Three (Grant) Peeves in a Pod: Formatting
Cranky Reviewer
Ever since the holy trinity important things have come in threes—listen up. Every study section I have been in for years includes the complaint that certain grant authors: 1.) Cheat …
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Taking Science Personally
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
A few months ago one of my favorite Twitter/blogger types, Pascale Lane, shared the story of her adorable husband who was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of brain …
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Collected Links on Busyness, Boundaries, and Balance
The Edge for Scholars
Several pieces on being busy, and why it might not be for the best.
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Why you should read The Opposable Mind
The Edge for Scholars
For fifteen years prior to this book’s publication, author Roger Martin studied successful leaders, interviewing more than fifty of them for up to eight hours at a time, trying …
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The 125 Hour Work Week
The Edge for Scholars
Recently, if you listened hard enough, you could hear the collective sob of well-read junior scientists as Science Careers posted a commentary from Eleftherios P. Diamandis. Dr. Diamandis attributed his …
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5 Ways to Instantly Appear More Confident
The Edge for Scholars
It’s fall conference season. Put your best foot forward as you speak and network with five tips from Nerd Fitness. Today I’m going to teach how you to …
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Productivity Tip #4: Do You Put the PRO in Procrastination?
Rebecca Helton, MA
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 …
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Walk the Dog: How Writing Every Day Can Make a Project Seem Less Daunting
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
In her Chronicle Vitae article, Joli Jensen equates her daily writing time with walking the dog. That is, many people view their writing obligations as “wild beasts, lurking in the …
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NIH Director, Time to Bring Science to the People American Ninja Warrior Style
Fighty Squirrel, PhD, Awe.Some.
The best problems in science and medicine are solved over a delicious cocktail. Cocktails release dopamine. Alcohol an awesome preconditioning agent against subsequent stress and is a lot better than …
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Know the Vital Players in Your Career: Tenure-Track Peers
The Edge for Scholars
An assistant professor in the social sciences once described a group of tenure-track colleagues in his department as “the lamenting society.” Once a week they met for lunch to complain …
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