Takeaway
“Rebecca Solnit. I love the way she combines memoir, nature writing, and reflections on art and life, with wisdom which transforms suffering. ‘That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost.'”-Dr. David Kopacz, University of Washington
Passion in the Medical Profession | August 12, 2022 | <1 min read
Highlights
Rebecca Solnit. I love the way she combines memoir, nature writing, and reflections on art and life, with wisdom which transforms suffering. "That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost."
Dr. David Kopacz, University of Washington
I love Haruki Murakami and how his stories take you on a winding and unpredictable path. Like life.
Dr. Jeff Millstein, Penn Medicine
I'd just finished “4,000 Weeks" when my mom passed away last Wednesday night. The timing couldn't have been better for the lessons in that book about our limited time and how to prioritize what’s important.
Dr. Eric Last, Northwell Health
Kurt Vonnegut taught me you need to find a way to laugh through misery.
Dr. Mike Fingerhood, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Tolstoy: “True life is not lived where great external changes take place - where people move about, clash, fight, and slay one another - it is lived only where . . . tiny, tiny, infinitesimally small changes occur.”
Dr. Margaret Chisolm, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Daniel Pink. A lesson from one of his books is "to make excellent mistakes." I may be getting close to mastering this one after years of practice.
Dr. Scott Wright, Johns Hopkins Medicine
I love learning and am grateful to authors who have enriched my life: Dorothy Roberts, Mathew Desmond, @SaStrings,@Isabelwilkerson,@malcolmgladwell,@AdamMGrant.Life lesson: I often don’t know what I think I know.