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When I first heard this statement about people pleasers being liars from Brooke Castillo, founder of The Life Coach School, I was quite taken aback. The more I thought about it, however, the more I realized its profound truth. When we say or do things just to make someone else happy, we often end up …
These words were written by author Richie Norton. He also wrote, “Perfectionism is a disease. Action is the cure.” Just like perfectionism, which I discussed in the previous blog post, procrastination is also the thief of time. We have this idea that everything should be easy and fun. As soon as it’s not, we don’t …
If you’re a woman in medicine reading this, you’ve probably spent your entire academic career going for that “A” in class or even “A plus” if it was available. You’re an overachiever, no doubt, and in your mind a “B” stands for “bad”, does it not?!? Believe me, I know. I’ve been there. Just ask …
In the next several blog posts, I’m going to go through several different mistakes made by women in medicine who consistently have open charts and an overflowing inbox and are working way too long or too late (assuming they don’t want to be in this situation). When you ask physicians or other health care workers …
I’ve been thinking a lot about how so many women in medicine struggle with overworking and having open charts and an overflowing inbox. I’m starting a series of blogs discussing all the different mistakes that I can come up with that create this situation. I’m sure there are more, but these are the ones that …
There are many reasons why closing your charts benefits your employer or company and your patients. What I want to focus on here is what having open charts does to YOU. Having open charts and an overflowing inbox creates unfinished business that weighs heavily on your mind. It creates a sense of overwhelm and stress. …
One of the things that has changed in medicine over my career is the emphasis on patient reviews. As time has passed, more of what we do as physicians has been attached to various metrics and our identities and success or lack thereof have been defined by these metrics. A huge part of these metrics …