THINGS I LEARNED WHILE LEARNING MEDICINE-2.0

  1. The one thing that will lead a team to never reach its fullest potential would be “Meetings”.
  2. Do not confuse your practice with you life.
  3. No one cares about you as much as you think they do.
  4. Never, ever, say anything to a woman that suggests that you think she may be pregnant unless you happen to be in the operating room assisting with her vaginal or C-section delivery.
  5. A person who is pleasant to you, but an ass to a waiter or waitress, is not a nice person. (you should make this observation and remember time and time again)
  6. There is no right way to do something wrong.
  7. To rely on others is to be disappointed
  8. We all see life though the filters of our previous experiences.
  9. Never is no longer in my vocabulary, except this: I will never have the ability to express the depth of my love for my children.
  10. The very old saying, “sticks and stones may hurt my bones, but words will never hurt me”. My life experiences have taught me that, ” The pain of a stick will always go away and heal, but words are divisive, painful and are eternal.
  11. What we say and what we do can be very different from what we believe, true authentic growth comes from saying, believing and doing the same.
  12. I must always close the current chapter in my life before I open a new one.
  13. Everyone you meet in life is fighting a battle you know nothing about.
  14. The truth does not set you free, the ugly truth does.
  15. Eagles don’t fly with chickens
  16. Eagles don’t flock, you have to find them one at a time
  17. Sometimes if you go back far enough in your past, you can see you future.
  18. You have no limitations, society sets those limitations and it is up to you to accept or refute those limitations.
  19. Amateurs practice until they get it right, professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.
  20. We are tremendously biased by the last thing we saw.
  21. If there is anything I would like to give my children, is the ability to see them through my eyes.
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