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THE THREE MODERN SINS
• Arrogance• Incompetence• Greed
• (and like the bankrupt AIG, they need to go under,without any bail out)
Why a life beyond medicine?
• Full use of your brain’s potential-your right brain should not be left behind and your left brain will get right ahead.
• Constant life-long ,non-linear growth-growing like a tree –branching in all directions (and not like a tap root, in only one direction)
Why a life beyond medicine?
• No burn-out.More so in times of increased (professional) life expectancy.
• Eventually , most of your work will become routine: be it treating cough/cold/fever or performing coronary bypass surgery
• Greater Fulfillment in Life. GFL is in inverse proportion to DMP*
Why a life beyond medicine?
• A ‘portfolio of careers’ leads to more independence
• It makes you an ‘interesting case’
• As basic and not-so-basic needs are satisfied, the higher ‘self-actualization’ need surfaces.
• It’s the way of the future
Why a life beyond medicine?
• Synergy with all activities- if you enjoy painting, you will become a better surgeon, which in turn may help you in playing a musical instrument which will make you play better tennis player which may help you be a superior communicator which will improve your cooking etc…etc…
• i.e more synapses/better synapses/longer synapses/unusual synapses in the brain will be formed,in turn producing unusual serendipitous results.
A tautological tip
• Q : How did you start drawing cartoons?
• A: I started drawing cartoons by drawing cartoons.
How to go about it?
• Don’t confuse your career with your life- “your life is not your job”
• Do new things at every available opportunity
• I hear- I forget ,I see - I remember, I do and I understand.
How to go about it?
• Every one has some talent. Don’t ignore your talent / instinct / ‘keeda’
• Nurture it! • Don’t postpone nurturing your talent-after
ssc/hsc/mbbs/md/nursing home/ kids/ after kid’s terminals….after kid’s ssc (repeat as above…till terminal cardio-respiratory failure or dementia)
• Surround yourself with positive people
How to go about it
• Better to sing than to attend a concert to listen to a professional singer.
• ”Life is not a spectator sport”
• Success in one field leads to a greater fear of failure in another. Avoid this trap. Take risks!
Important creativity tip:
• It’s never what you do, it’s always ‘how’ you do it.
• You cant always do what you love, but you can always learn to love what you do.
Why medicine is perfect :
• It’s a flexible profession:• time• place• type of practice
• No worries about job loss even in recessionary times.
• Steady income and some ‘respect’• Meet many people from different fields and
backgrounds
• Primary (auto teleological) acts , are their own reward*.
• Then why not eliminate the middle men from the other loops?
• Why settle for ‘RICH’ when you can have ‘ENRICHED’?
• *A pun, on the other hand, is it’s own re-word.