How You Will Fail Your Dissertation Defense And How To Avoid It

Podcast: Office Hours With Dr. Lacy · Marvette Lacy, PhD

Opublikowano: 2025-11-22

In this conversation, Dr. Lacy discusses the challenges faced by doctoral students, particularly focusing on the feelings of imposter syndrome and self-doubt. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing one's achievements and the mental barriers that prevent individuals from acknowledging their capabilities. Lacy encourages listeners to shift their mindset from fear of failure to celebrating their successes throughout their academic journey. Takeaways The core of why it's so hard and overwhelming is you have such deep-seated fear and disbelief. You keep mentally rehearsing all of the reasons why you're going to fail. You don't see that as...