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Many of us have found the last year to be an eye-opening experience as the modes of how and where we work change. Our personal answer to the question “where do you want to be in 10 years?” has changed for most of us. At the beginning of the pandemic, the thought of working from […]

I am a research administrator—I help medical students, residents, junior and senior faculty develop research ideas, find funding and target journals, complete their research projects, and write up the results of their projects for peer-review journals. I am also an investigator—I have published a peer-review paper every year for the last five years, and I […]

This is a Reblog, find the original story here: Reblog: “7 Lessons about Finding the Work You Were Meant to Do” by Kate Torgovnick May Whether it was during a career aptitude test or in a heart-to-heart chat after getting laid off, chances are someone has talked to you about how to “find your calling.” It’s […]

If you are also struggling with the changes that COVID has brought to your door, I give the following advice. Recognize and accept that your life is in transition. Daydream and imagine what this new phase of your untransported life could look like, think of what you can accomplish, and then find a way to make it happen.

I was at the SRAI Midwest Conference this spring, and our keynote said an interesting line that has stuck with me all this time: “Collaboration is like joining the nudist community, go all in or go home.” I have had both successful and unsuccessful collaborations both at work and in my personal life, and I […]

Do you have that one person in your office who is always smiling? Their positive attitude can turnaround any meeting and put hope back into a hopeless situation.  I’ve just recently read Kevin Daum’s article on “Six Things Really Happy People Do” where he gives the secrets to becoming one this kind of person. One […]