Advice for New Faculty Members

I’ve just finished reading a book by Robert Boice entitled, Advice for New Faculty Members. It came heavily recommended, particularly as I’m planning to transition from postdoc to new faculty member soon. The subtitle of the book is Nihil Nimus (loosely, “everything in moderation”) which is about a succinct a summary as one can devise for Boice’s book.

Living an Extraordinary Life

Last week I attended a workshop called “Living an Extraordinary Life” conducted by the Handel Group, a life coaching company. I should prefix this whole post with an admission, I was (am?) a raging skeptic about this concept of “life coaching”. But this three day workshop came highly recommended and I thought it might be entertaining. Skipping to the punch line: it WAS an entertaining three days and I even learned a few things.