{"id":28934,"date":"2018-10-23T06:05:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T06:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/?p=28934"},"modified":"2018-10-23T06:05:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T06:05:23","slug":"how-to-be-a-successful-researcher-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/2018\/10\/23\/how-to-be-a-successful-researcher-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be a successful researcher-part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rug-clearfix rug-theme--content rug-mb\">\n<div>\n<h3>Tip 1: Create a support group<\/h3>\n<p>Why not make your daily coffee break with your colleagues into a support group moment by not only discussing your plans for the weekend, but by also sharing your thoughts on your research.<br \/>\nJennifer: \u201cRegular contact with your voluntary support group allows you to further your research. Discussing the progress you are making means that you prioritize your research more, which, in turn, increases productivity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\" rug-image--right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"js--caption\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rug.nl\/about-us\/news-and-events\/newsletters\/international\/2012\/howtoeatanelephant.png\" alt=\"Bit by bit\" \/><figcaption>Bit by bit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"rug-clearfix rug-theme--content rug-mb\">\n<div>\n<h3>Tip 2: How to eat a chocolate elephant?<\/h3>\n<p>Exactly; one bite at a time.<br \/>\nJennifer: \u201cThe same applies to writing. Writing is a process of one step at a time, but also of starting over and over again \u2013 the famous shitty first draft or draft zero. Dividing long pieces into small doable components is an enormous help. Consistently write for twenty-five minutes a day, and you will see that by the end of the month you will have eaten a large portion of your elephant! Another advantage of this way of working is that it is very effective. Because you keep on top of things, you need less warm-up time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rug-clearfix rug-theme--content rug-mb\">\n<div>\n<h3>Tip 3: Increase your clarity of thoughts<\/h3>\n<p>One of the pitfalls of working from home is that you easily get distracted by your surroundings. Jennifer: \u201cThis is certainly the case when you are completing a difficult and mentally demanding task. Suddenly it seems vital that you tidy your room, clean your bathroom or answer your emails. Yet, don\u2019t do it! What you should do, is write these thoughts down on a notepad, every time you get distracted. You will find that you will have made good progress by the end of the day, and that what you have written down on your notepad no longer seems important.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tip 1: Create a support group Why not make your daily coffee break with your colleagues into a support group moment by not only discussing your plans for the weekend, but by also sharing your thoughts on your research. Jennifer: \u201cRegular contact with your voluntary support group allows you to further your research. Discussing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/razak.utm.my\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}