14. How to tell your story and get the recognition you deserve (part 1)

01/16/23 • 24 min

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This is the first of a three part series on how to tell your story. It's really common, at any career stage, to feel like you've lost track of where you're at and how to get where you want to be. If you're applying for jobs, trying to secure awards or recognitions, or going for promotion or tenure, then these episodes are for you! Even if you're not doing these things at the moment, figuring out "your story" can help reduce overwhelm, ease decision making and lower your cognitive, and actual, work. In this first episode I talk about what I mean by "telling your story" and the many ways it can make your life better.

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Do you find yourself just not doing the thing you intended to do? No good reason but you just don't want to? In this episode, I talk about what to do if you find yourself just behaving a bit like a naughty toddler and saying "no" to all the things that are good for you. You'll get a five step plan to move from resisting starting to getting going on your tasks.

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15. How to tell your story and get the recognition you deserve (part 2)

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This is the second of a three part series (check out the first part here - https://www.thephdlifecoach.com/14-how-to-tell-your-story-and-get-the-recognition-you-deserve-part-1) about how to tell your academic story.
This time, I give you a step-by-step process to move from a busy, haphazard-feeling career to having a structured overview that you can use. From here, you can strategise and prioritise about what to focus on and use the document to apply for jobs, plan for promotion and apply for awards and recognitions.

The PhD Life Coach - 14. How to tell your story and get the recognition you deserve (part 1)

Transcript

Hello and welcome to episode 14 of the PhD Life Coach, and for the first time we are doing a three part special. In this episode today, we are mainly going to be thinking about how you can tell your story about what your expertise is, why you are good at what you do, so that you can use that when you are applying for jobs, so that you can use that if you're applying for recognitions, so awards, teaching recognitions, those sorts of things or when you're applying for promotion.

Then next