Here’s what we got for y’all this week:
Its your Choice to enjoy the process
Articles to Ponder
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Because he had a PURPOSE, Sisyphus stayed focus on his tasks and pushed the rock with intensity. He actually enjoyed the challenge of coming up with different ways to push the rock and took pride in that ability.
I started coaching high school athletes on the mental game associated with sports. I noticed that none of the coaches that train my son work on mental performance. They are so focused on the physical game that they forget to teach these young kids that 90% of sports is mental and that much of their physical training can be enhanced my training the mental game.
I created a training program called Mind Grit that I am outlining and implementing with several young athletes right now. A lot of what I learned from playing sports in middle school, high school, and college such as discipline, focus, hard work, confidence, grit etc. can be translated into my practice of medicine, and I want to recreate that for these young athletes to make them mentally stronger both on and off the field.
In preparing myself to coach and lead these athletes, I came across the story of Sisyphus. I vaguely remember this story, but I feel like this story is so pertinent to us as physicians, as much as it is, to athletes and other professions.
There are many interpretations of the story, but the one that I feel is most pertinent is that Sisyphus finds meaning and joy in the task at hand and he chooses to make the best of the situation.
We all have choices. Vicktor Frankl calls it the “last of the human freedoms.” (VK Man’s Search for Meaning). Sisyphus chooses to make the best of the situation that he is dealt. He knows that he is destined to roll that rock up the hill only to have it roll right back down; however, he chooses to make the process his own adding his own twist to the already bad situatuion. We have all made choices here and there - some good and some bad - but how we choose to respond to those situations reveals our true character.
As I continue to coach these athletes, I remind them that they have choices to make. Will they get up early to train, will they do the meditation and visulization work, will they journal, will they say ‘No” to the things that lead them astray from their goals. They have choices to make as they roll their rocks up the hills; but it is in their repsonses that will truly show how comitted they are to honing their craft and improving their game.
…the last of the human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. And there were always choices to make. Every day, every hour, offered the opportunity to make a decision, a decision which determined whether you would or would not submit to those powers which threatened to rob you of your very self, your inner freedom….. (Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl)
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FLIP THE SCRIPT ON BURNOUT
There are a lot of articles being published about physician burnout, moral injury, work-life balance, work engagement, and work-life integration.
The purpose of the Outdoor Rounds Newsletter is to keep that discussion going by focusing on actionable steps that we, as healthcare professionals, can take to maintain a healthy mind, body, and spirit that enables us to show up for our patients, families, and, most importantly, OURSELVES.
Articles:
What if wellness experts spared overworked physicians from their next PowerPoint presentation and instead asked them to come up with their own language to capture their experiences and feelings?
Jay Baruch, MD
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Start Your Heroic Journey
I want to share this with you because it is my mission with Outdoor Rounds to encourage each and every one of you to take a time out for yourselves away from medicine and release your worries, relax your minds, and recharge your souls.
Medicine is a grind - listening to people’s problems all day long and dealing with all of the other administrative headaches takes a toll on the entire doctor - physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
I wouldn’t share this with you if I didn’t think that Heroic could change your life in the areas of energy, work, and love and give you the ability to flip the script on burnout and enable your to live the heroic lives as doctors that you are meant to live.
I’m committed to living a life filled with meaning and being my best in service to my family, friends, and patients.
If you want to learn more about how to optimize your life in the areas of energy, work, and love and you need a program to guide you on that path, then I highly recommend that you check out what Brian Johnson is building at Heroic.
Think of Heroic as a modern day Plato’s Academy that distills more wisdom in less time focusing on the heroic virtues of courage, wisdom, hope, love, zest etc.
Brian’s lessons and notes are thorough and thought provoking and give you a baseline from which you can build your own daily routines and habits that will help you to optimize your life.
I have been working through the coaching program over the past 5 months, and I can say, hands down, that this is the best program out there if you want to transform your life and the life of those around you.
If you are interested in learning how to create better habits in order to flip the script on burnout and optimize your energy so that you can show up better at work for your patients and at home for your family, then I highly recommend that you check out Heroic.
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