If you are reading this article it can only mean one thing: You are finishing or have finished your thesis and soon will have your colloquium! (Also called “viva” or “oral defense”). CONGRATULATIONS! Please do not be nervous or anxious. I am here to help you. I’ve developed some recommendations for you to have a successful colloquium! HERE WE GO!...

Sooo… it seems like you’ve finished your thesis and you are close to printing, submitting it to your supervisor and heading to the pub to have a relaxing beer, right? CONGRATULATIONS for coming this far! It has been a long way, right? You are almost there! But Wait a Minute! It’s not time to print or submit! …This is what you MUST do: Don’t go to the pub. Instead, get...

Has the following scene ever happened to you? You are at home practicing a pentatonic scale on a Yamaha guitar. You’ve been working on it for an hour and you are clearly improving, clearly in the zone! Suddenly your mom arrives home from work. Then, she asks you a very tricky question: Do you want to know what happened to me at work today? You stop playing the guitar and...

*This article was updated on 16.12.2021. My friend, do you play guitar? No? (Honestly, what is happening to humanity…). Ok, but have you ever tried to learn? If you haven’t, I’ll tell you how it goes: The first six months are terrible! You will feel like the dumbest person on the planet as you try to move from a simple “G major” chord to an “A major” chord, then to a “D major”...

Let me guess:  You know what you will write about, you have mastered Chapter 1 (Introduction) but you don’t know how to move forward with your Chapter 2 (literature review)? Alright, alright… I feel your pain. But that’s why I’ve written down some recommendations that hopefully will be useful for you! INITIAL WARNING Look, I need to be honest with you here. Writing your...