A couple of weeks ago I was out for one of my routine dinner dates with Gia Lewis and Tom Varghese; dinners like these are something I highly recommend as a way to stay connected to your core values with people who share them. And, of course, we manage to resolve plenty of the world’s […]
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” I was introduced to the work of Brené Brown just before the publication of her book The Gifts of Imperfection. If you haven’t come across her work via Oprah or another major media outlet, Brené has a PhD in social work; her area of emphasis in her […]
What “B” word, you ask? Balance. Particularly in the context of the phrase “work-life balance.” The whole idea of work-life “balance” is something I have been railing against for a while. It’s not because I am opposed to surgeons having things in their lives they are passionate about besides their work; […]
At various times in my life I have been a full-blown perfectionist. In hindsight, I can see how unhappy I was when I was held hostage by perfectionistic tendencies. In spite of near-constant efforts to measure up, I could never quite achieve some metric that (as it turns out) I had made up for myself. […]
“I’m not sure why they even gave you a spot in the medical school class. That was a waste.” Since it’s the third Tuesday of the month, that also makes it time for Schwartz Rounds at the University of Utah. Today was a topic that ties back to my research and informs the culture that […]