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Podcast: Significant Impact: from K Award to Your First Big R01
Episode: [Greatest Hits] How Unconscious Decision-Making Can Derail Your Career
Description: Fear, pressure, and momentum can quietly shape a career you never meant to build. In another of our greatest hits episodes, we take a clear-eyed look at how unconscious choices creep into your career, leading to unintended consequences.We help you understand the difference between conscious vs unconscious decision making and why it matters for early-stage investigators chasing R01-level funding. From the dangers of track-thinking and the shame of “falling off the path,” to the pitfalls of advice that reflects someone else’s goals, we unpack the hidden drivers that pull your work off course.<...