![]() Alexander MIKHAYLIN (RUS) won his first World medal in 1999 and two decades later, he is still competing at the highest level. Faicel JABALLAH (TUN) likes to spoil the show and will certainly aim for it now. Does it mean Varlam LIPARTELIANI (GEO) could out-speed the bigger group? Or will it be his team mates Adam OKRUASHVILI or Levani MATIASHVILI? Or might just be the fourth Georgian athlete on the list, Guram TUSHISHVILI, who already showed a slight hazard to mighty Riner. Does he have enough left in the tank to stumble a few over? Or will it be fresh heavyweight Cyrille MARET (FRA)? They say strength don’t matter. So if it is not Riner, who is it then? The list includes, Olympic, World and European Champion, Ilias ILIADIS (GRE) who routed to this event with full commitment. There is a list of incredible athletes entered and betting on a podium line up would be hard enough, let alone seeking the winner. Obviously, the majority would say they expect Riner to be winner of the open men division, however, he knows it too, it not going to be a walk in the park. Recently, everyone is seeking to find the cure to make the French fighter fall, however, no-one really managed it as yet. Amongst, double Olympic Champion, multiply World and European Champion, French judo legend, Teddy RINER (FRA). – Rafal BurzaĪs per the men part of the event, there are 40 athletes listed to compete. At the World Championships he almost scored the 9 times Wold Champion. Who can beat Teddy Riner? Maybe Guram TUSHISHVILI. Rio 2016 Olympian, Niang, is multiply African Champion of the -70kg category and will be seeking for glory on the back of the home supporters. Amongst lightweights who will seek for challenge, or to challenge, Assmaa Niang (MAR). Amongst, Olympic Champion Idalys ORTIZ (CUB) who returns first time since Rio 2016 World Silver medallist and WRL leader of the +78kg category, ASAHINA Sarah (JPN) and European medallist, Larisa CERIC (BIH). The total number of 16 judoka will be competing for a World title. This weekend I supported a talented group of PhD students to reach and exceed their writing goals at the University of Bristol’s first Thesis Boot Camp.Ladies first. I created Thesis Boot Camp back in 2012 as a supercharged space for thesis writing, and soon after roped in my friends Dr Katherine Firth and Dr Liam Connell to further develop the concept. Since, all three of us have continued to refine and enhance our writing events and advice, and Katherine recently began showcasing her updates in a series of Second Edition blog posts in which she revisits and augments some of her tips, tricks and methods. “Knowledge workers-writers and researchers prominent among them-must engage in periods of sustained concentration to succeed in their highly competitive industries.” As I facilitated the Bristol Thesis Boot Camp, I started thinking about the way my own approach to ‘getting writing done’ has evolved over the past five years. I’m a firm believer in continuous improvement, so when I recently shifted from university institute manager and part-time consultant to full-time freelance, it was a great opportunity for a productivity health check. I started with a re-read of Cal Newport’s 2016 book Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World. Whether you agree with his ‘rules’ or not, Newport’s main message is powerful: knowledge workers-writers and researchers prominent among them-must engage in periods of sustained concentration to succeed in their highly competitive industries. In other words, they must spend significant amounts of time in a state of complete focus. ![]() Whatever you call it, you’ve got to go there. ![]() So how do you find your ‘zone’-that magical place of intense concentration where you unpick knotty problems make breakthroughs and produce, edit and polish significant amounts of written work? And how do you return there, again and again, without it being a battle or a roll of the dice? And you’ve got to be able to stay there long enough to make meaningful progress. Many of the anecdotes Newport shares could be read as rituals-performative sequences that signal to your body and mind that it’s time for some serious work. I used rituals while balancing full time work and writing up my PhD. I recommend them to RHD students who have attended a Thesis Boot Camp and want to later recreate the focus they experienced there. And now, a month into my new freelance routine, my ‘get in the zone’ ritual is working better than ever before-I can dive into deep work within a matter of minutes, and stay there for my daily target period. What does my ritual involve? Other than commencing with a cup of something caffeinated, there’s three elements: eliminating temptation, blocking out distraction and pacing myself. ![]()
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