Failure: A common friend on the path to PhD success
(05/07/21 4:00am)
Perhaps the most important thing I learned during my PhD was how to fail. Prior to the doctoral stage, academics is largely based on defined problems with known solutions. All of our previous training supports the sense that failure is unacceptable and should be avoided at all costs. But failure is an intrinsic and critical component of scientific research. Thus, to succeed in research, one must learn to fail with grace.