📚Recommended books & podcasts

Books

• Radical Candor (by Kim Scott)

• Writing for Busy Readers: Communicate More Effectively in the Real World (by Jessica Lasky-Fink and Todd Rogers)

• Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character (by Richard Feynman)

  • [Recipe for discovery] Find a problem: observation + curiosity -> Create a hypothesis -> Test the hypothesis

  • Sometimes, simplifying the question is the shortest path to finding the answer

• Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (by James Clear)

• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, Second Edition

Podcasts

• Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques (by Stanford Graduate School of Business)