LESSONS LEARNED LEARNING MEDICINE-119

1-Be mindful of success; the higher you fly, the longer the fall.

2-Realize that shame will make you feel unworthy of love; be kind to yourself.

3-Many times in your life, the strength of effort in all endeavors is equal to the magnitude of the outcome.

4-Achieving a balance between toughness and stupidity is crucial.

5- The pride you are saving is not worth the cost of your integrity

6- Some individuals will enter your life with the intention of destroying your character to protect their reputation.

7- What you avoid in life destroys you.

8-There is no life without pain

9-Personal growth means leaning into those emotional harms so one can grow past them.

10-There will be many who prioritize their own happiness over others.

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LESSONS LEARNED LEARNING MEDICINE-118

1-To aim low in life is to accept mediocrity

2. Don’t look at the obstacles in front of you; look at the opportunities around you.

3-Failures are the small steps we all take towards the pathway to success.

4-Success is based far more on consistency than intensity.

5-Ambition is best when it is not blind but humble.

6-Never let your pride get in the way of your personal growth or progress.

7-Healing is letting go of what broke you and starting to live a life of rebuilding.

8-We accept the love we think we deserve.

9-Compromising on your values may let you sleep; however, you will never truly rest.

10-You will experience suffering in life; make it your mission to suffer for something worthwhile.

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LESSONS LEARNED LEARNING MEDICINE-117

1. Many people see their victimhood as validation for their suffering

2. Embracing not fitting in at work or in social circles? Perhaps you don’t need to fit in; you are destined to stand out.

3- Sometimes the best lessons come from failure

4. Never try to change the things in your life that you do not have the power to change.

5. There will be times in your life when you cannot hear what a person says, but you will see everything they do and don’t do.

6. Never let anyone define who you are or your value.

7-Sometimes the happiest people you meet have been through the most difficult of times.

8-Irony: raising the kids you love and cannot live without so that they can live without you.

9-Our hearts and souls are shaped by great moments or great pains.

10-There is a difference between meaningless pain and meaningful sacrifice.

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LESSONS LEARNED LEARNING MEDICINE-116

1-In corporate America, there is a difference between getting things done and getting things your way.

2-Prideful individuals hear nothing but praise.

3-You will meet many in life who parade their successes and conceal their failures.

4-Many times in life, you must be brought to a low in life because that is when you can rise again.

5-You cannot make changes in your life if you cannot change yourself.

6-The longer you believe you are a victim, the more you remain powerless.

7-You are not entitled to anything you have not worked for.

8. The only relationship you obsess over is the person who is never entirely available to you.

9-Leading your life trying to please others, you eventually abandon yourself.

10- Irony, over 40 million US citizens are suffering from food insecurity, yet cancer and heart diseases are the top killers of Americans from obesity.”

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LESSONS LEARNED LEARNING MEDICINE-115

1- Your most significant challenge in the corporate world is maintaining your values and preventing yourself from being institutionalized and radicalized.

2. Life decisions are based on knowledge, wisdom, or ignorance; it’s your responsibility to determine which helps you most.

3. What you are not changing, you are choosing

4. Don’t be afraid to start over; you might love your new self better.

5. The darkness in your mind can only be removed with light from your heart.

6. Your comfort zone can also be your prison.

7. Few things in life are more gratifying than knowing you gave all you had to life.

8. Say little, accomplish much.

9. The road to success is paved with repeated failures.

10. It is so easy through life to become intoxicated by ego, power, and accomplishment. Yet the best success is the soberness of humility, inner peace, and personal growth.

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LESSONS LEARNED LEARNING MEDICINE-114

1. Self-accountability is not hate; it’s the price you must pay to succeed.

2. Strive to reach a point when you cannot say or believe, “I can’t.”

3. Having authority and being an authority are two completely distinct qualities.

4. When you bring new ideas or thoughts to the work environment, be prepared for extreme criticism.

5. Many fear death; few truly experience life.

6. You can never heal if you remain in the environment that harmed you.

7. Few things in life are more disappointing than not reaching your full potential

8. Greatness comes from humble beginnings.

9. In your career, clear the path for others; eventually, you will control its direction.

10. In the corporate world, you will be criticized for what and how you say something and will be judged for what you don’t say.

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LESSONS LEARNED STUDYING MEDICINE-113

1. The more you try to be what others want you to be, the less of your authentic self you become.

2. There will be people in your life who will always see you as the person in your past and cannot see you for the person you are today.

3. If you want to accomplish things that others have not, you must do a body of work that others will not.

4. In the corporate world, no one needs you until they NEED you.

5. I was very young when I accepted that no one cares about you as much as you believe in your job or life.

6. Ignoring people who disrespect you only makes you stronger.

7. Your thoughts shape your reality.

8-Do not let others’ chaos become your identity.

9-Many times in your personal life and the corporate world, silence in your most challenging times, can be the best cards that you haven’t played.

10-You learn nothing from success, yet you learn everything from repeated failures.

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LESSONS LEARNED STUDYING MEDICINE-112

1- Some days, your smile will be from surviving the day that almost broke you.

2-Be motivated by the fear of being average.

3. Do not fear discomfort; do not fear failure; that is where all the lessons are.

4. People will come into your work environment with unresolved past emotional traumas, making your work life a living hell.

5. Fear of fear creates a life that is out of touch with reality.

6. There is a difference between knowing something and the wisdom from knowing something.

7. Life is not fair; it’s just full of events.

8. Sweat equity is the best foundation for your success.

9. Real wealth and value are not ostentatious; they’re silent.

10-Emotions get in the way of reality.

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THINGS I LEARNED WHILE LEARNING MEDICINE-111

1. Not everyone who listens to you can understand your soul.

2. All of humanity will experience death; few of us will experience life.

3. Do not focus on what you think you are entitled to; focus on what you need to accomplish to earn your results.

4. No need to kill people with success; torture them with all your successes.

5. Some of the most intelligent individuals in the world can also be the most ignorant.

6. Those who come into your life and avoid their feelings will also avoid yours.

7. One of the most selfless experiences in life is having a child, because it forces you to put yourself aside.

8. The human condition can be so selfish until you are responsible for the life of another human being.

9. Behind anger there is always fear.

10. Silence is not weakness, nor is it surrender; when you speak, do not use words; speak with actions.

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THINGS I LEARNED WHILE LEARNING MEDICINE-110

1. One of the most important discussions you will have throughout your life is with yourself.

2. All the struggles and emotional traumas you experience throughout your life should be embraced as opportunities for self-acceptance and inner peace; failing to accept these experiences only leads to a lifetime of tragedy.

3. You do not wear peace on your face; it rests in your heart.

4. Depression is the opposite of anger; we internalize our anger.

5. The reality of the corporate world was constructed to reward those who are silent and never ask why.

6. There will be individuals who come into your life and will not leave you while you are intact because they need to destroy you to clear their conscience.

7. How you interpret the world can be very different from how the world interprets you.

8. There will be many people who won’t look up to you; they’ll look past you.

9-Being a cardiologist and being responsible for another human being’s life reminds me not to be accountable just for my life, but for the lives of others.

10. Our greatest leaps in personal growth occur when our lives are turned upside down and in complete chaos.

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