7 Motivational Thoughts to Help You Finish Your Dissertation

These are some ideas I talk about in my Time Management training sessions. Try to approach each of them and develop in a new habit, in order to increase your productivity and manage your time better. Don't forget to share if you find them useful!

The document discusses various tools and techniques for managing creative thinking skills and overcoming conceptual blocks to creativity. It describes attribute listing, brainstorming, visioning, the Kipling method, problem statements, and challenge methods as tools for defining problems, creating new ideas, and developing a creative climate. It also discusses types of conceptual blocks like constancy, compression, and complacency that can limit creative thinking.

This document discusses critical thinking and provides tips to develop critical thinking skills. It explains that critical thinking involves regularly questioning information, considering multiple perspectives, and separating emotions from facts. The document recommends cultivating skills like actively seeking answers, being open-minded, and avoiding logical fallacies. It also provides examples of applying critical thinking to personal, academic, and professional contexts. Overall, the document emphasizes developing habits of active learning, problem solving systematically, and constantly asking questions to improve critical thinking abilities.

This document discusses Carol Dweck's research on fixed and growth mindsets. It explains that those with a fixed mindset believe intelligence is innate, while those with a growth mindset see it as something that can be developed through effort. Those with a growth mindset are more likely to embrace challenges and learn from mistakes. The document outlines three "mindset rules" and shows how praise focusing on effort rather than innate ability can foster a growth mindset in students. It also describes workshops teaching a growth mindset that led to increased motivation and better academic performance.

High-performing teams have several traits in common that make them successful. Some of the key traits include embracing diversity of backgrounds, prioritizing work-life balance for all members, and maintaining laser-like focus on goals. These teams also engage well together both during formal meetings and outside of meetings through open communication. Fostering strengths of all members, healthy debates, and group cohesion are other characteristics of top teams.

The document provides 8 steps for building a positive attitude and discusses qualities of successful people. It emphasizes that success comes from persistence and hard work, not luck, and that every success story involves overcoming failures. Winners are solution-oriented, take responsibility, and commit fully to continuous self-improvement.

Lecture 3 of my course on Creativity. In this lecture, I discuss the neuroscience of creativity and how a typical creative process looks like

The document discusses creative thinking and the elements needed to generate ideas. It defines creativity as imagining or inventing something new. Creative thinking is a skill that can be learned, not a talent, and it improves teamwork and productivity. Brainstorming is presented as a technique for generating ideas by gathering a list spontaneously from group members. The 5 Whys technique is also described as a method to determine the root cause of problems by asking why 5 times. Finally, the document states that creativity requires passion, knowledge, and experience.

On the importance of critical thinking skills and how to teach them - presented at the eLearning Consortium of Colorado (eLCC) Conference, April 18, 2014 - Breckenridge, CO