What if I told you you doing insane hours is not the same as doing your phd?
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Not having balance: work, family, life
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And so today I am here to talk about work-life balance in your PhD. Work-life balance is one of the 'seven deadly sins' of academe. The PhD is the worst kind of study for work-life balance. More than any other form of study, the PhD requires hard work without direction and hard work without deadlines. Now let me be clear, in case you haven't figured it out yet, your PhD is hard work. Yet, I want to tell you today that hard work… is not your PhD. Just as it's not possible to get your PhD without hard work, it isn't possible to 'just' do lots of hard work and get a PhD. It needs to be the right kind of hard work.
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Not having balance: work, family, life
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It’s all about balance
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Horse Hockey
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Brennon Dowrick
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Casey Stoner
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So this balance thing, is it needed?
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Being perfect is over-rated
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Busy-work is habit-forming
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Tips for Balance
Embrace wrongness
Work on what matters
Focus when working hard
Know your tools
Watch your health
Forget the flipping PhD
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Balance in the Twilight Zone