🧠Brain STREAM 18: When Things Get Hard
We can still make progress when things get hard. What are some of the things we can do in the days and weeks like these?...
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Annette is a mum of one and a postgraduate researcher studying plant-soil interactions. She is innately curious, loves writing and making improvements to how she does research - and how you can too.
🧠Brain STREAM 17: Networking (😱)
Mention the word networking and most of us flee or freeze in fright. In this week's newsletter I discuss three strategies I use to improve my networking ability....
🧠Brain STREAM 16: Make problems work for you, not against you
This weeks newsletter looks in detail about problems....
Problems in PhD Research Are a Blessing Not a Curse
Problems in research are not just there to test you, they are there to make you. In this blog post I highlight Tara Brabazon's three step process to "Put the Problem Into the Work"....
🧠Brain STREAM 15: Blips and bits
Don't stress about using every moment of time to get things done, but do use them when the rest of your time doesn't go to plan and recognise how much time they add up to....
🧠Brain STREAM 14: Identify Your Beavers
This week beavers help to frame the idea to find the things in your life which have a disproportionately large effect relative to their effort or cost....