Doctoral Journey

“Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, but he with a chuckle repliedthat “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.” Excerpt by EDGAR ALBERT GUEST As a child, my friends Mitchell and Mendall always called me a professor. They saw something in me [Keep Reading]

Identify and share specific new habits to benefit the doctoral student in the DScIT program.  Habits can be both negative and positive. As a doctoral student, one must identify all habits and determine if those habits are negative or positive in relation to doctoral studies. A doctoral degree [Keep Reading]

Whenever I hear the word “imposter” it reminds me of Scooby Doo. Whenever they caught a bad guy it was an “imposter” in a costume. So what is “imposter syndrome”? It means you feel like you are somewhere you don’t belong or you have achieved something that [Keep Reading]

I have been asked to reflect upon the statement:  “Success is the result of prioritizing long-term desire over short-term gratification.” I have been setting goals since I was a child. I really didn’t know what I was doing, but when I said I would do it, I did it. I wanted to be [Keep Reading]

I was a leader before I knew what leadership was. As I kid I would be the one to gather the kids in the neighborhood, propose a game to play, and we would play the game. In Church, I was asked to teach Sunday School at the age of 12. I had the ability to read the material, decipher, paraphrase, and [Keep Reading]

When I think of goal setting, it is something that I have always done and will continue to do. Last year I set a goal to lose 20 lbs. In just under four months I was able to lose 20 lbs which is roughly five pounds per month or one and one-quarter pounds per week. The first goal was to reduce my [Keep Reading]

I purposely waited until the night before to write this blog. As I sit in the hotel room as the clock approaches midnight, this residency is a reality. In a few short hours, I will be my cohort and another cohort on campus for the first time. Although I am not fully an introvert, I do not speak in [Keep Reading]

Anxiety! I barely slept last night. There were mixed emotions. I was excited to meet my cohort and I was also terrified. This doctorate is a big step for me and I want to ensure that I gain all of the required knowledge and skills to be successful. So what happened? It was awesome! There is [Keep Reading]

I got an early start today. I arrived on campus an hour early to talk to other students. It’s starting to look like I am an extrovert when among introverts. I was doing most of the talking and asking most of the questions. When I look at the picture above the first word that comes to mind is [Keep Reading]

“The difficult I do immediately. The impossible just takes a little longer” (n.d.). Today we watched a video about doing things that are hard. I am not sure where the quote above came from. I recall hearing it in 1997 while in electrical engineering school. Although I did not complete [Keep Reading]

The Great Awakening Who was I and who was I becoming before March of 2020? I have been a leader and entrepreneur in information technology since 1997 and in higher education since 2011. This is who I was before March of 2020. In January of 2020, I was working as a Professor and a Sr. Systems [Keep Reading]