This week’s guest is Srikant Iyer, PhD. He is the Associate Director of the Science Alliance at the New York Academy of Sciences. We discuss covering, authenticity, revolution, healthy conflict, and ways to fully stand for yourself in your career and in your life.

Episode Takeaways:

1. Having an open mind and questioning directionality is what it means to be a scientist.

2. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, or STEM is an ecosystem. It is a place where the convergence of many disciplines plays a critical role in science progression.

3. Do not let anxiety and a desire to prove yourself be the driver of your work.

4. Don’t forget that while we are growing, we also have the scope to bring about change in the world.

5. Covering is the act of hiding certain identities of self to fit in.  Our desire to belong leads us to cover. Our fear of failure leads us to cover.

6. Lean into healthy conflict. Conflicts can lead to innovation. They lead to relearning.

7. A lot of the times we miss out on authenticity because we are dabbling with imposter syndrome.

8. Fake it till you make it feeds imposter syndrome.

9. While the individual is always blamed for not being enough, the system needs to take responsibility for providing appropriate resources for people to flourish.

10. There are 2 types of people needed for a revolution. The visionary, and the people constantly pushing the boundaries.

11. Your personal and professional life do not need to be separate.

12. We don’t have to strive to be perfect, we can just be ourselves.

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