I thoroughly enjoyed my meeting with my mentor this week.\u00a0 He completed his doctorate in 2011 and is a perfect balance of information and inspiration!\u00a0 We discussed my progress to date and the road ahead \u2013particularly the VIVA and publication.\u00a0 In some ways this may seem a little premature, but I find that the future comes very quickly so\u00a0it is\u00a0helpful to\u00a0 make incremental inroads into your longer-term goals.\u00a0 \u00a0I think what I enjoy most about him is his candour and\u00a0optimism.\u00a0 I am really glad that he has offered to be mentor me and I look forward to paying this forward when I finish my doctorate.<\/p>\n
I have had a terrific day at the library.\u00a0 Despite my woeful EXCEL skills I managed to create a very solid spreadsheet.\u00a0 I have compiled key\u00a0YOY financial data and\u00a0\u00a0completed some rudimentary analysis.\u00a0 I feel very proud of myself.\u00a0 Interestingly, I was able to leverage the EXCEL for Dummies book after-all.\u00a0 I also set up a two hour tutorial for next which I am looking forward to.<\/p>\n
I have work\u00a0travel this week\u00a0so I am going to continue to try and tackle administrative academic tasks\u00a0during the week.\u00a0 This is the most realistic approach because of my limited time.\u00a0 Again, I will try and do a few hours of reading and am committed to getting in my tennis and workouts in as well.\u00a0 Overall, I am not devoting as much time as I would like to my research but I feel like I am becoming increasingly productive with the time that I have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I thoroughly enjoyed my meeting with my mentor this week.\u00a0 He completed his doctorate in 2011 and is a perfect balance of information and inspiration!\u00a0 We discussed my progress to date and the road ahead \u2013particularly the VIVA and publication.\u00a0 … Continue reading