Eat The Frogs “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And if it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.”

SMART Goals In order to set yourself up for inevitable success you will want to set SMART goals for yourself. You’ve probably heard of SMART goals but do you know what the acronym SMART stands for?

Bookend Your Days One of the best ways I have found to set yourself up for inevitable success in this wild ride to Doctorate is to bookend your days. That means that you create a routine or habit that starts and ends your day. Every day.

Plan, Schedule and Honour Your Goals A doctorate is not a once-and-done thing. Over the course of years — years — you will go through iterations of your design, your plans, your intentions, your aims. That need for flexibility doesn’t mean, though, that planning is futile. …

You’ve set a goal to get your doctorate done and you want to make sure you’re set up to succeed. Stick with me — you’re in the right place!

By enrolling in your doctoral programme, you have set yourself a big, brave goal. Sometimes this seems like a great idea; other times, you’ll wonder exactly what you did wrong in a previous life to end up here. …