Advice for Young Scientists—and Curious People in General
...If you want to make progress in any area, you need to be willing to give up your best ideas from time to time...
...If you want to make progress in any area, you need to be willing to give up your best ideas from time to time...
...The process of learning a new skill or starting a new company or taking on a new adventure of any sort will often appear to be an ineffective use of time at first. Compared to the other things you already know how to do, the new thing will seem like a waste of time. It will never win the 80/20 analysis...But that doesn’t mean it’s the wrong decision...
...it’s essential for managers to establish norms around digital communication with their teams...
...But if we work at it, we might become indispensable...
...To be a great reader, it is not enough that you read, it’s how you read...
...I recommend trying to hold a handful of frameworks in your mind simultaneously in order to maintain flexibility...
...decide is connected because when you make a choice, you cut out all the other possible choices...
...Neither of these outcomes requires a miracle. The first might have low odds, and the second requires persistence...
...A lot of what we accomplish in life is done in groups. Individual success is often dependent on some degree of team success. Thus, we have a better chance of succeeding when we are around others who succeed. If you want the people around you to have success, you can try raising your expectations...
...The people making the decisions about how to return to the office have concerns, especially about whether managers will be able to pull it off...
...The authors offer ten ways employers can improve young workers’ onboarding experiences to sustain a mutually beneficial relationship...
...We focus on the frustration of losing an ‘and’ when we get nervous about the decisions we’re asked to make, when we are hesitant about commitment. And we obsess over the constraints we’ve already accepted because it slows us down and amplifies our fears...
...The simplest formula or recipe I can think of is: Shut up, Listen, Repeat...However, this is easier said than done...
...Employees harboring such thoughts often excel at teamwork, cooperation, and socializing...
...While you can’t realistically avoid all hotel fees if you choose to stay at said hotel, you are entitled to know what you’ll end up paying—with no surprises...
...The other understands how the recipe works, sees patterns and opportunities and changes the recipe to fit the problem to be solved. It’s about metaphor in addition to process...
...the longer you wait, the more likely you are to ghost...
...You should clean your coffee maker at least every three months, but there are things to be aware of...
...Here's how to decide which meetings can be async threads (and which can't)...
...if you decide you have enough, then you do. And with that choice comes a remarkable sort of freedom...