Content

This course will teach you how to maximise your writing output and how to overcome common obstacles that reduce your writing productivity by:

• setting a goal and guaranteeing you achieve it
• producing double the number of words compared to your usual output
• get more written in two hours a day than in eight
• dealing with writer's block and procrastination
• not obsessing over the quality of writing
• not letting distractions get in the way of your writing
• not thinking your writing or research is good enough
• working well with your supervisor to improve your writing
• actually finishing your research on the date you set!

Facilitator

Hugh Kearns | ThinkWell

Hugh Kearns is recognised internationally as a public speaker, educator and researcher. He regularly lectures at universities across the world including at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Berkeley and Stanford.  His areas of expertise include self-management, positive psychology, work-life balance, learning and creativity.  He draws on over twenty five years of experience as a leading training and development professional within the corporate, financial, education and health sectors in Ireland, Scotland, North America, New Zealand and Australia.  He has coached individuals, teams and executives in a wide range of organisations in the public and private sectors and has written twelve books on these topics.  Hugh has also had several articles published in the prestigious journal Nature.

Hugh is passionate about supervision and delivers workshops on this topic to students and supervisors.  He co-wrote the book "Supervising PhD Students: A practical guide and toolkit".