However to enable you to make these daily decisions that move you toward a larger goal, the latter needs to be established up front and also revised on a regular basis. Enter the yearly review!
Category: Mentoring
Holistic Productivity: Productivity during a pandemic
For many, productivity is a synonym of work productivity. This year’s pandemic had many reassessed this very narrow definition. In fact, at this year major
Digital Complexity
As I previously stated, we are currently living the largest social and professional experiment of our time in which many activities have moved to digital,
Étudiant et auteur: pourquoi, quand et comment!
A rare post in French on a conference I gave last year on the status of author taken by students, mainly in the context of
Warning, may contain…a PhD
[This post was originally published over 6 years ago. It is still extremely relevant!] Recently saw a comment by a student about not being advised
The Power of the Yearly Review
GTD methodology call of frequent review of projects and associated task lists. In fact, the whole system crumbles if this critical operation is not performed
The reviewers are always right…even when they are wrong!-
Science has a culture that is inherently cautious and that is normally not a bad thing. You could even say conservative, because of the peer
Start something new in 2019: schedule time with yourself!
The cemeteries are filled with people who thought the world couldn’t get along without them — Multiple sources, original author unclear As you start the
Free, multi-platform pro-like applications for students
In the following are a few applications to help you along the way. Of course, nothing precludes the good old pen and paper
Université Laval medical physics professors and students in action at AAPM2017
This week, our students and faculty are involved in 17 presentations at the AAPM meeting in Denver, Colorado. This include Best In Physics (Therapy) Marie-Ève
How much time does it really take?
To present a scientific subject in an attractive and stimulating manner is an artistic task, similar to that of a novelist or even a dramatic
Advice to new graduate students
Invest time in learning tasks/project management – start here. Review all of your tasks/next action weekly Set time aside to review your projects/goals on a
A 75 min presentation on Organizing Creativity
From the author of Organizing Creativity, Daniel Wessel, here come an overview of the book in 75 minutes! As I have said before, this is
An interesting resource for PhDs, postdocs and early career researchers
I recently came across the following document by Professor Alan M Johnson, which appears to be distributed freely by Elsevier and entitled “Charting a Course for a
O Captain! my Captain!
To Jean Pouliot (1958-2015) Berkeley 1985 (left) and more recently (right) The title of this post is from a wonderful and powerful poem by Walt
Ruminating... 