Tag Archives: self-confidence

How I feel when I feel rejected

Posted on December 21, 2014 by zinemin

Family gatherings and office situations are the main areas in life where I have to deal with the kind of people I find most difficult, and as Christmas is approaching, I am trying to mentally prepare for this. These people … Continue reading →

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Understanding Physics in High School

Posted on December 4, 2014 by zinemin

I am wondering if one of the problems that students with a fear of maths and physics have is that their mental concept of what “understanding something” means is not adapted to those subjects. For example, I had a very … Continue reading →

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Existential crisis on Linkedin

Posted on November 8, 2014 by zinemin

Isn’t it interesting how the big life insights of people always sound trivial? Like “and then I realized it doesn’t matter what others think.” This kind of insight is everywhere, in every second self-help book and motivational poster. And yet … Continue reading →

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Six disadvantages of “guess” culture

Posted on January 15, 2014 by zinemin

This post that was linked on Captain Awkward has really taught me something new about life, that I will not forget soon. In short, the idea explained in those posts is that there are two kinds of people: “ask” and … Continue reading →

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Who wins the conference?

Posted on August 11, 2012 by zinemin

Most of the time I go to conferences  and workshops with a certain initial enthusiasm. However. It takes only 1-2 days until conferences start to seriously get to me. I am sitting in a room with 50 other scientists in … Continue reading →

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