When everything slows down
There are moments when everything slows down. Movement becomes instinct. Preparation becomes effortless. This is what it feels like when performance meets mastery.
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Go Round the Back
ST3. My own deanery. A room full of people who knew me. The score came back six out of fifty. What I did next changed the entire direction of my career — but not in the way you'd expect.
Allowed to Decide
"Everyone told me to." It's understandable. It might even be relevant. But it's not a sentence I'd want to say to a patient. So how do you listen to a room without being ruled by it?
There Is No Neutral
I used to think there were three types of leaders: those for you, those against you, and the neutral ones. I don't believe that anymore. In surgery, neutrality has a price.
Less Than Full Time, More Than a Surgeon
I worried about the money. I worried about falling behind on cases. Then my ARCP panel made a decision about my confidence before I'd been given the chance to prove them wrong.