Atul Gawande - See if you can keep the conversation going. My Rule #1 Ask an unscripted question My Rule #2 Don't whine My Rule #3 Count something My Rule #4 Write something "The invention of a mechanism for the systematic publication of fragments of scientific work may well have been the key event in the history of modern science." - The physician and poet Lewis Thomas My Rule #5 my final rule for a good life in medicine, is: Change Nonetheless, make yourself an early adopter Don't let yourself be. Find something new to try, something to change. Count how often it succeeds and how often it doesn't. Write about it. Ask a patient or a colleague what they think about it. Better three sections: Diligence, Doing Right and Ingenuity |