We all aspire to have a worthy life, perform at work and be successful. But how do we move from aspirations to accomplishments? Connecting dots. Our life is a story of events. If you consider each event as a dot, your life is the story of connecting dots. There are no...
If something we work on provides us with instant gratification, we invest in it. Take, for example, after a presentation you make, someone comes to you and says you changed his or her life or felt inspired to it. There’s no better reward. Or when you spend time on...
Since Darwin, we think about evolution as a competition for being the best and the best survives. But what if you don’t have enough resources to compete in the first place? If you have fewer resources, you’re more likely to collaborate with others. And...
In many scientific works, if we’re not persistent when everyone would rather give up, we wouldn’t achieve greatness. But is persisting what matters to perform in science? How likely are you to persist in the wrong path? When you persist, you run the risk...
In science, there is a famous saying about the need of putting your work out through scientific publications. Publish or perish. Otherwise, you won’t get promoted or given any other responsibilities which help you grow in your scientific career....
