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Seven Ways to Become a Great Scientist
By sciencebase, Section News Posted on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 09:00:32 AM PST
Writing in the open access journal Plos Computational Biology, Morgan C. Giddings of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, offers fellow scientists his seven top tips for becoming a great scientist. Follow these to the letter and you can start packing your bags for Sweden rightaway.

Seven Tips for Becoming a Great Scientist Don't worry about age, worry about being exposed to new ideas. Tinker. Take risks. Enjoy your work! Learn to say "No!" Learn to enjoy the process of writing and presenting. See the big picture and keep it in mind. The tips could be classed as generic lifehacks for anyone hoping to achieve greatness in any field to be honest. You can read Giddings' article in its entirety for free here.

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