Ever give a presentation? Public speaking? If you have, I’m sure someone has told you that if you get nervous, you should picture the audience naked. I never really understood that advice. I mean… that takes a lot of mental energy. Not to mention, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t like what I’d … [Read more...]

You think you and your brain are a team. You think you want the same things and have the same goals. Let me make this as clear as possible: You’re wrong; you are not a team and you have vastly different goals (most of the time). If you brain was working directly for you, you’d probably be as … [Read more...]

I was watching the bachelor with my wife the other night, and I couldn’t help but catch on to a running theme. They kept talking about the girls who had the most confidence and how they could put it on display. Interesting. I’ve been listening a bit to Coffee with Scott Adams and he … [Read more...]

Confidence comes from previous success. Even success at completely unrelated things. Your confidence in learning medicine may come from having done well in high school algebra. Lack of confidence comes from the same place. You may be terrified of Pharm because you did awful in Anatomy and … [Read more...]

***Opening up the review book was my first step. I'm in the 6th year of my recertification. I procrastinated my whole 5th year. I’ve been a PA for 19 years and did the Pathway II the last two recertifications. I specialize in HIV. I'm not fond of cardiology or pulmonary which make up 1/3 of the exam … [Read more...]