The secret of being a good scientist

Yes, we all can be a outstanding scientists. How ? We simply need to look at reality and think logically and precisely about what we see. The key ingredient here is to have the courage to face inconsistencies between what we see and deduce and the way things are done. This challenging of basic assumptions is essential to breakthroughs that outstanding scientists are identified to.

Progress in understanding requires that we challenge basic assumptions about how the world is and why it is that way. If we can better understand our world and the principles that govern it, we all can be a good scientist.

Made, Not born

The best executives are made, not born. They absorb information, study their own experiences, learn from their mistakes, and evolve. They are fearless when tackling difficult problems. They have common decency, value honesty and most importantly are generous towards others.

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Are you a fox or a hedgehog?

Fox vs Hedgehog

Some 2,700 years ago, Archilochus wrote, “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” This is the foundational thinking between specialists and generalists.

To have a best 30-second mind, you need to have a broadest thinking. Thinking is surprisingly underrated activity. What is Thinking? Thinking is concentrating on one thing long time to develop an idea about it. Developing your own ideas. Our thoughts are always influenced, by someone else ideas. It’s only by concentrating, sticking to the question, being patient, letting all the parts of mind come into play, that you can arrive at an original idea.

This is where long attention span becomes important. long attention span, that is, ability to stay focused for an extended period of time. Actual thinking is really hard work. Henry Ford rightly captured, “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably why so few people engage in it.” 

Hey Nobody’s that smart, they just spend more time thinking, reading, learning, and obtaining worldly wisdom.