Remember Your Why

(I hope you plan to pick up 15 easy CME credits at the Real Estate & Entrepreneurship Conference for Physicians on September 26-28, 2024 in Dallas, Texas. Time is running out. Attending the conference virtually is also an option. Thanks to all of you who test read my next book, The Doctors Guide to Reclaiming the Joy … Read more

Never Buy Life Insurance to Replace Your Income

(Are you attending the Real Estate & Entrepreneurship Conference for Physicians on September 26-28, 2024 in Dallas, Texas? If so, send me a message so we can meet up. I would love to meet you in person.) Purchasing life insurance is a very misunderstood transaction. The buyer doesn’t know how much life insurance his family will need, … Read more

Our Timeshare Month in New England

(Meet me at the Real Estate & Entrepreneurship Conference for Physicians September 26-28, 2024 in Dallas Texas. Send me a message if you are coming so we can meet up. I would love to meet you in person.) My wife and I just finished a month-long trip visiting areas of New England we have never … Read more

Seven Things that Foster Independence in Medicine

Each July new physicians come out of residency and begin their lives as attendings. Many of them will or have already unwittingly set themselves up to lose their independence. All physicians can just as easily set themselves up for independence.  Independence in medicine is not about being in private practice vs being an employee, although … Read more

How Did Timeshares Get Such a Bad Rap?

(The picture with this article is the New Hampshire timeshare my wife and I are currently staying in the week I wrote and published this article. The room has four beds, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room. The grounds have two clay tennis courts, indoor pool, indoor and outdoor hot tubs, great fitness … Read more

Four Things I Wish I Knew as a Young Physician

As years go by, we learn many lessons from the school of hard knocks. Although some of these lessons we could have learned from someone who had previously learned the lesson, such as don’t grab an electric fence. If we learn from someone else’s experience, we won’t get the hard knocks that come with learning … Read more