Category — Grad School Inspiration

Grad school is about hope. Hope for a better tommorow. It is about pursuing dreams and reaching for the sky. Grad School will surely push our limits I am sure of that. It allows us to focus on what really is important and that is securing an education to better our future, and the future of our families.

America is about dreams, and attaining them. Grad school is one tool in this process. It is about making choices that really count day in and day out. Choosing a school is really important. It cant hurt that you are young and the rest of your life lies ahead of you.

Make smart decisions and personally grad school isnt for everyone. But it might be for you. Preparation and Perverance are very important.

We begin the quarter with the best of intentions. We’re going to be on top of things this time, have regular study sessions, review our notes on a daily basis, not miss class, start writing papers in advance of 24 hours of their due date, and say “buh-bye” to the roller coaster of stress, shame and guilt that goes along with our old foe “Mr. Procrastination”.

Then, before we know it it’s 2am and we have a major paper due in 8 hours and we’re scurrying to the finish line again! Or it’s the weekend before an exam, and it’s like “What? How did this sneak up on me?”

Does this sound like a familiar scenario? Unfortunately for most of us it is . Take heart–even the most organized, productive students sometimes fall prey to the procrastination monkey jumping on our backs. Mere mortals that we are, it seems like we’re constantly in danger of falling into a downward spiral of avoiding things that we know we should be doing.

Sometimes it helps to sidestep the dreaded procrastination monkey if we understand why it’s there in the first place. JohnPlaceOnline lists the top 11 causes and cures of procrastination as being:

[click to continue...]

I was reading this great article by Steve Pavlina called What Are The Odds Of Becoming A Blackbelt?, and I was totally inspired.

Think about it–when you start your graduate studies you’re basically trying to become a black belt in your field. When you start out, you may totally feel like a white belt (a beginner), and the road ahead seems long and hard, especially if you’ve heard stories of people who tried to get their grad degrees but then dropped out.

But that is why it’s such a worthy endeavor–for any field where it’s a huge accomplishment there will be a good number of people who have tried and failed, but that doesn’t mean that your chances of succeeding are lowered.

Your mindset and your ability to think like a black belt in training can have a significant impact on your ability to do well in graduate school.

Here are Steve’s helpful tips:

[click to continue...]