Impact on Others
Training for a marathon impacts more than just you.
It impacts your family, since you will be training almost every day (before or after work) and on weekends.
It impacts your work, as you will be sharing what you are doing with your colleagues. They will all know you are training for a marathon.
It impacts your friends. It will change your social life. You may not go out to party/dinner as often.
Your doctoral journey will impact many: Family. Work. And those extra activities you are involved in.
Hopefully you bring your work and family along for the doctoral journey, and they are supportive. That is helpful, particularly when the needs of your doctoral program takes you away from family or work…so you can focus on writing a paper for a course, attend residential colloquia, write your comprehensive exam, or work on your dissertation.
Some may need help understanding what you are doing. People do not understand running 26.2 miles. Or a doctoral program.
Question:
Who, and how, will be impacted throughout the doctoral journey?
What might the impact be upon completion of the doctoral journey?
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August 26th, 2008 at 10:07 am
This is so true.
I did my dissertation on the impact of life coaching on immediate support systems and found that the impact changes in one person greatly influences those around them.
If we can begin to understand further the impact of positive changes, rather than only therapeutic changes, we can begin to lead others to understand that positive changes are just as powerful (if not more powerful) then any other.
If you look at life as your personal marathon and find ways to include those around you in the journey the outcome will be much more rewarding.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Janice:
What are some key strategies to talk about those positive changes to bring along one’s significant other, work colleagues, family?
There is a realization, hopefully not too late, that one’s self has changed ( it is education, afterall–education strives for people to grow and change ). Seeing someone else grow and change can be scary.
Lynn