Category Archives: Leadership

Why do you look for a third thing?

“When you’ve done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top—credit for the good deed or a favor in return?” ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 7.73 “When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets...

When you see anger… train yourself to look for pain.

https://youtube.com/shorts/R8oqlgWizG8?si=DYXv8hG6PLmI5pUH “Anger is often what pain looks like when it shows itself in public.” – Krista Tippett – Book: I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrence Real

Quote and book recommendation…

‘We must understand that justice is not this thing we demand of other people but something we demand of ourselves.” ~Ryan Holiday Book: Right Thing, Right Now, Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds Concept: “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.” ~Marcus Aurelius

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...

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...