# Redefining meaning and success in science, research and teaching

**Authors:** David R Smith

PMC · DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00116-7 · 2024-03-20

## TL;DR

The paper explores how finding meaning and maintaining a positive outlook help academics through personal and professional challenges.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a personal perspective on redefining success and meaning in academic life.

## Key findings

- Academics face a mid-life crisis in finding life's meaning.
- Positive human interactions and a positive spirit help overcome challenges.

## Abstract

The mid-life crisis to find meaning in life affects even academics. At the end of the day, however you redefine your goals in life, it is interactions with fellow humans and maintaining a positive spirit that keeps us moving on.

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** breast cancer (MESH:D001943), suffering (MESH:D010146)
- **Chemicals:** saranwrap (-), water (MESH:D014867)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Figures

1 figure with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11094116/full.md

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC11094116