Unlock Your Full Potential as a PhD Student:

Master Your Productivity with Our Exclusive PhD Productivity Mini-Course

Streamline Your Workflow, Prioritize Tasks, and Reduce Stress with the Power of the Eisenhower Matrix

"When everything feels urgent, nothing gets written. The secret to PhD productivity isn't working more hours, it's knowing exactly what to prioritize and what to ignore." — Dr. Ewa Pluciennicka

PhD Reality

Regardless of our field of study, university, or our country, our PhD journey looks the same

Whether you study physics or philosophy the requirements for PhD candidates in Europe are the same, i.e. reaching academic excellence and finishing PhD in time with the highest academic records (in the form of publications or patents).

For all the PhD candidates, meeting these requirements results in very similar behaviors, emotions, and mental states.

We all work a lot, worry and stress about our progress, and feel lonely in our academic challenges. Going through the same things we understand each other very well!

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Feeling overwhelmed by your PhD workload?

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed and struggling to prioritize your tasks as a PhD student?

Do you wish you had a simple yet powerful tool to help you stay organized, focused, and productive?

Introducing the Eisenhower Matrix,

A simple yet powerful tool designed to help you take control of your productivity as a PhD student.

In our PhD Productivity Mini-Course, you’ll learn how to use this practical framework to categorise your tasks based on importance and urgency, focus on what truly matters, reduce time-wasting activities, and manage your workload more effectively.

You’ll discover practical strategies for meeting deadlines, balancing multiple research projects, and incorporating the Eisenhower Matrix into your daily routine, helping you reduce overwhelm, take control of your time, and make meaningful progress with your PhD.

Here is what we do

PhD studies are very challenging. Full of frustrations, failures, and struggles, often not understood outside of academia. But we totally get it. We've been there too! That's why we help PhD students who struggle in their PhD to overcome their difficulties and enjoy their PhD.

Community

Together we stand stronger! That’s why we created PhD Success Community, a dynamic community of like-minded PhD students from all over Europe. To support, encourage and motivate each other along the PhD journey. It is all about help and solidarity between PhD students.

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Individual Support

Need to talk to someone? Sometimes your PhD gets extremely hard and struggles become impossible to overcome without professional help. That’s why we created Hotline, an individual online consultation tailored to your needs. To give you robust support along your PhD journey.

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Training

Help your PhD students succeed! While doing a PhD, there are many things to know and so little time to learn. That’s why we provide institutions with the highest quality academic training.

To help PhD students become more Productive, Confident and Happier researchers.Prevent mental suffering. Help institution create the best working environment.

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Created by:

Ewa Pluciennicka, PhD

Hi, I’m Ewa Pluciennicka, PhD.

I’m a doctor of cognitive psychology, a former neuroscientist, and the founder of PhD Success. For the past five years, I’ve helped over 5,000 PhD students optimise their working style so they can complete their PhDs on time and produce high-quality work without unnecessary stress and overwhelm.

I’ve worked with individual PhD researchers, run online PhD support groups, and delivered training at universities.

Through this work, I’ve seen how much PhD students can struggle with workload and academic pressure, not only affecting their productivity, but also their happiness and mental health.

I believe every PhD student deserves a helping hand through this challenging journey, including practical support to take care of their wellbeing while making progress with their research.

I hope this Mental Health Self-Assessment Checklist gives you a simple opportunity to pause, reflect, and take that first step.

Some of the Institution I've worked with

Take control of your PhD productivity!

Learn how to prioritise what matters and make better use of your time.