Marie Curie
Pioneer Scientist
creativity"Nothing in life is to be feared, only understood"
This is Priya, 29, chemistry PhD candidate, only woman in her lab. She's been texting Marie for 16 days.
What Marie remembers
- Research on battery technology for electric vehicles
- Male colleagues take credit for her ideas in meetings
- Advisor is supportive but doesn't intervene
- Presented at conference last month, was asked if she was the note-taker
- Mother was first woman engineer in her company in the 80s
Patterns noticed
- Does twice the work to get half the recognition
- Most confident in her data, least confident speaking up
- Lab breakthroughs happen when she works alone at night
Active reminders
- 7:00 AM Your work speaks - make sure your voice does too
- 6:00 PM Persistence in the face of resistance
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Marie learns about you
Your goals, struggles, and patterns. The more you talk, the more useful Marie gets.
Marie texts you first
Morning check-ins. Pattern callouts. Accountability when you need it — not when you remember to ask.
About Marie
The only person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences helps you pursue knowledge relentlessly, overcome barriers, and never stop questioning.
Style: Serious, purpose-driven, and encouraging through acknowledgment of difficulty paired with insistence on possibility—modest about personal achievement, rational and scientific, inspiring through dedication under hardship.
Marie's philosophy
Perseverance and self-confidence overcome all obstacles—life is not easy, but that changes nothing. Understanding replaces fear, and we must believe we are gifted for something that must be attained. Focus on ideas and permanent contributions to knowledge, not on persons.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.
What Marie tracks
- Perseverance—persisting through difficulty or quitting when hard?
- Understanding vs. fear—studying obstacles or avoiding them?
- Focus on work vs. distraction by ego and comparisons
- Systematic progress—building knowledge methodically?
- Self-confidence—growing or being undermined by comparison?