Steve Tippins Ph.D.Helping doctoral students get their dissertation accepted, succeed in their careers, & change the world | Academic Career Advisor | Dissertation Chair & Founder, Beyond PhD Coaching | 35 + years of experience.

The Encouragement PhDs Need

19 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this motivational monologue, Steve Tippins Ph.D. describes the Ph.D. journey as an emotional roller coaster, highlighting the intense highs of breakthroughs and approvals alongside crushing lows such as rejection, confusion, and harsh feedback. He emphasizes that success in a Ph.D. is less about innate intelligence and more about daily commitment, endurance, and clarity of purpose. The speaker urges listeners to keep showing up, refuse to give up, and assures them that perseverance leads to completion. The video concludes with a call to action, inviting viewers to comment "help" to receive a link to a free dissertation help community.

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The Ph.D. journey is an emotional roller coaster. You are going to laugh, you are going to cry, sometimes both in the same afternoon. You will hit incredible highs and breakthroughs, approvals, moments where everything clicks, and you'll hit crushing lows like rejection and confusion and feedback that totally breaks you down. That is the process. What matters is your commitment and your willingness to continue to show up every day. Ph.D. is not a test of intelligence, it's a test of endurance and clarity. And if you refuse to give up, then you will make it. Comment "help" and we will send you the link to our free dissertation help community. You've got this!