Tom Wujec is a very interesting and inspiring man. He loves visualising, solving wicked problems, improving cooperation and inventing solutions. By asking people to draw a picture of how to make toast, many surprising aspects show up. How can this help you with your research? Very simple. Tom…
Do you work really hard? Do you make many hours? But do you feel that your goals, which you stipulated probably with your supervisor for the coming year, are not so realistic? And they actually seemed very realistic at the time? If that is the case, maybe your first thought…
More time for fun things in no time! Sometimes an advice can be too simple for words. Let’s take a look at more time for fun things in no time. It is actually short and snappy. How do you create more time and space so you can do more of…
Mistakes are more important than successes. Why do I say this? Very simple: you will learn more from your mistakes, which will lead to more success! But how do you know when something went wrong, or that you were on the wrong track? Or that you should have done it…
Do you have a writing addiction yet? No? Get one! Writing is really hard for most PhD students. That’s why many also hate writing. To be addicted doesn’t sound good of course, but do realize, addictions can be good or bad. An addiction to do sports, to be outside, to…
Almost every PhD student is now and then faced by anxiety over his thesis. Will everything be OK? Will I be able to do it? I will never succeed in writing this thesis. And there are many reasons to be nervous and disheartened. Maybe you are surrounded by people who…
