July 30th, 2007
Being a student for more than two decades, I always believed that listening to music helps me to concentrate more on my studies and research. But the habit of multitasking didn’t stop here. Multitasking also led me to believe that I can watch TV while studying. Soon I was watching TV, and doing my work […]
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tags: Ph.D., Graduate School, Education & Learning, Mental & Physical Health, Planning & Action, Getting Things Done author: Rise comments: 2 Comments
June 4th, 2007
What happened to genuinity?
No, not the word ‘genuinity’.
It doesn’t even exist.
I mean genuineness.
In a recent issue of a popular technical magazine, there was an article on networking for about-to-graduate-students. In that article, the author gave some ‘practical’ tips on how to build your network of prospective employers by pretending that you are not a job-seeker, […]
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tags: Ph.D., Graduate School, Education & Learning author: Rise comments: 2 Comments
October 2nd, 2006
Who wants to leave the graduate school (especially if you are in a Ph.D. program)? Not me. I get student discounts at my favorite restaurants and AMC movie theatres. If you are also interested in staying in graduate school forever, I have some guidelines for you.
Never define goals: Whatever you do, don’t ever try to […]
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tags: Ph.D., Graduate School, Getting Things Done, Humor author: Rise comments: No Comments
September 28th, 2006
Are you in graduate school doing a Ph.D. or a Master’s thesis? If yes, read ahead. Is it going well? Are you on schedule? If yes, then you don’t need to read any further. Ok, now that you are still with me means not everything is as you expect. Let me tell you a secret […]
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tags: Ph.D., Graduate School, Education & Learning, Getting Things Done author: Rise comments: No Comments