These following advice were taken from J.D.Watson’s speech in SUSTech that I copied from Qzone. (Actually I don’t know who organized these sentences.) Some of opinions seem to be known to everyone, but are easily overlooked. Most of these advice are about study and research, but I think some are also suitable for work. Emmm as for why I am writing in English, just as learning programming: You cannot learn python well if you only reading code without writing. However, no more than five people know the blog, hahaha……
- Avoid fighting bigger boys or dogs 避免与大男孩和狗打架
- Put lots of spin on balls 练好旋转球
- Never accept dares that put your life at risk 从不接受置生命于危险的胆敢
- Accept only advice that comes from experience as opposed to revelation 只接受来自经验而非启示的建议
- Hypocrisy in search of social acceptance erodes your self-respect 虚伪的寻求社会认可将侵蚀你的自尊
- Never be flippant with teachers 从不对老师无礼
- When intellectually panicking, get help 当陷入智力恐慌（才思穷尽）时，去寻求帮助
- College is for learning how to think 上大学是为了学习如何思考
- Knowing ‘why’(an idea)is more important than learning ‘what’(a fact) 知道“为什么”（想法）比学习“是什么”（事实）更重要
- New ideas usually need new facts 新的想法通常需要新的事实
- Think like your teachers 像你的老师一样思考
- Pursue courses where you get top grades 在你取得高分的课程中继续学习
- Seek out bright as opposed to popular friends 追寻明智的人，而不是受欢迎的朋友
- Have teachers who like you intellectually 有智商上能与你匹敌的老师
- Narrow down your intellectual(career)objectives while still in college 在你还在大学的时候就应该缩小你的知识（职业）方面的目标
- Choose a young thesis adviser 选择一位年轻的论文导师
- Expect young hotshots to have arrogant reputations 期待年轻就能快速地拥有傲人的名望
- Extend yourself intellectually through courses that initially frighten you 通过最初唬住你的课程去拓宽你的知识面
- Humility pays off during oral exams 谦虚在口试中有回报
- Avoid advanced courses that waste your time 避免浪费你时间的高级课程
- Don’t choose your initial thesis objective 不要选择你最初的论文目标
- Keep your intellectual curiosity much broader than your thesis objective 保持你知识层面的好奇心比你的论文目标更广泛
- Have a big objective that makes you feel special 有一个让你感到特别的大目标
- Sit in the front row when a seminar’s title intrigues you 当有激起你兴趣的研讨会时一定要坐第一排
- Irreproducible results can be blessings in disguise 不可重现的结果可能是伪装的祝福
- Always have an audience for your experiments 总要让你的实验有观众
- Avoid boring people 避免无聊的人
- Science is highly social 科学是高级社会
- Leave a research field before it bores you 在你厌倦之前留下一个研究领域
- Choose an objective apparently ahead of its time 选择一个明显地超越这个时代的目标
- Work on problems only when you feel tangible success may come in several years 只有当你觉得实际的成功可能在几年后到来时，才去研究问题
- Work with a teammate who is your intellectual equal 跟与你智商匹敌的伙伴工作
- Stay in close contact with your intellectual competitors 跟你知识上的竞争者们保持密切的联系
- Never be the brightest person in the room 永远不要做房间里最聪明的人
- Always have someone to save you 总要有一个人他可以来拯救你