Overcome The PhD Challenges By Our Guidance- PhDizone

Having a positive outlook is generally the first step to achieving your targets and it may perhaps help to understand that most researchers have faced and overcome challenges such as the following:

1.       Lack of self-confidence

Doing PhD gives you enormous exposure. But you need to keep up your level of self-confidence and self-belief. If by any chance it drops, you can boost your confidence by:

·         Seeking positive PhD guidance and feedback from experts 

·         Acknowledging your achievements until now

·         Accumulating your competencies

·         Giving yourself a break by trying out new things

2.       Poor time management

Take out some time for planning and make sure you are dedicating sufficient amount of time to the tasks you are undertaking and then review the status of proceedings. If you are not accomplishing your targets, dig deep to find out the reason and make a change accordingly.

3.       Lack of focus or direction

·         If you feel that your research is moving in an unstated direction, try to refocus on your key objectives.

·         Discuss with your director and ask for some PhD assistance  

·         Redraft your research proposal which will help you evaluate what the project is all about

·         Reword your project plan with the purpose of having a clear idea about the next step to be taken and how it fits into the big picture

·         You can take a short break as you may possibly be bogged down with so much of data

4.       Lack of guidance and support

·         Pursuing PhD can sometimes leave you lonely and isolating. Try to grab opportunities to expand your support network.

·         Just think, are you using all of your contacts enough?

·         Try to work in teams, if possible.

·         Build up healthy affiliation with your supervisor