Boundaries Are Non-Negotiable Everything you’ve built—your value, your health, your schedule, your team—only holds if it’s enclosed...

You Are the CEO of Your Schedule Every physician has a schedule, whether explicit or not. Clinic days, meetings, deadlines—they all fill...

The 80% Matters As academic physicians, we often find ourselves busy all day yet unsatisfied at day’s end—wondering why we’re exhausted...

Teams Matter If you’re a clinician, you’ve never practiced alone. From intern year to your current role, you’ve always had a...

Resources Matter When people think about negotiation, they often think about resources. Salary offers, lab space, start-up packages—these...

Rest Is Essential for Your Career Rest fuels creativity, clarity, and resilience. Even when you’re sleeping, your brain is...

Energy Is Your Most Precious Resource Academic physicians are high-energy people. We have to be. Long hours and demanding schedules...

Your Health Is Non-Negotiable You are the most valuable investment you will ever make. Everything in your career and personal life flows...

Why Legacy Matters at Every Stage When some people hear the word legacy , their first thought is, I’m too young for that conversation. ...

Why Value Comes First Before you can negotiate effectively, you must understand your value. You can only advocate for what you recognize...

My First Negotiation as a Faculty Member When I think back to my very first negotiation as a new faculty member, I can still feel the...

Iron deficiency in a man is never normal. While it may seem common in women of childbearing age, in men it should always raise suspicion...

Going above and beyond may not always serve you. Once upon a time, I loved a good challenge. When someone would tell me, "people like you...

If you take a different path, you will arrive at a different destination Although it hurts me, I enjoy complaining. It feels so good when...

What if you focused on only the things you can control? A few months ago, I woke up to a new policy change: My research data had been...

What if you stopped looking for the perfect mentor? As an early career faculty, I was desperate to find the one person to help me succeed...

Mentors cannot fix a broken system; and we shouldn't ask them to. When I started in research, I was told to find a mentor. That mentor,...

What if you could achieve the impossible? It was my first day of college and I was eager to begin. I went to the pre-med advisor and...

According to the Pareto principle, only about 20% of your activities contribute to 80% of your productivity. What makes up your 20%? I...

I once delegated my most important career decisions to my mentors. I later realized that no one was more qualified than me to make...