Emmanuel Tsekleves

I finished my PhD with a 250-page thesis and zero publications. My supervisor said I had wasted 3 years of research. He was right.

How many papers have you published from your thesis so far? Bookmark this if your thesis is finished and the publications are not. RT tweet 1 if you know a recent doctoral graduate sitting on unpublished chapters. Every Wednesday I send one technique most supervisors never teach. Free. Under 4 minutes: phdtoprof.com/newsletter

Stop writing as a student. Start writing as a publisher. Every chapter tells a complete story. Every result answers one focused question. Your thesis is not the paper. It is three to five papers waiting to be rebuilt.

I finished my PhD with a 250-page thesis and zero publications. My supervisor said I had wasted 3 years of research. He was right.

Have you been receiving contradictory feedback from your supervisor? Would love to hear examples. RT tweet 1 if you know a researcher doing their doctorate the hard way. Every Wednesday I send one technique most supervisors never teach. Free. Under 4 minutes: phdtoprof.com/newsletter

No one is judging a finished product yet. Your supervisor is there to help you build it. That is a different job, and it needs a different kind of draft. Share the work while it is still forming. That is when feedback can actually change something.

Does your PhD supervisor contradict their own feedback? It is probably not their fault. It is probably yours. Here is how to fix it.

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Which of the 6 steps would you start with tomorrow? For most new mentees I see, Step 1 is the one they have never been taught. Bookmark this. RT tweet 1 for someone in their literature review now.

Most PhDs go wrong in Month 1. Reading is the wrong place to start a literature review.