Just like someone who climbs mountains, you will experience moments of pure happiness. When you pass important milestones, receive positive feedback on your work or put together that perfect combination of genius ideas. But you should also be prepared for some harder times. Phases during which your passion for the subject will wane, your motivation disappears or the mountain seems just too hard to climb. What will get you through these phases?
People’s reasons for pursuing a Ph.D. are diverse. Maybe you want the challenge of working on and solving a complex problem. Or you really enjoy activities relating to dissertations and everyday academic life, such as writing academic texts, analysing data and holding presentations. Does the academic environment, with its intellectual exchange and international partnerships, along with the project-based flow of academic work, motivate you to produce the best work that you can? Or perhaps you’re driven more by external factors: a doctorate as a status symbol, the potential professional and leadership opportunities resulting from holding that title, or even a higher salary.
There are no bad reasons. Whatever drives you, you should have a solid response prepared as to why you are working towards a Ph.D. After all, the person who only gives half of their energy to their dissertation, constantly puts their dissertation at the bottom of their to-do list or does not see any professional consequences in (not) completing a dissertation, will find it difficult to complete the work successfully.
Workshop
22.-23.03.2017 Getting it started. The successful path to a doctorate degree │Details and registration
10.05.2017 "Dr. HSG - Wieso, weshalb, warum?" details and registation: www.hsgcareer.ch