Category: scientist_2.0_toolsforsuccess

It’s often difficult to talk about sensitive topics that involve strongly held personal beliefs.  This is especially true when that person is close to you and you don’t want to damage your relationship. Sometimes those conversations can be avoided, but do you have a plan on how to strike those conversations if they are too important to be avoided? As a scientist, I often feel obligated to promote science, particularly to the most skeptical crowds. For example, contending with the views anti-vaxers. This podcast from The New York Time’s Change Agent has some helpful insights on how to have those conversations. Specifically, the strategies (validation, getting curious, and personal stories) developed from an ex-cult member turned mental health counselor Steven Alan Hassan.

-Yulong

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-new-york-times/change-agent-2/e/53526869

This post is edited by Keith Fraga

For any content suggestions or general recommendations, please email to UCDBioScope@gmail.com and put science 2.0 in the title.

Are you currently mentoring someone? Are you actively trying to connect with your mentee? Did you know that simply establishing some commonalities with your mentee can significantly increase their productiveness and their ability to learn, especially if they have a different background from you? Here is a super short podcast ( first 10 mins) talking about the actual study. Establishing commonality is often the first thing I try to do when I’m training a new undergrad, and I think that you should too.

For more about mentorship, please check out our blog post from this month.

-Yulong

https://www.npr.org/2015/10/13/444446708/in-the-classroom-common-ground-can-transform-gpas

This post is edited by Linda Ma.

For any content suggestions or general recommendations, please email to UCDBioScope@gmail.com and put science 2.0 in the title.

When we are facing challenges and problems, it often requires us to tackle it from multiple perspectives. For example, we are talking about impostor syndrome in this month’s blog post. On the one hand, we need to be more compassionate towards ourselves and to understand the origins of those problematic feelings in order to correct them. On the other hand, we should equip ourselves with tools that can help us directly achieve our desired outcomes. This podcast from the Hidden Brain series is about WOOP (Wish Outcome Obstacle Plan), a scientifically supported method to help you achieve your goals.

-Yulong

https://www.npr.org/2016/05/10/477379965/woop-there-it-is-four-steps-to-achieve-your-goals

Edited by Linda Ma.