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2. Finding Your North: A Strategic Balanced Approach to Discovering Your Perfect Science Career Frederick Moore, PhD Cofounder & Principal, PotentSci LLC President & Chair, Building Diversity in Science Compact for Faculty Diversity Conference October 28, 2006

3. Introducing FYN • Co-editors of FYN: • Frederick Moore, PhD • Michael Penn, Jr., MD, PhD • FYN is a collection of chapters from 10 authors with diverse personal and professional backgrounds • Overall goal: To help individuals discover their purpose in life, while utilizing a background in science to achieve their perfect career.

4. When you think about your future: major, graduate/ professional school, career- what comes to mind?

5. When you think about your future: major, graduate/ professional school, career- what comes to mind? Challenging Money Happiness FEAR Potential Expectations Empowered Positive Hard Stress Choices Pressure

6. What is the Concept of FYN? Chapter 13: Discovering Your Purpose, Finding Your North “We first would say that North is a state of mind. When you find your North, you have developed a state within yourself that is at peace; a place where you have unconditional tranquility in response to the actions, challenges, or obstacles that life presents to you. Our second description of North is an understanding of self. When you find your North, you have a deep understanding of your strengths and weaknesses; you also have a deep understanding of the type of experiences and outcomes you want from life, and you are utilizing your talents to make a difference that only you are equipped to make.”

7. How Do You Align with Your North? N • negative factors • comparing yourself to others • self-doubt • imbalance • negative stereotypes • living for others expectations • herd mentality • bad habits • stress • lack of self-awareness • fear + positive factors understanding your strengths understanding your innate learning style self-competitiveness self-awareness confidence faith balance

8. Personal Empowerment Intellectual Self-Awareness Emotional Self-Awareness Self-Care Tools

9. What Factors Drive Your Motivation • Recognition • Competitiveness • Completing a goal • Fear • Benefits to society • Money

10. How Do You Overcome Challenges? • Who, what, and where do you draw strength from? • Fighter versus Victim mentality • Developing a decision-making system that evaluates external inputs & one’s own desires • Creating a support system

11. Emotional Self-Awareness • Intuition versus Logic • Addressing past issues • Opening up your creative channels

12. Intellectual Self-Awareness Understanding one’s thought process (audio, visual, kinesthetic). Questions to ask…. • Do you tape record your lectures? • Do you draw pictures of things you want to understand? • When things make sense to you does it feel right? • Do you try to place yourself in another person’s perspective when they are telling you a personal situation to understand them? • Do you learn better from a book or do you need to attend lectures?

13. Intellectual Self-Awareness Understanding one’s innate strengths Questions to ask: are you a(n)…. Achiever Adaptable Communicator Strategic Developer Focus Futuristic

14. Tools to Develop Potential • Mental confidence • Interactive reading • Visualizing success • Memory techniques • Problem-solving techniques • How to learn from others (study groups)

15. Self-Care Tools Take internal assessments to develop self-awareness • Be aware of how you deal with challenging life situations and stress. What is your coping mechanism? • Do you drink alcohol? • Do you overeat? • Do you exercise? • Talk to your friends? • Have sex? • Watch a lot of tv? • Withdraw from people and activities that you enjoy? • Is the way you cope with stress and pain healthy or not? What are the consequences in the short-term and in the long-term?

16. Five Step Plan to Maintain Balance • Know what nurtures you • Schedule of self-care • Identify what to avoid • Decide when to be counterculture • In case of emergency, break glass

17. Techniques to Actualize Your Perfect Career • Utilize Your Resources • Networking • Extracurricular Activities • Internships • Informational Interviews • Websites

18. Book References • Finding Your North: Self-Help Strategies for Science- Related Careers, edited by Frederick Moore & Michael Penn • Now, Discover Your Strengths, authored by Marcus Buckingham & Donald Clifton

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