3.08 How to be more patient and realistic (part of the Be Your Own Best Boss series)

The PhD Life Coach

10/28/24 • 27 min

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If you make unrealistic plans and get impatient that you’re not progressing more quickly, then this is the episode for you! I’m going to give you specific tips about how to be more realistic and more patient so that you can be a better boss to yourself! I’ll talk about when you need to be realistic and patient, what thoughts will help and what feelings, actions and results we can then generate. If you like it, check out the rest of the five part series where I talk about 8 other qualities – compassionate, curious, strategic, ambitious, intentional, resourceful, encouraging and accepting. These all come from my online course, how to be your own best boss, which you can find on my website if you want more support! www.thephdlifecoach.com

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10/28/24 • 27 min

The PhD Life Coach - 3.08 How to be more patient and realistic (part of the Be Your Own Best Boss series)

Transcript

Hello and welcome to the PhD Life Coach podcast. This is the final session of my how to be your own best boss kind of mini series that we've been doing here. Regular listeners will know that over the last couple of months, I've had episodes where we talk about all the different qualities that you need to be a good boss to yourself.

So we thought about being Strategic and ambitious and curious and compassionate and all of those things. And today is the final two qualities. And there's a c

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