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‘functional’ or ‘adaptive’ perfectionism.
‘maladaptive’ perfectionism
perfect is the enemy of done.
to an Obliger, being TOLD to be selfish is like catnip.
People will not remember what you say, but they will remember how you made them feel.
Originality has now come to take centre stage and making a contribution (with a capital C) has become the aim of every PhD student, everywhere – regardless of discipline.
Your reader judges a dissertation as you.
The tendency of readers to conflate the text with the scholar is why it’s vitally important to do ‘scholarly moves’, like thinking of counter-arguments in advance and include them in your writing.
