"you and your research"
Luck favors the prepared mind;
having courage;
change a defect to an asset. Many scientists when they found they couldn't do a problem finally began to study why not.
Knowledge and productivity are like compound interest.
Great scientists tolerate ambiguity very well.
If you believe too much you'll never notice the flaws; if you doubt too much you won't get started.
Emotional Commitment;
It comes down to an emotional commitment.
creativity comes out of your subconscious. Keep your subconscious starved so it has to work on your problem, so you can sleep peacefully and get the answer in the morning, free.
If you want to do great work, you clearly must work on improtant problems, and you should have an idea.
It is not sufficient to do a job, you have to sell it. --pitch yourself. you must learn to give reasonably formal talks and informal talks.
Educate your boss
The valuse is in the struggle more than it is in the result.
Drive and Commitment
If you will learn to work with the system, you can go as far as the system will support you.
If you want to do something, don't ask, do it. Present boss with an accomplished fact. Don't give him a chance to tell you "No."
Avoid ego assertion.
Let somebody else do time-consuming issues like fight against machines. You get on with becoming a first-class scientist.
We can't always give in.
Amusement, yes. Anger, no. You should follow and cooperate rather than struggle against the system all the time.
You should look for the positive side of things instead of the negative.
Use your ego to make yourself behave the way you want to.
Know how to convert a situation from one view to another which would increase the chance of success. The successful scientist changed the viewpoint and what was a defect became an asset.
Don't try alibi. Don't try and kid yourself. You can tell other people all the alibis you want. But to yourself try to be honest.