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You know it. You love it. It’s mailbag time! We answer real listener questions, plus a few questions no one is asking!
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159. Cultivating Resilience w/ Adina Glickman
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Imagine a tennis ball dropped on cement – it immediately bounces back to your hand.
Now imagine dropping that same ball on a sandy beach.
The bounce of a tennis ball on pavement is a form of resilience, but it’s important to note that resilience is not just an inherent property of the ball.
Context matters just as much.
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027. The Road More Traveled: Stepping Off of the Tenure Track (R)
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In 2011, a whopping 36,000 science and technology grad students earned their PhDs. That same year, about 3,000 faculty positions were created. So why did you feel like a failure when you decided to step off the tenure track?
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158. Five Strategies for Defeating Distractions
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It’s Friday morning, and you promised your PI a draft of your paper before the weekend. The trouble is, you lost a lot of time this week to distractions.
Monday you had lab meeting and a few other planning sessions. Tuesday you worked from home but got sucked into cleaning the kitchen and folding laundry instead of writing.
You don’t remember why Thursday wasn’t more productive. You started out the day feeling anxious about the deadline, and then spend a few hours (hours?!) online shopping to numb the anxiety.
And here you are on Friday with less than 7 hours left until your deadline and your stress levels are maxed out. So why is it that your main desire is to watch videos on TikTok?
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157. The Three Mentors You Need
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Most graduate students look on their research advisors as a mentor – hoping for guidance on science, career, and life in general.
But even a superstar PI can’t provide that kind of comprehensive mentorship for all students all the time, and those stellar advisors are rare indeed.
That’s why EVERY student needs to think about identifying and building relationships with three distinct types of mentor through graduate school and beyond.
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