Members only weekly dose #044 - What no-one tells you at the start of your career I don't know when neurosurgeons started taking exams in driving centres.
weekly dose #043 How to do the impossible This is impossible. The thought ran through my head as I peered at an exposed brain at 2 am.
Members only weekly dose #042 Why your brain loves to procrastinate and three ways you can overcome it Worthwhile things are hard. But hard things are not always worthwhile. Difficulty is necessary but not sufficient. Tolstoy knew this, "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Members only weekly dose #041 How your goals are stopping you from achieving your goals “Come to theatre now.” Debbie is my senior registrar. She is loud, hilarious and only looking back, do I now appreciate how much effort she put into training me.
Members only weekly dose Featured #040 How you can take advantage of your Loser's Edge We all have an edge to us. You might not see it, but you do. You can do things I will never be able to do.
Members only weekly dose #038 Why being a surgeon is a Loser's Game This mistake taught me more lessons than any other in my career, but I want to talk about one that I wish I had known a lot earlier.
Members only philosophy Featured #037 Seven lessons I learned from when my 2-year-old got sick Because if what you say makes everyone feel nothing, it probably didn't need to be said in the first place.
Members only productivity #036 The big problems with being productive Surgeons pray at the altar of Economy of Movement. Why do something in four moves when you can do it in two? We ask such questions for good reasons.
Members only weekly dose #035 - Three contrarian success skills that no one teaches The three skills that nobody teaches, but are dominated by the successful.
Members only weekly dose #034 This week's newsletter sucks as planned So the question is not so much ‘What are you passionate about?’ The question is ‘What are you passionate enough about that you can endure the most disagreeable aspects of the work?’
Members only weekly dose #033 You're being lied to and that's a good thing The Dunning-Kruger Effect isn't real. If you think it is the next 6 minutes will be an eye-opener. Even if you haven't heard about it before, you will still learn how false ideas can be useful and true ideas can be harmful.
Members only weekly dose #032 Why You Shouldn't Listen to Successful People Elon Musk. Michael Jordan. Steven Bartlett. You can learn their success stories with the click of a button. Every story contains sage advice that worked. But the part of the story that doesn't get told holds an equally important lesson. So let's dive in.
Members only weekly dose #031 A Life Lesson from a Dying Patient Eight years later I remember Craig's question to me with vivid clarity. In those darkest moments, his character shone a light on the inherent reflex within us all to care for others.
Members only weekly dose #030 Hidden Brilliance - How to Master Anything Mastering one skill is difficult. But mastering four is unheard of. This week we learn how to master any skill using the system of the most masterful person you've never heard of.
weekly dose Featured #029 When You Should Give Up - The Christmas Tree Effect The Christmas Tree Effect causes harm. It grows silently in the blindspot of your thinking. It can effect simple systems - the wiring of a house; complex systems - hospital efficiency; and cause harm - road traffic signs. When dealing with a system failure, ask these questions...
weekly dose Featured #028 Pareto Principle in Action: Pinpointing Your High Impact Task You’ve probably heard of Pareto's Law - 80% of your results come from 20% of your actions. The challenge lies in figuring out which actions make up that 20%. This week I’m sharing a simple 5 step process to get the highest impact from your time.
philosophy #027 How I Smile When Bad Sh*t Happens The day wasn't supposed to go like this. I had been operating all night and was looking at Hussain as he gave me the bad news.
Members only weekly dose Featured #026 From Numbers to Meaning: Why What You Value is Wrong If you are in you mid-30's and your parents are in their 60's, we could be optimistic and say you at most have 30 more years together. That means when you left home you had already spent 93% of your face to face time together. You are now in your last 5% of your time with your parents.
Members only weekly dose #025 Why Stress Isn't Killing You "My mum got dementia. I looked after her everyday for 9 years. Washing her, feeding her and putting her to bed each night. I had the pain then, but I just put up with it because I had to. When she died, I sort of crumpled. All of a sudden I couldn't handle the pain. Now I'm here."
Members only weekly dose ChatGPT versus Neuroanatomy: Leveraging AI to Simply the Complex Unlimited free information is abundant, all over the internet. However finding the best resources can become complicated. When faced with learning a complex topic, more complexity isn't the answer. Here are 5 ChatGPT prompts that will help you learn anything.
Members only weekly dose Featured The Eisenhower Matrix: Your Secret Weapon Against Chaos at Work It would be great if I could float through the day and execute what I've planned out But as a medic, we realise that life doesnt work like this. There is a never ending barrage of fires to put out, questions to answer and new problems to solve.
Members only weekly dose Strategic Persistence - How to Keep Going and Succeed Wisely “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." - Scott F.Fitzgerald
Members only philosophy How to Use the Voice in Your Head to Stop Quitting This is tough. I want to stop. I can't do this. All phrases I've heard in my head when my expectations clash with reality. Sometimes you've listened to this voice and given up when things got tough. In one second, you can change this.
Members only productivity How to Get Into Deep Work The world has been specifically designed to steal your attention every 60 seconds. In such a world, being able to find deep focus has become rare.
