We are rounding out the first portion of how to foster your ideal future in medicine. So far, we have covered the larger state of medicine and what’s possible, enlarging your vision, and addressing fear and the inner critic. This week, we will tackle the other mindset aspect which can hold us back from enjoying the most fulfilling careers we can create within the existing system – our limiting beliefs.

What are limiting beliefs? They are essentially assumed constraints...

This week we continue the series on fostering an ideal future in medicine. In the first week, we looked at the larger state of medicine and its future. Last week we worked on expanding your dreams and goals and clarifying your vision for your practice. This week, we will tackle the other mindset portions that commonly hold us back from enjoying the most fulfilling careers we can create within the existing system – fear, our inner critic, and limiting beliefs.

Fear....

I’d love to use this month to spur you to dream again. Not like seeing the back of your eyelids, sawing the zzz’s dreaming - though I hope you prioritize sleep. Also, not the type of escapism-type dreams that sounds so alluring when we are exhausted: “I wonder what it would be like to be the Walmart greeter….”  But the type in which you imagine how rich life can be moving forward – the dreaming you have likely done off and on since childhood, but less...