Oct 11, 2021
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”? Have you ever said that yourself? And the images of doctors being “good soldiers” who put their head down and get the work done, regardless of how bad things are.
If you are a hard-working physician, you know what I am talking about. Rest...
Oct 4, 2021
Everything in life has trade offs. Unfortunately, most of us don’t realize that this is happening, and so these trade offs happen unintentionally. We say “yes” to all sorts of things, and don’t realize that this means we are saying “no” to many others.
If you aren’t clear about what your priorities are,...
Sep 27, 2021
Are there areas of your life where you think that you don’t have a choice? That there are not options? Is medicine one of those areas? Many doctors that join the Alpha Coaching Experience enter the program with hope, but not always a belief that there is a way to practice medicine on their own terms.
On today’s...
Sep 20, 2021
There are many people out there who think that money is not only the root of all evil, but that it is a taboo topic that should not be discussed. Particularly in medical education. But today I am going to call B.S. on this idea. Money is a great amplifier in our lives, but we need to understand a few important points...
Sep 13, 2021
In medicine we talk about the therapeutic index or therapeutic window for the drugs we prescribe. Every medication has both a potential benefit and potential risk. The therapeutic index describes the safety of the drug. The goal, of course, is to find the therapeutic window of a drug where we maximize efficacy while...