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a transparent source for all things PhD

One of the hardest things for some researchers (including myself) is getting to the big picture. This might be an overarching research question for your research, a way of describing the research that you do that encompasses all of your work, or just getting to a broad enough contribution statement (or so what?!) in an article or your book. If you’re struggling with one of these big picture tasks, I want to assure you that the struggle is worth it even though it takes time and energy to get there. Those of us who are detail oriented researchers are often staring at the weeds. In a research pro

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