 A person I tremendously admire off-handedly once told me, "All of the work I did that made the biggest difference in my life was work I did while other people slept."
Extra effort is what made the difference in his career. Instead of sleeping in, he started working, and it made the big difference in his success. Summer's similar. Twenty years ago, a colleague once told me "If I don't finish a summer project by the Fourth of July, it's probably not going to get finished." He went on to say that too much gets in the way after the Fourth of July: Family vacations, long weekends off, projects around the home, kid stuff, outdoor BBQs, and so on. Ever since hearing this, the Fourth of July high water mark has always been an inspiration for me to really turn on the gas for the rest of the summer so I can say I got as much done after the 4th as before. Benchmarks can be good. Especially if you think that what you do past the benchmark might be what makes the biggest difference for you.
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 What will people remember about you 15-20 years from now?
It's been said that the main thing that people remember about others is how that person made you feel. Last week, a former post-doc student from 20 years ago (who's now a professor in France) brought her family over to the US for a family vacation, and they came to see us for a couple days. Super great time together. I have had some great post-docs in my life and my wife has liked all of them, but she is very, very taken by this woman. She is charming, kind, successful, and funny, but that didn't seem to be the real reason. My wife said, "Do you know that of all of the graduate students and post-docs you have had, she is one of only two who has ever had us over for dinner. Others have had us over for group-size BBQs, or potlucks, or pizza parties, but she invited us over for a dinner just with her." My wife had just given birth to our oldest daughter, and I was going to be out of town. Back when this woman was a single post-doc and I was out of town, she invited my wife and baby daughter over to dinner by themselves. This made a real impression. Of all the things a person can do, it's funny what it is that sticks with other people. Maybe it is how they made you feel. |
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