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Burnout!
When your brain utters, “I’m done,” and begins to picket outside the lab, it’s not imposter syndrome anymore—it’s burnout, and it’s coming to wreck your gel rig. You’ve been plugging through inane PCR cycles, bobbing up and down at lab meetings as if you’ve got your data in hand, while your thesis draft hangs in…
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The Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever felt this persistent, gnawing belief that your achievements are just a fluke ? Your brain constantly comparing peers and putting the thought that you are not capable as others think they are. It’s a mental trap that plaques every single individual , especially high achievers. So if you have felt something like…
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Dealing with Uncertainity
We all know that our brain are well-tuned for instant rewards and gratifications, thanks to dopamine junkies of our brain. We’ve built to crave quick rewards rather than grinding for long hours – like slogging through application forms which actually feels like a personal attack . This got me thinking about the real world struggles,…
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The “Dopamine Trap”
I’ve been reading and discussing a lot about delayed gratification lately – how it’s often hailed as the key to success, the ultimatum of willpower. But I find it true that the core problem is overlooked sometimes. While we are practicing patience, there’s our little sneaky dude at play, making it harder than it should…
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