Both overambition and underambition at this stage will lead to frustration and the inevitable lack of effective progress.
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Underambition
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So it is important to take seriously the scope to configure what your research will be about, avoiding both overreaching topics and underambition.
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Being overambitious bears the risk of ending up empty-handed, whereas underambition will lead to a vocational track that has too little promotion potential.
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