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Dec 30, 2022 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
PhD Planning 101

Before my PhD I worked as CEO of a software company for years. I did *a lot* of planning.

Here is what 90% of people get wrong:

❌Planning is not: WHAT and WHEN
✅Planning is the HOW to achieve goals

Learn how to plan the HOW:
🧵⬇️

#AcademicChatter
I use @obsdmd for everything:

🔸Note taking
🔸Reference management
🔸Planning

One tool to rule them: It will supercharge your academic workflow.

Download it here obsidian.md and create a new canvas:

Now let's start planning!
⚡️1. Define your Goals

Without the destination in mind, you won't arrive.

Know where you're going 🧭.

Identify what YOU want vs what is EXPECTED OF YOU.

Use colours for this.
⚡️2. Identify what you will need

Understand which resources you will need.

Can be data, things, permits etc.

Note possible roadblocks with colours.
⚡️3. Connect Goals + Resources with Actions

Plan Actions that get your from data to a completed goal.

"Think out loud" along the way & write it down.

A network of ideas will emerge.
You will see opportunities, you missed previously.

This is the power of planning the HOW.
⚡️ 4. Make a rough time plan

Add dates/times next to your graph.

This helps directing the FOCUS of your next steps.

⏱️Time planning is tactical.
🗺️Goal planning is strategic.

Focus on strategy first, figure out tactics as you go.
Summary

🔻 Actions + Resources → Goals
🔻 Think out loud
🔻 Focus on Strategy, not Tactics

Planning is only one use case of the brand new @obsdmd Canvas

Have you tried managing your references with it?
⬇️ 
Want to leverage technology to excel at your PhD, PostDoc or tenure?

➕ supercharge your notes with @obsdmd
➕ manage references, not just collect papers

...then, you might enjoy my in-depth, beginner-friendly newsletter:

📨 ilyashabanov.substack.com

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