about you Perfectionism is an illusion and blocks progress. By just taking action you will achieve more.

Perfect is the enemy of good

You have been busy writing an article for weeks now. Every time you change a sentence to make it even better. Then you read another article, checking if you can use it for your text. You are questioning yourself if your text will be good enough to send to your…

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General terms and conditions

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS LOUTER PROMOVEREN / THE DUTCH PHD COACH     Article 1        General   These general terms and conditions (hereinafter ‘conditions’) will use the following terms, unless stipulated differently: Louter Promoveren/The Dutch PhD Coach: Louter Promoveren/The Dutch PhD Coach (hereinafter ‘Louter Promoveren’) established in Oene, user of…

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Procrastination doesn’t mean you are lazy…

Procrastination feels awful. And, it can also have terrible consequences. Procrastination behaviour is possible in any area of life: not going to your doctor or dentist appointments, not tidying up, not getting around to making that one phone call, not doing any of the jobs that need to be done…

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Should I start a blog?

Shall I start a blog or not is the question Quite a few scientists have been blogging at the moment and more and more PhD students have started a blog. Sometimes as a video blog to explain specific things, or in a different format like the English Open University. Another…

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A lesson about happiness

  Many PhD students do not feel very happy, lucky, or fortunate, often due to the high amounts of stress they find themselves under. However, there can be an assortment of other reasons for this as well. Maybe this can help you. Go grab a piece of paper and a…

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About Arjenne

Will help you to finish your PhD successfully and in time. English subtitles available Listen to my podcast: I am Arjenne Louter and I will help you to finish your PhD successfully and in time. You will find many tips and other useful tools on my website which will give…

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