The Target is Huge, But You Hit It

This is the initial feedback that I received on my first prospectus draft, and it was great news! Metaphors are used too often in the business world to motivate and inspire. This is probably the first time that I have had them used to refer to a paper that I wrote in my academic career. I have to say that it was extremely encouraging. In the case of my paper, I need to continue to write and move toward defining my question and keying in on smaller objectives (smaller targets), questions, and ideas. This is something that a lot of my classmates are finding, too. So we keep trucking along….

Since my last post, I have been busy with the formation of my dissertation committee, as well as working on the framework of my dissertation. I had the opportunity to write a chapter in a text for another one of my professor’s books and started a new company. I only explain this to show you that, even though I am a doctoral student, life can be fairly normal. I am successful based on my ability to be very organized and focused on tasks and goals. I have a systemic approach to getting this all done. In addition, the fact that I require little sleep is to my advantage.

This was the news and the support that I needed. Back to work on building smaller targets….

-j-