My dad asked me to stop by his house last week. He needed a hand fixing his email settings, and I’m the IT guy for my family. No problem. I headed over and got to work. It only took a few minutes. He has a password management issue (like everyone else), so once I created a new password and dropped it in the right place, everything ran like a hamster on a wheel.
I go to get up from the desk and realize I can’t find my phone. Curiouser and curiouser. I knew I had it a few minutes before because I store everything in 1password and have my dad doing the same. I access his account through my phone just a few minutes earlier, but now it’s gone.
Foraging around and nothing. Now allow me to paint a picture for you. There is not a single square centimeter of clear counter space. I say counter space because the desk that is completely covered and then a countertop running the length of the room just off the desk is in equal disarray. There are post-it notes, scraps of paper and notebooks everywhere. Coupons and bills fill up the majority of the rest of the area. Can you imagine he has a problem keeping track of his passwords?? Oh, there was a notebook or four, but which one had the latest passwords…??
Now imagine how it feels to work in that environment. Sit down at that desk and attempt to stay on task. It’s impossible. Something always catches your eye. Something else you should be doing or worrying about. Ted Williams, one of baseballs greatest legends, talks about hitting with the label of his bat facing down so it wouldn’t distract him. Seriously, the label. He didn’t allow for even the possibility of distraction when he was at the plate.
Anyway, when you sit down to study a subject like cardiology, the same thing happens to you. No, not exactly the same thing. It’s called a metaphor. Keep up.
You open your notes and your books and the vomit information all over you. You get covered in it, and you can’t figure out what you’re supposed to be doing and even if you choose a direction, how do you know you didn’t choose the wrong one??!!!??? What if you were missing something??!!
In the August issue of The Physician Assistant Exam Scholars Newsletter, we’re going to cut through all of that mess. We’re gonna get that imaginary desk cleared off, so you feel crisp and clean. I’m gonna take cardiology and get you started studying it in a fashion that will make a clear path through the chaos for you. Once you’ve torn through this issue, you can take the examples I use for cardiology and apply the techniques to everything else you have to study. Your gonna love this one. Don’t miss out. Click the link below and make sure you get your copy of The Physician Assistant Exam Scholars Newsletter this month. You know a little light beach reading.
Physician Assistant Exam Scholars Newsletter
Brian
P.S. A friend just recommend reading Jaws, and I can’t wait to sink my teeth into it (couldn’t resist). What are you reading this summer (other than boring medicine textbooks)?
P.P.S. I did wind up finding my phone.
