Advise

As I get along with my colleagues, they tell me various things about science, our boss and politics etc... They really like to chat and speak their own idea and thinking. Some are very useful but others are not so good. It is the same as in japan.
They always think their own success and how they publish good journal or get good job. To achieve the porpose, what do they have to do NOW, what do they must choose their work NOW. I have not cared these things well before coming here, and even now I do not care it seriously. However their chat makes me think it a little bit and it is good for me to do once in a while. Anyway I am happy to see how somebody thinks, and It is fun!