TMRW/TDY
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Insights of TMRW to enhance your TDY
Hey Reader,
⏀ My Podcast Relaunches Soon! – Formerly the Alchemy of Politics, now the Tomorrow List, will feature interviews with some of the brightest and most creative minds in business and healthcare. Catch up on old episodes before season 2 launches.
💡 Compelling interviews with some of the most creative innovators on my podcast – a must listen.
⏀ Idea I’m mulling – Wood + Water. There are two forms of strength in life. There is the directed, brittle but engaged energy of the wood or the trunk of a tree. Then there’s the flowing, adaptive but deep strength of water. Yin and Yang. The East often lionizes the value of “being like water,” as in the famous Bruce Lee quote.
But we need both in life. There are times to use influence, persuasion and attention (water) but others require a more command, structured approach with people and situations (wood).
This recalls the distinction famed political theorist Joseph Nye differentiated between hard and soft power. Hard power is ‘the ability to get others to act in ways that are contrary to their initial preferences and strategies’ often using sticks and carrots. However, soft power is the ability to get ‘others to want the outcomes that you want using “attraction rather than coercion.”
Wood energy is often useful in emergencies such as running a code. But getting someone to quit smoking, a longterm challenge of rapport building and engagement over time, well that requires water.
💡 Know the difference between hard and soft power. Your leadership potential depends on it.
⏀ Quote to ponder:
The lucky break you are looking for is that you woke the fuck up. – David Goggins, former Navy Seal
💡 The MOST important thing to happen to ever happen you is that you woke up. Don’t waste it
⏀: Amazon’s Principles of Leadership – Ceo of Amazon Andy Jassey outlines his principles of leadership in this compelling video
💡 Customer obsession, Long term thinking, process simplification, and constant curiosity are some of the tenets of business leadership
⏀ When patients do their own research – Popular pregnancy commentator and economist Emily Oster writes about the new era of medical decision making as result of online health information and patient led research.
💡 Online health and now medical AI is here to stay. Doctors that thrive in this environment will incorporate it into their practices to create shared decision making (SDM) with patients.
⏀ Why doctors will always be underpaid – In this short clip, controversial real estate investor explains why doctors who complain they are not respected or paid enough won’t get it.
💡 In today’s market, everyone will either be underpaid and under-appreciated or overpaid and over-appreciated.
Keep creating,
