Secret 7: You can do it! A PhD is 90% persistence and 10% intelligence. Of course you have to be clever. But that's not enough. You also have to persist. Hang in there. #7PhDSecrets #phdchat #ECRChat #postdoc #gradschool

Secret 6: Get help: You are not an owner-operator single person business. #7PhDSecrets

Many #PhD students & researchers feel guilty all the time.
Have I done enough?
I'm wasting time?
I should be doing more.
#7PhDSecrets.
Secret 5: Treat it like a job. If you know when to work, you know when to not work. Reduces guilt. #PhDchat #PhDForum #postdoc

Secret 4: Say NO to distractions - even the fun ones and the ones you think you must do. #7PhDSecrets

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Secret 3: Be realistic. It's not a Nobel Prize.
When you are doing a PhD you are learning how to do research.
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#7PhDSecrets. Secret 2: Write and show as you go. It's show and tell - not hide and seek. You tell yourself that they are not ready to write yet. But you are. You need to write all the way through. #PhDforum #PhDchat #acwri #ECRchat #postdoc

Many people are starting PhDs about now. Here are the Seven Secrets of Highly Successful Research Students. Secret 1: The care and maintenance of your supervisor. You have to learn how to work effectively with your supervisor. #PhD #PhDForum #7PhDSecrets