thing: Rewrite for Accuracy

By Kel Weinhold | June 21, 2022

Continuing to talk about distorted thinking. Last week I wrote about beginning to challenge distorted thinking by asking simple questions. If you missed it, you can read it here. This week’s Just One Thing takes us one step further with replacing … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Rewrite for Accuracy

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Just One Thing: Investigate your thoughts!

By Kel Weinhold | June 7, 2022

Welcome again to my weekly series Just One Thing. Each week, I offer you just one thing you can practice each day that will improve your creative output. The topic I want to deal with in the next few posts is what American psychologist Albert Ellis … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Investigate your thoughts!

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Writing

Just One Thing: Ask What Worked

By Kel Weinhold | May 17, 2022

Welcome again, to my new Just One Thing series. Each week, I offer you just one thing you can practice each day that will improve your creative output. As a newsletter subscriber, they come to you first! Today's JOT is a practice I call "W to the … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Ask What Worked

Filed Under: Productivity, Unstuck, Writing

Just One Thing: Rewrite Your Stories

By Kel Weinhold | May 3, 2022

Welcome to my new productivity series: Just One Thing. Each Tuesday, I will share  just one thing that you can do to move your work forward. The thing I want to talk to you today about is rewriting stories. In particular, the stories we tell … [Read more...] about Just One Thing: Rewrite Your Stories

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

The Road to Disaster is Paved with “Is this good?” 

By Kel Weinhold | March 8, 2022

By Kel Weinhold Finishing a research project is a big deal. (Hell, finishing a section of a research project is a big deal!) If you are coming up on finishing something, I hope that you’re letting the excitement of finishing in. I I encourage … [Read more...] about The Road to Disaster is Paved with “Is this good?” 

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Writing

No Motivation? Look to Your Needs to Find It.

By Kel Weinhold | July 27, 2020

I don't think it's a stretch to say that pretty much everyone we are engaging with at The Professor is In right now is struggling with motivation. It's hard to find a reason to work in the face of uncertainty, and far too many things are … [Read more...] about No Motivation? Look to Your Needs to Find It.

Filed Under: Productivity, Publishing Issues, Unstuck, Writing

Let’s Talk About Fear – Productivity Post

By Karen Kelsky | June 26, 2020

  Let’s talk about fear. About being in a state of alarm. I feel that way about writing this post. Fear that by seeming to go back to “business as usual” after two weeks of posts centering Black academics’ lives, I … [Read more...] about Let’s Talk About Fear – Productivity Post

Filed Under: Black Lives Matter, Productivity, Strategizing Your Success in Academia, Writing

Productivity: Work less. Listen More.

By Kel Weinhold | May 21, 2020

Let me start by saying this will take a bit to unpack. It took a week’s worth of writing sessions (three times a day, so 15 sessions!) to sort it out. Where to start? My thinking… Last week, I was discussing healthy eating habits with … [Read more...] about Productivity: Work less. Listen More.

Filed Under: Productivity, Work/Life Balance in Academia, Writing, Yes, You Can: Women in Academia

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