Dissertation+Planning+and+Self-Care


 * ** EDU7707-8 ** ||  ||
 * ** Planning Dissertation Research in Education ** || ** 7 Dissertation Planning and Self-Care ** ||
 * Great! From your performance in this course, I am quite optimistic about your success in conducting your research project and writing your dissertation. Thank you :-) **
 * Great! From your performance in this course, I am quite optimistic about your success in conducting your research project and writing your dissertation. Thank you :-) **

=Dissertation Planning and Self Care = The following timeline represents my goals for the rest of the EdD program. I realize that it is an aggressive timeline, but  “ the person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly ” ( Cecil B. De Mille ). When I decide to do something and it is a central part of my unifying principles (as is my doctorate) – it gets done. As Ann Rand said, “ The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me ”? There is no try in my vocabulary regarding the pursuit of a doctoral degree – this degree is a primary goal, and has been for quite some time. There is power in goals. “ What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists. . . and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know exactly what you want. . . and are fully determined not to quit until you get it ” ( Alexander Graham Bell ). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">The timeline that I’ve outlined is doable. I can control only a certain amount of what is coming. I can write well. I can ensure that I am ready to submit the next assignment in order to keep moving forward. I can ensure that I eat properly, exercise, and get proper amounts of rest. Other parts of the process I cannot control. I cannot control how quickly my Chair, committee, or the Graduate School will respond, but I “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">have to learn the rules of the game. And then [I] have to play better than anyone else <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">Albert Einstein <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">). While a portion of my dissertation is out of my hands I will be working on the part that comes next. When revisions are suggested, I will see that the underlying purpose behind them is to make my dissertation the best product that can be produced. I will not see revisions as failure; although I will write as well as I can to minimize the need for them. I will remember that “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">Winston Churchill <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I want to graduate and walk across the stage in Preston Valley, Arizona in June 2013. This will require “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things [I] want to see happen <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">Frank Lloyd Wright <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">). I will remain focused on the prize and “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">get up every morning with determination [so that I can] go to bed with satisfaction <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">George Lorimer <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">). To paraphrase Hannibal, “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I will either find a way, or make one <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">”. I expect to persist in my endeavors until I win because “ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan //press on// has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">” ( <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 90%;">Calvin Coolidge <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">I expect to do what is necessary. I expect to succeed. In fact, I expect to excel.
 * Milestone ||  Start Date  ||  End Date  ||  Done  ||
 * //Draft Concept Paper// || 26 Apr 12 || 2 May 12 ||  ||
 * Facilitating the Adult Online Learner || 14 May 12 || 19 Jun 12 ||  ||
 * Research Design || 18 Jun 12 || 10 Jul 12 ||  ||
 * Ethical and Legal Issues in an Online Course || 9 Jul 12 || 31 Jul 12 ||  ||
 * Quantitative Research Design || 30 Jul 12 || 28 Aug 12 ||  ||
 * //Finish Concept Paper// || 3 May 12 || 4 Sep 12 ||  ||
 * Comprehensive Exam – Education || 4 Sep 12 || 8 Oct 12 ||  ||
 * Get work approval for dissertation survey || 13 Sep 12 || 14 Jan 13 ||  ||
 * DIS9401E || 15 Oct 12 || 7 Jan 13 ||  ||
 * Committee approval of CP || 15 Oct 12 || 29 Oct 12 ||  ||
 * GS approval of CP || 29 Oct 12 || 11 Nov 12 ||  ||
 * //Write Dissertation Proposal// || 11 Nov 12 || 2 Dec 12 ||  ||
 * Committee approval of DP || 2 Dec 12 || 16 Dec 12 ||  ||
 * GS approval of DP || 16 Dec 12 || 30 Dec 12 ||  ||
 * //IRB application submitted/approved// || 31 Dec 12 || 14 Jan 13 ||  ||
 * DIS9402E || 7 Jan 13 || 1 Apr 13 ||  ||
 * Data collection || 14 Jan 13 || 8 Feb 13 ||  ||
 * //Write chapters four & five// || 11 Feb 13 || 4 Mar 13 ||  ||
 * Committee approval of DM || 4 Mar 13 || 18 Mar 13 ||  ||
 * GS approval of DM || 18 Mar 13 || 1 Apr 13 ||  ||
 * DIS9403E || 1 Apr 13 || 24 Jun 13 ||  ||
 * //Oral Presentation// || 23 Apr 13 || 23 Apr 13 ||  ||
 * Submit DM for ProQuest Publication || 24 Apr 13 || 30 Apr 13 ||  ||
 * DIS9404E (Just in case) ||  ||   ||   ||