Webinar 3: Resilience in Research

Moving on, at speed (is crucial). ... If there's a rejection, or a query on something… I just go, "Right, okay, take it in, process it, and then move on…" ARC Laureate Fellow Joy Damousi

In this comment, Joy expresses the importance for success of being resilient. But how do you move on when a paper you have worked for three years on is rejected, and the reviewers have identified fatal flaws? How do you get over it when your grant proposal is rejected? How do you bounce back and persist when you are overlooked once again for a promotion, or if you are still on a temporary contract after multiple years?

Being an academic is a really tough job. We all know this! One way to deal with the situation is to avoid going for things, and to stay in your comfort zone (sometimes referred to as “the competency…