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December 27, 2025
Learning to Sit With Discomfort
Physicians are trained to act fast, but rushing through discomfort leads to bad decisions. Learn why sitting with it is the real growth move.
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December 26, 2025
Good Will Hunting — The Reluctance to Accept Coaching
Good Will Hunting coaching lessons on why brilliant people resist help -- and what physician coaching resistance costs academic medicine.
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December 25, 2025
Essentialism by Greg McKeown — A Physician's Guide to Prioritization Strategy
Greg McKeown's Essentialism reviewed for academic medicine — a physician prioritization strategy for doing less but better in faculty life.
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December 25, 2025
Being Coachable — The Power of Asking for Help Before You Need It
Proactive coaching helps physicians grow before a crisis hits. Learn why asking for help early is the strongest move in academic medicine.
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December 24, 2025
Coaching for International Medical Graduates in Academic Medicine
How international medical graduate coaching helps IMGs navigate the unwritten rules of academic medicine and build successful faculty careers.
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December 24, 2025
Building a National Reputation in Academic Medicine
The specific, sequential steps to go from locally known to nationally recognized in your field.
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December 23, 2025
The Growing Role of Nurse Practitioners and What It Means for Faculty Physicians
Nurse practitioner scope expansion is reshaping academic medicine. Here is what faculty physicians need to know about evolving roles and team dynamics.
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December 21, 2025
Why Physician Leaders Struggle with Saying 'I Don't Know'
Why physician leadership vulnerability matters and how saying I don't know builds trust in academic medicine teams.
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December 21, 2025
The Gallup CliftonStrengths for Academic Physicians Stepping Into Leadership
How CliftonStrengths helps academic physicians lead from their natural talents when stepping into division chief and program director roles.
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December 20, 2025
The Shawshank Redemption and the Long Game of Career Building
Andy Dufresne chipped away for 19 years. What Shawshank Redemption teaches about patience and persistence in academic medicine careers.
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December 20, 2025
Patch Adams and the Real Tension Between Compassion and Systems in Medicine
What Patch Adams gets right about compassion vs systems in medicine, and what it misses about sustaining a humanistic academic career.
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December 19, 2025
Embracing Discomfort as a Growth Signal
Coaching discomfort growth is not a warning sign. Learn why a coachable mindset turns discomfort into your most reliable signal for personal growth.
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