No extra points for suffering.

You don’t get extra points for suffering. Your dissertation is not inherently more praiseworthy because you suffered through it. Yes, there may be some personal growth that happens through this process, and that, sometimes, can be difficult. However, the tendency to make it more difficult than necessary, the tendency to deny yourself pleasure or happiness in the process, and the tendency to unnecessarily prolong the process because you need to prove your value or worth– these all fall into the category of needless suffering. Needless suffering never brings you anything valuable. [Excerpted from Get it Done Faster: Secrets of Dissertation Success. Moonswept Press 2004 ISBN: 09718629-1-5]

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