Work/Life balance is a common desire in the lives of busy professionals. All too often, we feel our job is the cause of the imbalance between our work and our home life. But the reality is our own behaviors are causing the imbalance. It’s not the job’s fault. Which is good news, since it means … Read more
The purpose of vacations is rejuvenation. Very few doctors reach the goal of being completely rejuvenated by the end of their vacation. We work hard for many years and from time to time we need to take a break and recharge our batteries. For a vacation to be effective at rejuvenating us, it needs to … Read more
(Thank you all so much for making The Doctors Guide to Finding Joy in Your Work an Amazon Best-Seller. If you didn’t order a copy, what are you waiting for? Do you already have all the joy you can take? I believe everyone could use a little more joy in their lives.) A thorn in … Read more
(Keep an eye out for my upcoming book, The Doctors Guide to Finding Joy in Your Work, which will come out on March 11th through Amazon. We can all use a little more joy in our lives and this book will help you attain it.) “I hate the Monday after a call weekend.” Have you … Read more
Many people are under the impression that financial independence (FI) is a number or a destination. For example, once I have a net worth of ‘X’, I will be FI and life will begin. I encountered this attitude during a dinner conversation I had at a conference last weekend with a doctor who is two … Read more
Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include how to scale back work hours, chase adventure and not security, the skinny on I-bonds, frugal travel tips, and planning for irregular expenses … Read more
Every week I find a few great articles I feel are especially valuable. Following are this week’s best. I hope you find them as useful as I did. This week’s favorites include it’s up to you to make retirement great, a realistic look at the stock market crash, can you actually afford private school, 13 … Read more
Many people are unhappy with their job. For many of them it shows up as burnout. Others just don’t like what they do and want to do something else. This unhappiness has sparked the recent popularity of side gigs: Something you do other than your main job to make extra money to eventually leave your … Read more
(Join me and 15+ other speakers tomorrow for the virtual FREE Physician Freedom Summit March 4-5. Time to regain control of your life and medical practice. Register now! ) I am amazed at how few physicians take an adequate amount of vacation. This is one of the contributing factors to burnout. The more stressful the … Read more
Working locum tenens was a life saver for me and my early retirement. It gave me a chance to slow down and ease into the life of leisure. I don’t know how well my early retirement years would have been if I went straight from my 60 hour a week full time general surgery practice, … Read more
