Comments on: Cosmetic Scientist Goals for 2010 http://chemistscorner.com/cosmetic-scientist-goals-for-2010/ Cosmetic science resource site where you can learn all about cosmetic chemistry Thu, 17 May 2012 01:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sandy http://chemistscorner.com/cosmetic-scientist-goals-for-2010/#comment-684 Sandy Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:52:18 +0000 http://chemistscorner.com/?p=345#comment-684 I love Goal #2. Last year I worked to adjust my schedule to have Friday afternoons open in my schedule and "hid" in my lab, playing at the bench. At first I just tried making odd and ends types of formulas or going after the lines of my "If I could only make a ____" list. It turned out to be amazingly successful and paid off with multiple formulations and even a couple of products that marketing moved forward with. I attribute the high success rate to the lack of stress in the situation. Now my supervisors and marketers consider my friday afternoon as sacred. The R&D director is promoting Friday afternoon "play" time to the other chemists. They keep the day free from meetings for me and even stop by to play panelist and try out my concoctions. It's been win-win. I love Goal #2.
Last year I worked to adjust my schedule to have Friday afternoons open in my schedule and “hid” in my lab, playing at the bench. At first I just tried making odd and ends types of formulas or going after the lines of my “If I could only make a ____” list. It turned out to be amazingly successful and paid off with multiple formulations and even a couple of products that marketing moved forward with. I attribute the high success rate to the lack of stress in the situation. Now my supervisors and marketers consider my friday afternoon as sacred. The R&D director is promoting Friday afternoon “play” time to the other chemists. They keep the day free from meetings for me and even stop by to play panelist and try out my concoctions. It’s been win-win.

]]> By: Perry http://chemistscorner.com/cosmetic-scientist-goals-for-2010/#comment-580 Perry Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:37:11 +0000 http://chemistscorner.com/?p=345#comment-580 Great post! I already signed up for the National Lab day and will likely go to a local school and help with their science fair. I love the idea of taking a class. Every cosmetic scientist should take something. If you stop learning your brain starts to atrophy. Other goals. 1. Start your own blog. It's easy and the world could benefit from your experiences. 2. Increase your social network connections. You can do this by getting more involved with the SCC or become more active on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Virtual connections are nearly as good as face-to-face ones. (Feel free to invite us to connect with you on these sites) 3. Develop 1 idea. Go through the process of coming up with ideas, filtering them down to your best one, and seeing it all the way through to the end. It can be a product, an experiment, some kind of invention, or anything that makes the world a better place. I love this time of year. It is just so full of possibilities. Great post! I already signed up for the National Lab day and will likely go to a local school and help with their science fair.

I love the idea of taking a class. Every cosmetic scientist should take something. If you stop learning your brain starts to atrophy.

Other goals.

1. Start your own blog. It’s easy and the world could benefit from your experiences.

2. Increase your social network connections. You can do this by getting more involved with the SCC or become more active on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. Virtual connections are nearly as good as face-to-face ones. (Feel free to invite us to connect with you on these sites)

3. Develop 1 idea. Go through the process of coming up with ideas, filtering them down to your best one, and seeing it all the way through to the end. It can be a product, an experiment, some kind of invention, or anything that makes the world a better place.

I love this time of year. It is just so full of possibilities.

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