Here’s what we got for y’all this week:
Book Discussion: Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness
Articles I am Pondering
Series of Youtube Fishing Videos
Book Review:
Excerpt Discussions: Peak Performance by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness
While the exact work-to-rest ratio depends on the demands of the job and individual preferences, the overall theme is clear: alternating between blocks of 50 to 90 minutes of intense work and recovery breaks of 7 to 20 minutes enables people to sustain the physical, cognitive, and emotional energy required for peak performance. This ebb and flow runs counter to the all-too-common constant grind of either perpetually working in an ‘in-between zone’ of moderately hard work or working at the utmost intensity nonstop. Neither of these more traditional approaches is ideal. The former leads to under-performance. The latter leads to physical, cognitive, and emotional fatigue and, eventually, burnout.
As doctors, we are running on high energy and elevated cortisol levels at all times in our clinics, operating rooms, and hospitals. This is the medical environment. We are constantly on high alert due to the nature of a job where you are expected to perform at your peak at all hours of the day and night, no excuses.
It is a high stress job that lends itself to a perfect storm of burnout and, if you don’t know how to recognize the signs of burnout and if you don’t know how to recover well, you will succumb to its depressive effects.
The book "Peak Performance" by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness is a comprehensive guide on how to achieve sustainable success and avoid burnout. One of the key concepts discussed in the book is the "stress-recovery-adaptation" cycle. The stress-recovery-adaptation cycle refers to the idea that stress and recovery are two sides of the same coin. In other words, stress is necessary for growth and improvement, but it must be balanced with recovery in order to avoid burnout.
Stress + Rest = Growth.
Well, by nature of our profession, the force is strong in the area of stress, but how can we flip the script on that and use the stress to our advantage. If we view these obstacles and stressors as challenges and abilities to grow something that we can control then we can decrease our fear, anxiety, and depression.
Using Brian Johnson’s acronym OMMS (Obstacles Make Me Stronger) , we can learn from each experience and manage the stress to benefit us in a way that helps us to thrive in the situation rather than allowing it to control us and bring us down.
Now, how do we master - Rest. That is what Outdoor Rounds, Reel Docx, and WildMed Adventures aims to accomplish. We have to rebalance ourselves so that we aren’t running on full stress all of the time. Rest is just as imoprotant to the equation and a key to growth. Athletes train hard but they also know how to recover hard in order to perform at their peak performance.
And its in the recovery phase that a lot of the gains to increase growth are acquired. We have to recover well in order to grow and we have to learn how to release, relax, and recharge so that we can be prepared mentally, physically, and spiritually for ourselves, our patients, and our families.
If you lift every day, multiple times a day, without much
rest in between, you’re almost certainly going to burn out. But if you hardly ever make it to the gym and fail to regularly push your limits, you’re not going to get much stronger, either. The key to strengthening your biceps—and, as we’ll learn, any muscle, be it physical, cognitive, or emotional—is balancing the right amount of stress with the right amount of rest.
Reel Docx FB Posts Coming in Hot
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Every week more and more doctors from all different specialties and disciplines are sharing their wins on the water. Join other Reel Docx - and share your wins with the group!!
Here is a list of guides and lodges by state that we were putting together on the Reel Docx FB Page
Reel Docx Pics:
Wild Med - Live | Learn | Explore
Check out New and Upcoming Trips at Wild Med Adventures
I have been on the Montana Fly Fishing trip 3 years in a row and I am headed to Brazil to catch peacock bass in Sept 2023. Check out this article here:
I have made more connections and had more fun on these trips than I have ever had at large national conference.
If you want to be more than a number at a large conference; if you want to create life-long relationships; if you enjoy the outdoors; if you need CME - then I encourage you to sign up for a trip.
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Every week more and more doctors from all different specialties and disciplines are sharing their adventures. Join other doctors - and share your adventures with the group!!
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.
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