Networking for People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide for Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected
The Edge for Scholars
If you’re like your correspondent, the very word “networking” sends a trickle of terror down your spine. Even the thought of mingling at a conference fills you with dread. …
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Small Wins for Sustained Success: The Progress Principle
The Edge for Scholars
Don’t let your lab’s fortunes sink like the Titanic, to borrow the opening simile from The Progress Principle. Read this book instead and find out how to facilitate …
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Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
Benjamin Tingey
Are you a genius or a genius maker?
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Why You Should Read Drive
Rebecca Helton, MA
While it isn’t a quick fix, this is the book for anyone wanting to learn—or remind themselves—what really drives us all, so that with even a few …
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Don't Delay (Or Do). Read Wait: The Art and Science of Delay
Rebecca Helton, MA
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 …
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Lessons in Leadership: Why You Should Read Colin Powell's It Worked For Me
The Edge for Scholars
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 …
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Hidden Curriculum: Reading Recommendations
Monica Aswani, DrPH
Hidden Curriculum-related book, podcast, and other media recommendations.
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Writing Science in Plain English: Clarity Rules
Rebecca Helton, MA
If you only read one book on science writing, make it this one.
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Fierce Conversations
Christina Boncyk, MD
Susan Scott doesn't suggest we talk in threatening overconfidence with unrelenting passion, but rather that our conversations be focused on genuine, eager, and truthful investigations into reality.
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Inspiring the Next Generation of STEM Researchers
Melissa Krasnove
Do you remember the moment you decided to become a scientist? What inspired you? Were there others around that you could look to as role models? For many kids from …
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