Science Focus (Issue 32)

19 Beyond technical knowledge, what personal qualities or characteristics do you believe are essential to excel and make an impact as a chemist? 除了學術知識外,你認為甚麼個人特質能使化學家成功及發揮 影響力? Abigail I feel like you need a lot of patience, because for a lot of experiments you won't have an answer at first. You will likely fail many, many, many times. It is normal even if you don't have any results for a month. Another thing is to pay attention to detail. If you miss them, it's common that you won't have any results that make sense because you didn't notice the problems at first. A lot of very good research came from an accident, too, so whether you can spot the details can make a difference. 我認為需要很多耐性,因為對於很多實驗,你不會一開始就有預設答案。你可能會失敗很多很多次,即 使一個月沒有任何結果也不足為奇。另一樣是要關注細節,如果你忽略細節,就很難歸納出有意義的結果, 因為你一開始就沒有注意到問題所在。另外許多優秀研究也是意外下的結果,關鍵就在於你是否能夠注意 到箇中細節。 Ho Nam The most important things are passion and curiosity. Passion is important because as an entrepreneur there are lots of people reporting to me and I need to make a lot of decisions every day. You need to spend a lot of time thinking about the situation, the goal of your company and how to achieve it. Facing so many problems and challenges, passion will keep you away from suffering burnout. Plus, when you really like what you are doing, as a researcher or an entrepreneur, you will be willing to spend more time than others. This will result in a higher chance, although not guaranteed, to succeed. 最重要是熱情和好奇心。熱情很重要,因為作為一名創業者,我每天需要與很多下屬交流,並做出許 多決定,因此需要花很多時間思考當前情況、公司的目標,以及如何實現它們。面對如此多的問題和挑戰, 熱情可以避免你因耗盡心力而感到倦怠。此外,當你真正喜歡自己所做的事情時,無論從事研究或創業也 好,你就會願意比別人花更多時間。這能提高成功的機會,雖然沒有人能保證成功。

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