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

01/23/23 • 31 min

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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.

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

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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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16. How to tell your story and get the recognition you deserve (part 3)

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In the final part of this theory, we think about the story you tell about yourself. What story do you really believe about yourself? Perhaps you believe you're slow at writing. Perhaps you believe that you always get distracted. We'll work through why these stories can lead to some really negative consequences and how you can challenge them and build different stories about yourself. This isn't about "positive thinking", it's about focusing on the stories that make you feel good and help you build the life you want.
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The PhD Life Coach - 15. How to tell your story and get the recognition you deserve (part 2)

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Hello and welcome to episode 15 of the PhD Life Coach. This is the second of a three-part series about how to craft your own academic story. Often we feel like we're ploughing along, pulled by all the different demands of our jobs, and we don't always feel like we're in charge of our academic story and where we spend our time and what things we actually achieve.

So in this three part series, we started last week thinking about why it might feel so much better to have a story and what adv