Success
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Making Mistakes
This is a letter to young physicians, but it could easily be a letter to anyone who is a young practitioner in any profession or any area of endeavor. You are going to make mistakes in your career. Moreover, you’re going to make mistakes that are unequivocally your fault that cannot be attributed to anyone…
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Gangnam Style and Epics
How do you set out to create an epic? You can’t. Many have tried; none have succeeded. Epics cannot be intentionally created. They exist. There is no formula to create an epic. There is no amount of analysis that will produce an epic. Gangnam Style is an excellent example. Gangnam Style is an epic. The…
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How to Succeed
Are you desiring to succeed in life? How is this done? I can illustrate a few principles. In your line of work whatever that may be whether you are a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, or even an attorney or a physician, treat everybody the same. Don’t play favorites even though you may have…
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How to Say No
How do you say no effectively? Suppose someone comes to your door and bothers you to contribute. Or suppose a telemarketer butts into your life at 8 PM and wants you fork over ten bucks for their cause. How do you get them to go away as quickly as possible? Do you be nice;…
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Fixing Your Bayonet
What do you do when you’re talking to a wall? What do you do when the tree you fell in the forest you own makes no sound other than to yourself? What did Van Gogh do when the only painting he sold was to the sister of a friend? He must have laughed at his…
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Giving Yourself a Chance
When I was young I wish I had known that you could make a living doing anything. In grade school, I would watch these kids in my class draw obsessively. I couldn’t figure out how anyone could make money out of that. I thought I had to be a doctor. Well, as it turns out…
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Finding Yourself
As Clint Eastwood would say, a man has to know his limitations. This is a lesson lost on the human potential movement that encourages you to become a superman. There you are, standing atop a skyscraper, the wind blowing in your face. Theories and technology abound fooling you that such is possible. The personal computer…
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How to Sell
If you want to be a great actor, you have to commit. Commitment is the key to success. There can be no wavering if you want to make it to the top. Wavering is tantamount to death. People need to have faith in you. Imagine if a chair was unsteady. Imagine if that chair…
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Choosing the Right Path
How do you choose the right path for you? Often in your life you find yourself at a crossroads. Life may not be working out, or you are are not getting to that better place that you desire. You’d like to make a change, but you’re not sure how to do it. Sometimes you’re not…
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