How Procrastination Is Linked To Imperfection
Imperfect action in your research career, and especially in your grants, is vital. I used to completely screw this up, trying to take “perfect action” and getting…
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Of Donuts and Grants
What’s a Donut Shop in Chicago got to do with writing great grant proposals? It’s about giving the “customer” what she wants… Watch this short…
Facts don’t win, passion does!
At the risk of giving you the impression that Idaho is full of backwoods uneducated types, I’m going to mention a recent article about the…
Discovering Love in a great talk
A few years ago I gave a talk in the biochem department at UNC. Afterwards I went out for lunch with my mentor, and he…
Speed Dating for your Proposal
Many of you have probably heard of speed dating, a relatively new (well, 10 years old now) phenomenon where a large group of singles go…
