Ramit Sethi, a New York Times-bestselling author and productivity/finance/entrepreneur expert, talks about the 5 productivity mistakes that people make in his latest blog post. Here are my thoughts on how this applies to physicians, along with notes from the video itself since it doesn’t come with a transcript. Productivity mistake #1: Trying to do it...
Read MoreManaging your Mental and Spiritual Energy, for physicians
This is a continuation of my thoughts on “Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time,” by Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy, as published in the Harvard Business Review. The first series in the post dealt with physical energy, the second, on emotional energy. Mental Energy Reduce interruptions by performing high-concentration tasks away from phones and emails....
Read MoreManage Your Emotional Energy as a Physician
This is a continuation of my thoughts on “Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time,” by Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy, as published in the Harvard Business Review. The first series in the post dealt with physical energy. Defuse negative emotions — irritability, impatience, anxiety, insecurity — through deep abdominal breathing. Fuel positive emotions in...
Read MoreManage Your Energy, Not Your Time: managing physical energy in healthcare
The Harvard Business Review magazine often features articles detailing techniques for personal improvement based on more rigorous scientific research and analyses of successful organizations and leaders. One of the articles featured in its recently-published compilation On Managing Yourself, “Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time,” focuses on improving...
Read MoreBook review: Time Management for Entrepreneurs, and applying this to physicians
No B.S. Time Management for Entrepreneurs provides some insight into high-powered entrepreneurs like Dan Kennedy, who ran businesses so they worked for him in his favor, instead of the other way around. I routinely try to find ways to complete projects as effectively and efficiently as possible, so this book gave me some very interesting thoughts. And...
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