Become A Top 0.1% PhD Student: AVOID THIS!

In this video, we delve into the experiences and strategies that distinguish the most successful PhD students from their peers.
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As an academic journey, pursuing a PhD is fraught with challenges and uncertainties, often leaving students feeling isolated and overwhelmed.
The focus of the video is on developing a mindset and approach conducive to thriving in a demanding academic environment. It emphasizes the importance of resilience, adaptability, and the strategic pursuit of knowledge. Key topics include how to effectively manage relationships with supervisors, the value of consistent progress tracking through visual tools like graphs and tables, and the crucial habit of regularly soliciting and incorporating feedback.
Particular attention is given to the often overlooked soft skills that are vital for PhD success. This video explores the psychological aspects of PhD studies, such as dealing with impostor syndrome and the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
By the end of the video, you should have a clearer understanding of what it takes to excel in a PhD program and how to leverage your own strengths and resources to become part of the elite 0.1% of successful doctoral candidates.
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00:00 Don't Get Paralysed
01:18 Supervisor Relationship
03:25 Do not isolate yourself!
04:54 You must produce results
06:29 Know when to change your plan
08:30 Outro
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  • @scasey1960
    @scasey196024 күн бұрын

    The first thing to avoid is social media

  • @raminMTL

    @raminMTL

    24 күн бұрын

    you are your biggest enemy

  • @aomo5293

    @aomo5293

    24 күн бұрын

    100% True

  • @ambrosekola4011

    @ambrosekola4011

    23 күн бұрын

    How did you see this video then?

  • @aomo5293

    @aomo5293

    23 күн бұрын

    @@ambrosekola4011 the message is clear

  • @copywrite9396
    @copywrite939624 күн бұрын

    This man’s shirt game goes crazy, I love it!

  • @krzysztofdurczak8648
    @krzysztofdurczak864824 күн бұрын

    It was golden when the commercial hit right in the middle of you saying: "don't get side tra..." ^^

  • @spinebuster9490
    @spinebuster949024 күн бұрын

    3:35 Brings a painful memory😢. I was isolated and didn't speak to people for months.

  • @chunnaiyamspo5062
    @chunnaiyamspo506224 күн бұрын

    EXCELLENT VIDEO, ANDY !!!

  • @EmiWoodScully
    @EmiWoodScully23 күн бұрын

    Words very fitly spoken!! Thank you so much for this! ❤

  • @cljones2009
    @cljones200912 күн бұрын

    Beginning my doctoral journey in August. Thank you for these videos.

  • @larissacury7714
    @larissacury771422 күн бұрын

    Thanks, Andy!

  • @lisahof5691
    @lisahof569116 күн бұрын

    Dude, you are my hero. One video during my lunch break, and I am killing it.

  • @cutestduckintheworld
    @cutestduckintheworld23 күн бұрын

    I don’t think I could stay in my program anymore, not by choice. I ran into points 2-4. Very good advice. I finally came to understand these points. I was too young and inexperienced when I started. Sidetracking, isolation, freaking out for having little data, couldn’t tell until a lot later that my initial experiment was meant to not work. I lacked the social support network with people who have the knowledge of the area of study and know how to navigate the situation. I pushed so hard and got very little. Even now, though I know what to do for things that has happened, I am not confident that I’ll be able to know how to take on the challenges to come, like the writing. I didn’t know what I was getting into. I think I would have been a bit better if I had your video as an orientation.

  • @RickDuarte-wh8dn
    @RickDuarte-wh8dn24 күн бұрын

    I am proud of you Andy! What a video! This 8:58 long video can save people from suffering immeasurable for years

  • @mikecook_author
    @mikecook_author24 күн бұрын

    Good advice: “Embrace the uncertainty [and] don’t wait”, “don’t be resistant to feedback”.

  • @Aurum269
    @Aurum26923 күн бұрын

    Thank u very much!

  • @OceanAce
    @OceanAce24 күн бұрын

    0:25 I still use positive and negative controls for routine tasks such as genotyping. You just never know when your bands invert.

  • @NicolasSanhueza-re9ml
    @NicolasSanhueza-re9ml23 күн бұрын

    I have learnt lots from you. You have lots of material! The thing is that I have a different type of learning, by necessity. And as Scientific Writing is a big area, I wanted to know if it's possible to schedule a 1-on-1 30 minutes session to better orient into the next actionable steps. I already watched like 6 of your videos, and have quite the set-up. I have many theories validated, but if I only had someone by my side it would be better. But just as you said, that's the creative part. So its okay to write like that

  • @karinwiebe1923
    @karinwiebe192316 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for posting these. I always come away feeling a little inspired and (re)motivated. It’s like a reminder to manage the business of my PhD journey, not just focus on the research. (Always focus on the research haha)

  • @MyNatasha73
    @MyNatasha7324 күн бұрын

    Love that shirt!

  • @user-wf2fm1yj4k
    @user-wf2fm1yj4k24 күн бұрын

    Great video

  • @petergreis
    @petergreis24 күн бұрын

    Don‘t chase failure…. Sage advice

  • @grahamashe9715
    @grahamashe971524 күн бұрын

    Holy cow!! A non-AI video!

  • @timbushell8640

    @timbushell8640

    24 күн бұрын

    Lol... ... you missed the key point, that AI when it grows up, will help you beat the crap out of your lazy supervisor : )))))))

  • @dankschang
    @dankschang23 күн бұрын

    During my DBA, my supervisor is superb in providing me very objectives feedback, it help me to zero in & solve problem that I never think is feasible. For my PhD I have the luxury of 4 supervisors, each of them is superb - their diverse backgrounds help me to nail the research proposal within 4 months. Be humble and willing to unlearn and relearn.

  • @erikbranmarino
    @erikbranmarino24 күн бұрын

    Italian PhD Candidate here, thank you very much for your advices! They are really helping me going through my research journey!

  • @chunnaiyamspo5062

    @chunnaiyamspo5062

    23 күн бұрын

    Same here!

  • @RJ12347

    @RJ12347

    15 күн бұрын

    You speak good English

  • @Malekfahad420
    @Malekfahad42024 күн бұрын

    Hey Andy, really nice video ! I was wondering if I could help you with Best Quality Editing in your videos better than your Editor with good pricing and also make a highly engaging Thumbnail which will help your videos to reach to a wider audience ? Pls let me know what do you think ?

  • @ecos889
    @ecos88922 күн бұрын

    I always plan assuming failure so if crap hits the fan i can move on to the other options. Alos the lack of a significant result is still a result. Only exception is health and safety if you are not trained in something ask any avaliable lab manager to train you up to make sure you caj do the thing safely. Dont try equipment you know nothing about if you where not trained. It could result in an deadly mistake or an exoensive one. But with that its take the darn initiative and ask for the training. (I working my PHD in disease mycology with diseases that can kill me or another person if i screw up lol cant be infected but the toxins they produce are deadly if breathed in or ingested in large enough quantities so i take that stuff with great caution but still move forward)

  • @cancelebi8939
    @cancelebi893924 күн бұрын

    I think not side tracking is a bad advice. I understand it is a good advice to finish your phd but to do good science you should side track all the time. This is a difference between a good scientist and someone who does good science. A good scientist will easily get their phd but their output is more likely to be a derivative of a derivative of an idea

  • @cancelebi8939
    @cancelebi893924 күн бұрын

    Amazing t shirt

  • @guillemmonso9586
    @guillemmonso958621 күн бұрын

    Hello Andy, how would you handle the situation where supervisors steal student's idea's for their own private benefit (i.e. starting a company, or use the idea for their own company)?

  • @farmanAli-cx9ur
    @farmanAli-cx9ur22 күн бұрын

    Want to do but can't due to family problem

  • @studytama
    @studytama24 күн бұрын

    "Hey Vsauce, Michael here!