Is medical school an anti-mentorship program?
“Medical school is a great anti-mentorship program. You meet a lot of doctors you’d never want to become.” That’s what med students keep telling me. Mentorless medical students? I had no idea. Until students started shadowing me. Many also volunteer at hospice and...
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Five Smart Ways to Cut Your Income Taxes in 2015
Today’s world is an incredibly tax-unfriendly & environment for physicians. By increasing your taxes due to the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, Uncle Sam is out to get even more! However, the good news is that there are several steps that you can take to be...
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Practice-Building Lessons from the Blueberry Farm
My son and I pick blueberries each summer. Sounds like a nice relaxing family activity, right? It was in years past. Now, however, my son is a highly competitive adolescent who wants to win. Even though I am no slouch, my son can pick two to three pounds of berries...
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How you can stop annoyance or frustrations quickly
Are you feeling frustrated or annoyed more frequently? Feeling frustration or annoyance frequently can be a major energy drainer in your life. It sucks everything out of you and many times it is hard to recover from this setback. Here is a neuroscientific trick that...
read moreMeet the happiest doctor in Idaho!
I just got to hang out with a graduate of my physician retreat, Ann Cordum, M.D., who now has a successful ideal medical clinic is Boise, Idaho. Here’s what Ann has to say about her new life: PW: So this is your office! AC: This is my office in Boise, Idaho! Ya! PW:...
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Work-Life Balance Priorities for Younger Doctors
Are younger doctors (particularly age 40 and under) different in what they expect in terms of work-life balance? Younger doctors definitely have different expectations in terms of work life balance but I believe this is not a “doctor mindset” but rather a “generation...
read morePhysician Burnout: The 57-Second Solution
Burnout is a complete mental and physical collapse from overwork. Psychiatrists define it as “a job-related dysphoria in an individual without major psychopathy.” Which means—your job sucks. You’re normal. When your job is sucking the life out of you, deep breathing...
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Doctor, What Makes You Remarkable?
While we have never met, I know something about you with absolute certainty. You are remarkable. You have a unique way of improving patients’ condition based on your unique gifts and passions and life experiences. Why is being remarkable important? The quickest way...
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Depressed doctor: “I’m angry and frustrated and lost.”
This is an email subject line from a doctor. Letter published with permission. Hello Pamela I have become so disillusioned with medicine. I do not know who to talk to any more or what to do with my life. I work one week a month in the ICU. I spend the other three...
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How to be a happy doctor
It was a physician employee, many times for many hospitals and clinics. I’d stay a year or two, but eventually I’d quit. Then, in 2005, I opened an ideal clinic designed by my patients. Ten years later, I still love private practice. Why? I’m finally practicing...
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