This a follow up to my entry from last month entitled “Conference Networking”. Last month I took my first steps into the industry in which I plan on spending my career. To do this, I joined the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) and attended its annual conference. I had been to a couple of…
Category: Leadership
Ideas, suggestions, and tools to improve your self-development and leadership
Conference Networking
I am not naturally a very outgoing person. However, that does not negate one important thing I learned: it is important to put on a good game face, be social, and talk with as many people as possible (i.e. NETWORK!). This week I will step out of my comfort zone by attending the American Society…
Claiming My Life
I spent the previous year training: training to find best practices, training to myself to make connections, and training myself to be better overall. In preparing for my big job push, I’m flooded with all the advice I obtained… and it is a lot. There is such a thing as being “over prepared” but I…
Podcasting Mini Milestone
PhD (in Progress) Podcast Episode 5 Episode 5! A small but important milestone for me. They say “You haven’t made it until episode 10”, so we’re halfway there! Also, this continues a major theme in our show, which is the important of self-direction and self-management. There are plenty of resources out in the world…
Start Recording: The PhD (in Progress) Podcast
http://phdinprogress.com/ Well friends, I made a decision with my friend to start a podcast. After feeling left behind when I was not accepted into a certain program I was hoping to, I felt so down. Actually, I was angry. I never get angry but I was. I truly felt that I was an amazingly strong…
Format Change, But Don’t Worry
I have not updated in a bit but I am definitely not sorry about it! There have been great triumphs in the last couple of months that I’d love to discuss: 1) I began wrapping up experiments and have since had my final committee meeting. The committee (i.e. the professors who help me throughout my…
Crafting the Perfect Presentation: A Failure
Not long ago, a former colleague who is currently teaching at another university in NJ invited me to give a guest lecture. At first, I was incredibly honored then instantly scared. Who am I, a lowly graduate student, to give a talk to a university genetics class? I struggled to frame the type of talk…
Be Your Own Top Priority (And Why It’s Not Selfish)
When asked “What is most important in your life?” your answer might sound like this list: my family, my friends, my work, or my religion (to just name the most common answers). But understood in each of those is that you are there to contribute to your family, your friends, your work, or your religion. If there…
Improve Your Goal Setting for 2014
When it comes to changing into the person you want to be, you have a leg up on evolution because you can be intentional. Evolution is random and messy, but you can think, plan, strategize, and succeed with an end in mind. You’ve made progress on some of your life goals this year but you’re not…