You’re always doing the best you can.

Realize that you’re always doing the best you can. You are a motivated, bright, high achiever- otherwise you likely wouldn’t be pursuing a Ph.D. in the first place. You are always doing the best you can. Like I tell my clients, "If you knew a better way, wouldn’t you already be doing it?" [Excerpted from Get it Done! A Coach's Guide to Dissertation Success. 2002- Moonswept Press.]