How To Make a Difference Externally Over Internally

A fellow business student asked the Dean "𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥❓" ... Back then I scoffed ... 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩


1️⃣First

After a year of being an attending anesthesiologist

A thought occurred to me:

"𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦"

𝘽𝙤𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜


2️⃣Then

Two years after getting my MBA

A thought occurred to me:

"𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱"

𝘽𝙤𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜


3️⃣Finally

5 years after being an attending and earning my MBA

A thought occurred to me:

"𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵, 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴"

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩


As a result of my MedicoLegal consulting:

• Protocols were implemented
• Unsafe practices were changed
• Patients harmed were advocated for
• Staffing ratios at institutions were revised
• Doctors who did nothing wrong were defended

The list goes on and on ... 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣


Everyone has a chance to make more of an impact

𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨


Oh and that business student peer of mine

𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.

The biggest lessons learned at business school

Weren't accounting, marketing, HR mgmt, or sales.

It was "𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙂𝙤 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙄𝙩" and "𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙨𝙠"



𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙮?