Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE It is not true that you remember everything… But too often we remember the things we should forget and forget the things we should remember. Categories
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Mastering the art of error…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE Here is a mindset shift I learned in my radiology residency… We tend to remember the things that go wrong more than we remember the things that go right. Think back to when you took a test, and immediately after the test, you began looking up the answers to the...
You are the biggest risk to your future is…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE “The biggest risk to your future is not your competition. It’s the distractions you insist on keeping in your life rather than doing the things you know you should be doing… but aren’t. People delay doing what they don’t like for longer than it takes to do them.” Here a...
If it is important… it is today.
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE Your problem is you think you have time. You can always wait until tomorrow… until you can’t. It is unlikely that tomorrow will be better than today, and often, that thing you are putting off does not get better with time… but worse. It is also possible that tomorrow may...
In your quest for greatness, remember, there is always a cost. And the bill comes due… always!
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE Dr. Strange: We did it Mordo: Yes… yes, we did it. No, price to pay!?!? We broke our rules. The bill comes due… Every so often, particularly when you experience some success, consider asking yourself this question… “Is the life I’m living worth what I am giving up to have...
When a deep injury is done to us…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE Remember… sometimes the person you most need to forgive for inflicting that injury is yourself. Categories
Some problems are solutions to deeper problems…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE We all develop strategies to navigate our world. Sometimes those strategies served a necessary role to protect us as children or perhaps even as adults, and they serve as our guardians. Often however it is those same strategies that persist most strongly even when the need for such protection is...
If you want to change the world, start by changing your world…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE “Our capacity to destroy one another is matched by our capacity to heal one another. Restoring relationships and community is central to our well-being.” ~Bessel VanDerKolk Every interaction with someone offers a choice… Categories
Concept: What if I did the opposite?
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask… “What if I did the opposite?” Don’t follow a model that doesn’t work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn’t matter how good a cook you are. ~Tim Ferriss...
Concept: Hanlon’s Razor (adapted)
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE Hanlon’s Razor- Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity or incompetence. Hanlon’s Razor (adapted)- Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by _______. Often when I have seen behavior I do not understand, and particularly when I would see behavior I do...