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    Posted by dricecream on 12 Mar 2013 / 4 comments
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    …from Tasha So last week I had a completely useless week work-wise. I got lots of little things done and had some big life events (I’m an Australian citizen now!!) but I really didn’t complete what I thought I would. The ironic thing is that last week I had finally felt like I had caught [...]

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    Work for living or living for work?


    Posted by dricecream on 25 Jul 2012 / 0 comments
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    By Leo Hi folks! Have you ever felt that you are working more (much more) that you are suppose to? I hope my boss won’t read this post (it is not her fault anyway), but the reality is that I have been feeling overwhelmed by the amount of work over the last 18 months and [...]

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    Undressed for success


    Posted by dricecream on 06 Dec 2011 / 3 comments
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    …from Chris It is certainly hard to deny that highly successful people spend a lot of time doing the thing they are successful at. I imagine everyone who spends a lot of time at or thinking about work, regardless of how much they like their job, will at some point question if this is a [...]

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    Hell is paved with good intentions (part 2)


    Posted by dricecream on 23 Sep 2011 / 0 comments
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    The second part of Chris’ post. Just the thing to start discussions over Friday lunch. Remember Bec’s tips though, forget about it before you head to the bar tonight! Always the afterthought, another consequence of producing large quantities of research is regarding dollars (or € or £). Conducting a clinical trial is expensive and is [...]

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    Hell is paved with good intentions


    Posted by dricecream on 20 Sep 2011 / 0 comments
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    … from Chris (Note: because this is his first post, we allowed Chris to crush the word limit and give his opinions over two weeks. Stay tuned for the second installment next week. You can find out more about Chris in the “People” page) As a new parent, I am familiar with the amount of [...]

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