Measurable Progress in Reasonable Time

When is it time to get serious about our progress? As Jim Rohn, motivational speaker and author of ‘Take Charge of Your Life’ used to say, it’s all about “making measurable progress in reasonable time.” The time needed to conveniently complete the required tasks is a reasonable time. But what does that mean when it comes to the dissertation process? Is it reasonable to spend an entire semester going back and forth with your chair over feedback? How about spending a semester learning how to use complicated statistical software, just to realize you don’t know how to interpret the output? Our guess is that neither of those scenarios is very reasonable. However, every day, we meet graduate students who struggle with the same chapter or round of feedback for months!

So, how do we break the vicious cycle of wasting time? Our motto is: results matter most! Practically, this means that if you spend a year working on your dissertation and are still struggling to get your Introduction chapter approved, your research is ineffective. The time being spend is unreasonable and your time is not yielding results that matter.

To begin making strides towards measurable progress while improving efficiency; rely on experts to help. Visit your University’s Student Center, consult your Librarian, explore free dissertation resources, and seek help when needed. Remember, the goal is to always “make measurable progress in a reasonable time.”

Yours in Dissertation Success,

The Statistics Solutions Team

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