📢'The World Is Your Oyster' is for those who are born in global north countries--don't experience visa bureaucracy & emotional burden that non-white global south scholars do. Citizenship is a privilege that we need to recognize in the academe. 1/n

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Knowing you were a victim is liberating. No longer blaming yourself for a bad circumstance empowers you to move forward.

Victimhood is limiting. Blaming others for all your suffering leaves you powerless to change your circumstances.

Pain is inevitable. Victimhood is a choice.

Today is National Siblings Day. Our thoughts are with all those siblings who have experienced the loss of a precious brother or sister 💞 You are not forgotten. You are not alone.

A mark of emotional maturity is hearing disagreement without taking offense.

Thoughtful dissent doesn't always mean you're wrong. It often means the issue is complex and your knowledge is incomplete.

Good-faith debate isn't an attack. It's an opportunity to sharpen your ideas.

Confidence doesn't always come from believing in yourself today. It often stems from recalling the obstacles you overcame yesterday.

A history of resilience can silence self-doubt. Challenges conquered are clues to hidden strengths.

Past progress is proof of future potential.

🎈 #CalvinandHobbes

THE MOTHERS 🙌🏼 AMEN! 🫶🤓😊🥰

Narcissistic leaders are threatened by talent. They want to be the smartest person in the room.

Humble leaders are drawn to talent. They surround themselves with people who make them smarter.

Great leaders grow talent. They strive to make everyone in the room smarter.

No one has a crystal ball to predict the future.

Could you have predicted 5 years ago where you would be today?

As life unfolds, you gather data that guides future decisions.

When you start worrying about the future, press pause.

Trust your ability to navigate life.

This article is as beautiful as it is heart wrenching.

Written by ⁦C.S. Mott Children's⁩ PICU physician Dr Erica Andrist. nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NE…

In disagreements, earning respect is not about being right. It's about being reasonable.

8 studies: considering multiple interests and practical solutions signals morality and rationality, opening dialogue across divides.

A key to building bridges is balanced pragmatism.

Relaxing is not the only way to recharge. Finding meaning is a source of fuel.

A restorative break doesn't just avoid tasks that burn you out. It adds people and projects that fire you up.

Detaching from stress prevents exhaustion. Attaching to purpose elevates energy.…

Saw this sign at my kid’s school cafeteria.

An excellent message.

Achievement without kindness, empathy and humility is a hollow outcome.

me, on hour 29 of being awake, explaining to a patient’s family the importance of sleep wake cycles in preventing delirium

Version 2.0 of my #Match2025 algorithm for anesthesiology. Thanks to Christopher Cook, D.O., FASA for his suggestions! Tricia Pendergrast, MD FutureAnesRes Inside The Match

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That a doctor would say this👇🏻about another physician’s suicide speaks volumes about a professional culture which prizes “grit” & “resilience” while refusing to acknowledge that work environment is, in fact, a huge determinant of one’s mental health

We must do better

Congratulations to those who match yesterday!
Unfortunately, I didn't match.
I am here with a heart full of hope and appreciate any help for #SOAP2024 .
I'm applying to prelim positions IM/GS and TY. Visa need.

One of the best days of my life

2022: Tourist visa rejection (3 times)
2023: Did not match
2023: Visa rejection one more time
2023: Finally got a visa + did an observership + passed Step 3
2024: I have matched 💥

Never lose hope, don’t give up, and if I did, you can too 🫶🏼🦾

The 4 Productivity Methods