Award Winning and Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, Personal Finance Coach, Blogger, Certified High Performance Coach, General Surgeon
Too many doctors today believe that their income is what determines their level of success. This is a fallacy that is hurting way too many doctors. We hear things like “Become a specialist so you can...
Most people don’t realize how easy it is to become debt free. Instead they envision a horrible drop in lifestyle and great sacrifices that include turning back the clock to medical school days where...
Many doctors are talking about retiring early from medicine. In fact, about one third of doctors in the U.S. want to either quit medicine or make a major change in their practice. But many doctors...
I never really understood the concept of being at the end of my rope, hanging on for dear life, until I experienced it myself. How can someone with MD behind their name, the cream of the crop, end up...
Medscape recently published their 2019 National Physician Burnout, Depression & Suicide Report and I thought some of the findings were interesting. Every year burnout and suicide seem to be taking a...
Have you ever stopped at a fast food drive through on the way home because you didn’t have time to cook? Did you regret having to serve the less than healthy meal to your family, but felt that you...
A few weeks ago I published an article titled Many Physicians Waste Their Vacation Time. It is the preface to today’s article, so if you haven’t read it, click on the link to do so before continuing...
An important aspect of productivity is the concept “Do It Now.” When one concludes that a particular thing should be done, the most cost-effective way to get it done is to do it now. But we often do...
The real estate investor’s biggest fear is buying at the top of the market. Almost daily, I encounter someone asking if it is a good time to buy real estate with the current high market prices. This...
Many physicians love what they do and would never dream of retiring early. But doctors cannot sustain working at the same physical level into their 60s and 70s as they did in their 30s. As we age, we...
Don’t you hate it when you find out you have been taken? I sure do. I buy something the salesman convinced me was a great deal, only to find out later that it wasn’t a deal at all. In fact, I paid a...
People are surprised when they learn we have maintained a debt free household for the last twenty years. For many, they realize for the first time, that being debt free is possible. Others think they...
When I sat on the management committee of our surgery center, I was wondering why owners didn’t bring all their cases to the facility. They would clearly benefit financially if they increased their...