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n Having papers and grants that are free of typos,spelling mistakes, and grammatical errors is soimportant that having “more eyes” on a documentis very valuable. If your spouse is interested inyour work and familiar with your field’s jargon, heor she may be a helpful reader for you. As childrenadvance in their education, those interested inscience might also enjoy being given a chance toread your work.Balancing work and childrenUnquestionably, children complicate the equation,but they can also provide the sanity, personalsatisfaction, and motivation to make you a morefocused and efficient scientist. Here are some tipsfor balancing work and family life:n If they are available to you and affordable, considertaking advantage of options for assistance in cooking,cleaning, and other domestic chores that takeyour time and energy, especially if you are havingtrouble personally living up to your own standardsfor good meals and cleanliness.RESOURCESAllen, David. Getting Things Done: The Art ofStress-Free Productivity. E Rutherford, New Jersey:Penguin USA, 2003.Barker, Kathy. At the Helm: A Laboratory Navigator.Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryPress, 2002.Boss, Jeremy M., and Susan H. Eckert. AcademicScientists at Work: Navigating the BiomedicalResearch Career. New York: Kluwer Academic/PlenumPublishers, 2003.Blanchard, Kenneth H., and Spencer Johnson. The OneMinute Manager. 10th ed. New York NY: BerkeleyBooks, 1983.Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly EffectivePeople: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. New York:Fireside, Simon & Schuster, 1990.Drucker, Peter. Managing Oneself. Harvard BusinessReview, March-April 1999.Ridley, Matt. The Origin of Virtue. Penguin, New York,NY, 1996.n Seek out the help of family members if they arenearby.n Teach your children to take appropriate pride inbeing “self-starters” at their schoolwork and homechores.n If you and your spouse both work outside thehome, make the best child care arrangements youcan. If you are away from your family all day, it isespecially important to carve out and protect familytime on evenings or weekends.Is it possible for ambitious scientists to have it all?For those who learn to balance competing demands,the answer is a qualified yes. The key is to identifywhat matters most to you and then to apportionyour activities throughout the day and week toaddress your true priorities.80 excellence everywhere
chapter 6project management“ We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thingmust be attained.”Marie CurieTo increase the output of your laboratory, you caneither increase resources by somehow obtainingmore money, equipment, and supplies and findinga way to bring more people to work with you, ormake better use of what you already have. Oftenit is not easy or possible to get more resources.Project management is a formal approach tobetter managing the resources that you do have.“Project management” is a term that has come tomean something beyond simply being in chargeof a project. It means allocating, using, and trackingresources to achieve a goal in a desired timeframe. There is a set of terms and a group ofplanning tools strongly associated with the projectmanagement approach. The approach itself isheavily used in the pharmaceutical industry, aswell as in software, construction, and otherindustries because of its usefulness in helpingmanagers coordinate complex operations andbring scarce resources into place exactly whenthey are needed.It can be tempting to over-promise when you plan,even if you are only making promises to yourself.Project management’s tools help a managerkeep track of resources and worker effort, whichcan help ensure that even if multiple delaysand scheduling changes occur, your work willstill go forward smoothly. In a scientific setting,goals may include publishing a paper, obtaining aresearch grant, completing a set of experiments,or even getting promoted. While keeping creativityintact, project management can help reducewasted effort or inefficient use of reagents. It cantrack progress (or lack of it), and respond quicklyto necessary deviations from important aims.This chapter highlights some of the techniques ofproject management and how you can use them.Though one may think, “I live in an unpredictableplace!” project management can help overcomesome of life’s unpredictability, particularly by layingout which tasks can go forward when other taskshave stalled. If you need more detailed information,refer to the resources listed at the end of thischapter.project management81
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