I did this interview with Nobel Laureate Dr. Oliver Smithies in the Fall of 2010. In this interview we discussed:
How to maximize your scientific creativity
How to persevere with a project in the face of detractors and naysayers
The number one “performance enhancer” for science (starts with S)
The brain as a hologram
A laureate’s vision for the future of grant funding
Why you must be a “courageous optimist”
Keeping this one thing is critical to gaining Oliver’s stature
And a whole lot more… enjoy this interview,
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I wanted to find out: what is the most pressing challenge you’re currently facing in your science career, and how can I help?
I used good ol’ Survey Monkey, and got > 200 responses so far. Yay! The results were interesting and a bit surprising to me. They also caused me to go off on a bit of a rant about how to learn effective grant writing. Ok, not really a rant, but kind of a Morgan ...(read more)
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Today I awoke, and checked my email early on. Bad idea. I ended up wasting a bunch of energy on one person’s negativity that had been aimed towards me. He wrote: “You have lost credibility as a scientist and have become just another huckster.” Wow!
I’m a huckster now!? Really?
In tomorrow’s Naturally Selected blog I’ll go into a bit more about what prompted him to do that. In short, I had sent out an email to a list of folks with ...(read more)
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If you are familiar with my mission of helping you maximize your ability to promote your work and increase your funding, you’ll know that I spend the majority of my efforts focusing on the positive, all the ways you can improve and be better.
But I need a break.
In this post, I would like to explore failure and your psyche. Still reading?
Great! (I’ve often thought a smaller audience was easier to reach.)
In the world of psychology, there is a concept called ...(read more)
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