{"id":1481,"date":"2017-09-27T01:48:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T01:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2017-09-27T01:48:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T01:48:20","slug":"if-i-can-do-it-you-can-do-it-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/if-i-can-do-it-you-can-do-it-too\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If I can do it you can do it too&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\u201cIF I CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT TOO\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI went through such a tough time during my PhD\u2026 if I can do it you can do it too!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019ve heard statements like this countless times. As well-intentioned as the sentiment might be, it isn\u2019t always helpful.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how tough the situation, somebody, somewhere, probably has it worse. To say, \u201cif I can do it you can do it too\u201d ignores that possibility that some people find themselves in harder circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t think I\u2019m the least capable person ever to get a PhD, nor do I think my circumstances were the hardest. I don\u2019t know exactly what you\u2019re going through and I don\u2019t know if you can do it too. This realization is key to really understanding other people\u2019s situations and finding ways to help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/jameshaytonphd.com\/if-i-can-do-it-you-can-do-it-too\/\">&#8220;If I can do it you can do it too&#8221; | James Hayton&#8217;s PhD advice website<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIF I CAN DO IT YOU CAN DO IT TOO\u201d \u201cI went through such a tough time during my PhD\u2026 if I can do it you can do it too!\u201d I\u2019ve heard statements like this countless times. As well-intentioned as the sentiment might be, it isn\u2019t always helpful. No matter how tough the situation, somebody, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13826,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-other","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13826"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1482,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions\/1482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}