Becoming a researcher

Assalamualaykum and good day to all,

Are you a researcher? Do you want to be one?
What it takes to become a researcher? Can you become one?

Are you seeing researcher as someone that wears the white coat, sitting behind the bunsen burner, scratching the non-itchy head? No. Not at all. Any Tom, Dick and Harry around you can be a researcher.

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Research is a solution finding process to an identified problem. It's an investigation. The solution must be validated and proven to be applicable, usable, novel, beneficial and significant.

If you are always curious and anxious to know ... you have one of the characteristics to become a researcher. But bare in mind, a researcher is not a busy body or nosy.



Next characteristics is the persistence in finding the solution. Also a determinant. A researcher must have a strong will in completing the search. The research journey is not always a straight path. It is full of winding roads, u-turns and de-tour. As the name implies, re-search would mean that you might be repeatedly in a search. A researcher must have the endurance to remain in the search till the findings are presented,

Another characteristic of a researcher is to have a critical mind and be creative in suggesting solution. A research must always be critical when looking at the surroundings. Must be critical when reading the articles. Critical minds will put the researcher into an active thinking. A researcher must be enthusiast to try new ideas and endeavour new frontier.

Last but not least (as the list can be longer), an important characteristic that a researcher must have is integrity. The research must be conducted with integrity and in a good research manner. Respect confidentiality of the peoples involved. Report the truth not what you want to report. But the truth, nothing but the truth.

Does it sound tiring or exciting? Above all, these are the quality of characters that everyone must uphold. Not only when being a researcher, but a quality that must be in every successful person.

Good luck researcher!!!