We continue with vintage - yet evergreen - recordings. It seems like everyone struggles with the desire to quit at times. It's a natural response to external forces, but you can summon internal forces to manage that impulse. We're not saying don't … [Read more...] about 3.29: How to Keep Going When You Don’t Feel Like It
academic productivity
Ep 3:26 Overcoming Perfectionism
Perfection is the enemy of productivity, but almost all academics struggle with perfectionism. How to resist its siren song? Kel shares her coaching insights from her Unstuck: The Art of Productivity program to give strategies for shutting down the … [Read more...] about Ep 3:26 Overcoming Perfectionism
Ep 3:21 Surviving Your New Academic Thing
We did a survey recently and the message loud and clear was: please give us more advice about just... surviving in academia! So today we are talking about managing your transition into your new academic "thing," whatever it is. We talk about … [Read more...] about Ep 3:21 Surviving Your New Academic Thing
Ep 3:19 Academic Labor Is Labor
We talk about the "capitalist gaze" and how it impacts the creativity of academics. Casting our research outcomes as "products" can be deeply chilling to the imaginative work of scholarship. Research as an assembly line, or as a deli counter … [Read more...] about Ep 3:19 Academic Labor Is Labor