- Productivity Tip #4: Do You Put the PRO in Procrastination?
Do You Put the PRO in Procrastination?
Procrastination is closely related to impatience. Their kinship is based on our bias toward the present over the future. Both are examples of the human tendency to overdiscount future events. In both impatience and procrastination, we o...
- Scientists and Clinicians: PR is Not a Four Letter Word
Many of us were trained to avoid reporters like the plague. We were told that our words would be misconstrued, our colleagues would judge us as being 'showy' and that we would be beseiged by the public if we engaged with the media.
As academics hid from the limelight, the ...
- Don’t Delay (Or Do). Read Wait: The Art and Science of Delay
Did you know that speakers who frequently pause for short periods are more persuasive than those who don’t? Or that not lingering on a date that’s going well can make a new relationship stronger? What about the fact that taking some time before apologizing causes the wronged pe...
- Pearls of Wisdom from Study Section Members
Sitting with a stack of 40 grants to review is a sure way to get focused on what makes a grant submission strong. The following pointers are from Dr. Chris Eischen, a multi-R01 funded cancer investigator and Associate Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Listen up. ...
- Why You Should Read Drive
This is not the book for anyone wanting a quick hit of external motivation to reach a short-term goal. Daniel H. Pink disdains the easy ways out of carrots and sticks, grades and monetary incentives. Instead, Drive details the theory and implementation of what he calls “Motivatio...
- Understanding H. pylori: Meira Epplein
Meira Epplein, PhD, came to epidemiology by a more scenic route than most. She has always been fascinated by China, from Chinese art to culture and modern history. After getting an MA in Chinese Studies, she began working for an Asian research think tank, studying military, polit...
- Excellent Read for the Optimistic Academic: Give and Take by Adam Grant
Adam Grant's New York Times Best Seller Give and Take has been heralded by Daniel Pink as “A rare work that will shatter your assumptions about how the world works and keep your brain firing for weeks after you turned the last page.” As a brain scientist, I can pretty much guaran...
- Diversifying Your Research Portfolio
Today the Newman Society held a panel discussion with three independent investigators who recently received their first large non-NIH grants. Their tips for diversifying your research portfolio are:
Finding Opportunities and Repurposing Ideas
Dr. Natasha Halasa
CDC Funding
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- Meditation: It’s Not What You Think
When you read the word “meditation,” what image first comes to mind?
A New Yorker Magazine cartoon once depicted two monks in robes, one young, one old, sitting side-by-side, cross-legged in the lotus position on the floor. The younger monk is looking somewhat quizzically ...
- Lessons in Leadership: Why You Should Read Colin Powell’s It Worked For Me
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell offers leadership advice through storytelling in this collection of anecdotes and true tales. Each short chapter derives a lesson from an incident encountered in his military and political service, and occasionally from private life. Often...
