Don't be a jerk - the takeway from the talk "how to get research funding"

Today I attended a very informative and entertaining talk given by Prof. John Laird. The theme is about how to get research funding from various government agencies and industry. I think I can summarize what I remembered here, beside the glaring title of this post:

• be a low-maintenance, thoughtful, responsible, and useful team player, no matter it's to your program manager or collaborator (or the way John put it, "don't be a jerk")
  
• do good research
• make yourself known to the field