Skills
Not in the right mindset? Take a break!
I have a friend who, when it comes to studying, instantly gives up and goes to sleep once he gets tired. He’ll study during the evening, start to feel tired and his brain go to mush, and hit the sack at 12am, sometimes earlier. Even the night before the exam, if he doesn’t feel ready [...]
How to be an Effective Team Player
We all come across group situations in all aspects of our lives. Our family is a group. We exist in groups of friends, employees at work, students in a classroom, members of a club – I could go on and on. The point is that all of us are a part of many groups and [...]
The Importance of Prioritizing
For those of you who have followed this blog over the past few years, you might recall my 3rd year of undergrad when York went on strike for a few months. When the strike was over and school finally resumed at the beginning of 2009, we had to make up a lot of lost time, [...]
Setting and Achieving Goals
It’s been almost a month since I last posted here – I guess that tells you how busy life has been for me. Between school, projects, initiatives, and my personal life, I haven’t had much time to just stop, think, and write. I have a lot of thoughts in my head, some of which I [...]
Planting seeds: get what you want by asking more
Being in medical school has opened up many doors and presented a vast number of opportunities. As a medical student, it is very easy to say get an opportunity to shadow any type of physician in an affiliated teaching hospital – something much harder to do as an undergrad or high school student. The same [...]
First post and first impressions
Hello World! Since this is my first ever post, I figured that I’ll keep it light, telling you guys a bit more about myself (stuff that wasn’t already covered in About), along with a tangent, and some of my plans with MedHopeful. Being ‘serious’ Josh and I recently had a discussion about first impressions, and [...]
The Fear of Failure and Why You Need to Stop Being Afraid to Lose
I think far too often in too many things we focus on just one side of the coin. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it can be counter productive if you’re looking at the side that prevents you from succeeding, and succeeding big. While I don’t have any specific role models that I [...]
Leading by Example
I first joined my church choir about five years ago playing the trumpet. That didn’t work out so well, partly because I’m not very good, and partly because it just didn’t seem to fit in with the rest of the instruments (guitar and piano). I still wanted to remain an integral part of the choir, [...]
One of the Proudest Moments of my Life
I know I’m mentally healthy when I am able to honestly re-evaluate myself in all aspects – that I am able to get rid of all external factors and really reflect deeply about my thoughts, motivations, desires, etc. It’s only through personal honesty that we are able to make the decisions that really are best [...]
What IS a Good Doctor?
Hmm, This is an interesting debate. For those who don’t know me my name is Jerome, and I am Joshua’s brother. Currently I am studying first year medicine at UofT. I figured I would give my two cents on this topics because it is a very controversial one. Unfortunately I am more of an idealist [...]
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