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What Does Success Even Mean In Academia?
Help me thank a #PhD today by rethinking what success means in academia. Traditionally, we view success through a narrow lens, often defining it in ways that favor our personal achievements. This perspective can lead to significant biases, particularly when we choose benchmarks of success that highlight our strengths and ignore the broader spectrum of academic contributions. Furthermore, we often base our evaluations on the actions of individuals whose circumstances or attributes differ markedly from our own, skewing our understanding of what success truly entails. Instead of fixating on…
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