This document outlines 10 things one needs to know to be a successful researcher. It discusses believing strongly in something, being curious and always learning, knowing yourself and where you currently are in your research, thinking differently than others, keeping things simple, accepting that failure is normal, making friends in the research community, and having fun. The document is presented by Putchong Uthayopas and provides an overview of their research focusing on parallel data mining, efficient cloud resource modeling, middleware design, and GPU computing applications.