Takeaway
“Hope . . . is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.”-Václav Havel, submitted by Dr. David Kopacz, University of Washington
Passion in the Medical Profession | September 3, 2021 | <1 min read
Highlights
Hakuna matata." Trying to worry less about problems and enjoying the present moment is a way that I try to emulate a warthog each day!
Dr. Scott Wright, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Personal Motto: "I hope I don't mess this up." Professional Motto: "We can do it."
Dr. Carl Streed Jr., Mass General
“Live a life worthy of the calling you have received.” Ephesians 4:1
Dr. Ndidi Unaka
If you can, do.
Dr. Colleen Christmas, Johns Hopkins Medicine
I love this quotation about flipping our perspective on challenges: "We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems."-John Gardener, Common Cause
Dr. Howard Liu
Have courage and be kind. #Cinderella
Dr. Ambereen Mehta, Johns Hopkins Medicine
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, because what the world needs is people who have come alive."-Howard Thurman
Dr. Rebekah Fenton, Lurie Children's Hospital
Teach. Love. Play. Laugh. Learn. Pray.
Dr. Mark Stephens
Try to improve.
Dr. Jeff Millstein, Penn Medicine
Listen to understand.
Dr. Elizabeth Gundersen, Florida Atlantic University
Lead from where you stand!
Dr. Vinny Aurora, University of Chicago
WWSWD? (What would @GIMMedEdDoc do?)
Dr. Tim Plante, University of Vermont
Generosity. Courage. Vision.
Dr. Margaret Chisolm, Johns Hopkins Medicine
That life isn’t just unfair, it is structured unfairly. If I'm only aiming to improve health generically, I'm contributing to that unfairness.
Dr. Sarah Szanton
Don’t. Give. Up.
Dr. Megan Gerber
I love these lines from the "Greatest Showman" and use them as a mantra: "I am brave. I am bruised. I am who I’m meant to be. This is me."
Dr. Shannon Scott-Vernaglia
I find myself coming back to the serenity prayer, maybe without the God part.
Dr. Pringl Miller, San Francisco, California
Slow down, just be, love, show gratitude, humility, and grace. Embrace family, friends, pets, and nature. Have courage, keep walking, don’t look back, and look forward with hope.
Dr. Flora Smyth Zahra, King's College, London, England
"What man is a man who does not make the world better?"
Dr. Jem Rosner
"First say to yourself what you would be, then do what you have to do."-Epictetus
Maureen Flood, NP
"Hope . . . is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed."-Václav Havel