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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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...
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...
Living life in reverse…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE Memento mori- remember you must die. Perhaps not the message you wanted to read. However, there is power in accepting this reality. One day, others will be at your funeral. How will they remember you? They will remember you by how you live your life TODAY… and every other today...
Something to consider the next time you see behavior you do not understand…
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Beautiful people do not just happen…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE When you see unusual kindness, compassion, and gentleness in others, understand there is always a story. Ask that person to tell you their story and you will invariably hear how they have experienced poor treatment and/or difficult times… and they don’t want others to feel what they have felt. “The...
I will be happy when…
Paul M. Michaud MD, CPE when I get good score on the MCAT. when I get into medical school. when I get a good score on the USMLE. when I get my residency of choice. when I get my fellowship of choice. when I am an attending. when… “Your problem is you are hoping that...