Comments on: Motivation. http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/2009/01/26/motivation/ Preparing for and accomplishing a doctoral program at Capella Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:16:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lynn http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/2009/01/26/motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-1257 Lynn Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:03:58 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/?p=88#comment-1257 Thanks for sharing. I like the idea on the t-shirt! Something of value takes committment and sweat equity, so, in this case, you assume correctly. Best. Lynn Thanks for sharing. I like the idea on the t-shirt!

Something of value takes committment and sweat equity, so, in this case, you assume correctly.

Best.

Lynn

]]> By: Shane Willis http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/2009/01/26/motivation/comment-page-1/#comment-1252 Shane Willis Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:26:32 +0000 http://blogs.capella.edu/askdoctoraladvising/?p=88#comment-1252 Lynn, I ask some of my Martial arts students this very question all the time. You must know the why if you ever want to justify the what. When I received my Black Belt my instructor gave me a T-Shirt that read: Thousands of Hours of Training Hundreds of Classes Years of Sweat Countless Bumps and Bruises ONE BLACK BELT! As your journey running has progressed I can only compare it to mine in the martial arts. The Health benefits are wonderful and immediate, but it seems that did not sustain the drive on its own. I desired to become part of a tradition started well before I was here and hopefully continuing long after I am gone. I assume (and thats always dangerous) that this Doctoral journey is the same. Yes we will have thousands of hours in assignments. Hundreds of courses to complete. Years of late nights studying and bettering ourself. Countless bumps and bruises to both our ego and psychological. ONE DOCTORAL DEGREE! Why do you want this? Okay now the what is not so bad. Lynn,

I ask some of my Martial arts students this very question all the time. You must know the why if you ever want to justify the what. When I received my Black Belt my instructor gave me a T-Shirt that read:

Thousands of Hours of Training
Hundreds of Classes
Years of Sweat
Countless Bumps and Bruises
ONE BLACK BELT!

As your journey running has progressed I can only compare it to mine in the martial arts. The Health benefits are wonderful and immediate, but it seems that did not sustain the drive on its own. I desired to become part of a tradition started well before I was here and hopefully continuing long after I am gone. I assume (and thats always dangerous) that this Doctoral journey is the same. Yes we will have thousands of hours in assignments. Hundreds of courses to complete. Years of late nights studying and bettering ourself. Countless bumps and bruises to both our ego and psychological. ONE DOCTORAL DEGREE! Why do you want this? Okay now the what is not so bad.

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