Get Your PhD Done.
It’s out! The book is released.
Get Your PhD Done is the book that any PhD candidate should have access to.
With a clear set of steps designed to be completed in 28 days, this book will give PhD students the tools to make breakthroughs with their motivational challenges.
“Dr. Newton expertly guides you through your motivation reboot with short, achievable, daily activities.”
Zoë Bell, PhD Student, Teeside University
What will it support me with?
Get Your PhD Done is designed to:
Help you discover your initial motivation for starting your PhD journey.
Identify your key motivational challenges.
Learn about your values and how these connect with your PhD work.
Develop a specific problem statement to summarise your challenges.
Get a clear action plan to achieve breakthrough.
“As a final-year PhD student who was struggling with a severe lack of thesis-writing motivation, I found this book practice, non-patronising, easy-to-follow…and above all, IT WORKED!!”
Sharon Newson, PhD Candidate, University of Huddersfield, UK
Sounds great. How do I get a copy?
Get Your PhD Done is available now on The Great British Bookshop.
For a limited time, it is also available on Kindle Unlimited.
Want to understand a bit more about the book contents?
In Section 1, we look at your motivation for finishing your PhD. The learning objectives for this section are:
✓ To identify what you want to achieve when you finish the book.
✓ To summarise your motivation for finishing the PhD.
✓ To reflect on your readiness to deal with motivational challenges.
✓ To create a vision board to help you visualise finishing.
In Section 2, we explore your motivational difficulties. The learning objectives for this section are:
✓ To understand the key components of Self-Determination Theory.
✓ To reflect on motivations experienced in your PhD work.
✓ To identify key motivations behind starting your PhD.
✓ To begin to identify your key motivational challenges.
✓ To apply the core components of Self-Determination Theory.
✓ To discover your values and how these relate to your PhD.
In Section 3, we clarify your specific motivational difficulties. The learning objectives for this section are:
✓ To gain insight into your motivational barriers.
✓ To develop a specific problem statement summarising your challenges.
Finally, in Section 4, we facilitate the development of an action plan. The learning objectives for this section are:
✓ To clarify how you will approach your motivational challenges.
✓ To classify the type of problems you are dealing with.
✓ To develop a range of actions you can choose from.
✓ To evaluate the actions you could take.
✓ To create a coherent action plan.
✓ To consider the potential barriers to implementing your plan.
✓ To identify how you will be accountable for achieving your plan.
✓ To reflect on how you will celebrate your achievements.
What about your OpenDyslexic Edition?
We are pleased to be releasing a paperback edition of Get Your PhD Done in OpenDyslexic font. This may help those with additional reading needs and will be available in October 2023.
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Want the workbook?
It’s free! This is the accompanying workbook that gives you space to write notes as you journey through Get Your PhD Done.