Whenever you are struggling and wondering why you embarked upon your little research adventure, I'd encourage you to watch this speech by Steve Jobs.Regardless of all the hype around him, this speech is short yet so powerful. Watch it during…
Whenever you need a little pick-me-up, you might like to do a loving kindness meditation. This type of meditation is part of the online mindfulness course.When I went through difficult times some months ago, I found peace and solace in…
In our fast-paced, instant-solution-oriented society, we are focused on a quick fix and a hit of stimulant. We seek comfort and ease as much as we can.Yet, if we embark upon long-term projects, such as PhD research, our habits of…
As part of the "Learning Creative Learning" MOOC from the MIT Medialab, we got assigned watching this video.For all of us in higher education, there is so much food for thought in this talk. Joi Ito touches upon using the…
RSA Animate made an interesting video of what motivates us:We all know that sticks and stones won't make us get our PhD. In this video, we get a few glimpses of how motivation really works. In the light of PhD…
Have you ever wondered with doing a PhD at Delft University of Technology is like? Well, a few fellow PhD students made a short movie to show you all what it's like. And the cool thing: it's filmed in the…
While randomly browsing across interesting courses on iTunes university, which I enjoy listening to while cooking or doing random housework, I discovered Stanford's 'How to Think Like a Psychologist".The third lecture of this series is titled "Meditation, Anxiety and the…
Silver Linings is a series of posts that aims at infusing your day with little moments of joy, gratitude and indulgence. These little nuggets can contribute to improve your happiness in the current moment, which - together with a vision…
Another new series of posts! You will find Silver Linings to appear on this blog.What is it about?Silver Linings is about helping you to create the right mindset to carry out your research, and to come up with creative ideas.…
The second guest post in the Writers' Lab is by Mohamed Saeed from South Africa. He shares with us his personal story on how he found in writing a way to share his views, experiences and thoughts with the world. …
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