1. Confidence Crisis Maria Klawe (Professor, Harvey Mudd College) Esin Saka (PhD. student, University of Louisville)

2. Maria Klawe

3. Esin Saka PhD Student under advising of Dr. Olfa Nasraoui –Knowledge Discovery & Web Mining Lab in the Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at University of Louisville. BS and MS degrees in computer engineering and mathematics (double major) –From the Middle East Technical University (METU), in Turkey Worked for: –Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) –METU –Yahoo! Also enjoys snowboarding, ballroom and social dancing, SCUBA diving, surfing, and traveling

4. Confidence Confidence : belief in oneself and one’s power or abilities Losing confidence: No longer trusting in the ability to perform

5. Who can have a confidence crisis? Manager of a big company Graduate Student Advisor Man/Women with high self-esteem You Anybody!

6. How When Where Why Confidence Crisis ?

7. Qualification Exams: Am I nothing? "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com

8. Feel like your research is pointless or insignificant? "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com

9. A Paper Marked All RED "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com

10. A Bad Haircut

11. Causes of Confidence Crisis Having difficulty in courses Failing exams Missing a deadline Faux Pas A crush on someone or a break up Harsh/hard to satisfy advisor’s high expectations Insignificant research A bad haircut …

12. What to do? Chocolate Snacks Martini NOT

13. Watch out for people around who may want to lower your confidence to forget their confidence problem

14. "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com Admit the problem

15. Define reachable goals "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com

16. Be Patient "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com

17. Celebrate every accomplishment no matter how small ;) Grab a chocolate Go out and have fun Have a nice walk Try a relaxing bath with body scrub Have a nice lunch/dinner …

18. You’re the Dancing Queen "Piled Higher and Deeper" by Jorge Cham www.phdcomics.com

19. Peers can Help to LIFT Our Morale

20. Series of Actions -1 Keep a journal Show gratitude Evaluate your relationships Start new relationships Get into a good group Change your behavior Speak up Take a risk a day

21. Series of Actions - 2 Recall past highs Believe your creativity is ready and waiting Start with small projects A little each day Acknowledge your progress Work + “Good time management” … Work harder… And harder… It does pay off in the end! Hard work  better results  (publish paper)  better confidence (eventually)

22. Positive Feedback Cycle

23. Basically: Think positive –Did the world crash and are you left under the ruins? NO Take responsibility for your actions Identify the problem(s) Start doing stuff that you are good at Celebrate success –Define success in your own words excerpt on next slide Be with positive and supporting people

24. "My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that achievement is the knowledge that you have worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others... Always aim for achievement and forget about success." - Helen Hayes, ActressHelen Hayes From http://women.cs.cmu.edu/What/Outreach/

25. References http://homeparents.about.com/od/ho mebusprofiles/a/bus_confidence.htmhttp://homeparents.about.com/od/ho mebusprofiles/a/bus_confidence.htm http://www.howtodothings.com/hobbi es/how-to-recover-from-a-crash-in- creative-confidencehttp://www.howtodothings.com/hobbi es/how-to-recover-from-a-crash-in- creative-confidence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confide ncehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confide nce

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