The Academic Revolution

Send us Fan Mail Over the last 2 episodes, we talked a lot about practical strategies and habits that can help you crush your academic writing projects. But the truth is despite all the tips and strategies most of us still struggle to “just do it” and get it done. In this episode, I’ll share what your next grant and or manuscript will require of you to be successful. In my personal experience as a...

Send us Fan Mail Creating habits around your academic career goals is a superior way to move manuscripts and projects forward. Habits have the power to massively increase your productivity and decrease your stress level. Most academic physicians get stuck with writing because they are just not in the habit of doing it. That leaves most people “trying to find time” to get manuscripts written. Have...

Send us Fan Mail We all know that writing is a key component of academic success. We need to write grants and papers. Yet for many academic physicians, this does not come naturally and sometimes even causes anxiety and procrastination. “Writer's block” gets in the way of getting your research published and diminishes your impact. The good news is that there are some practical strategies you c...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been fired by a patient? I have. It wasn’t pleasant but it taught me valuable lessons over the years. If you have been in medicine for any length of time, you probably have gotten “fired” by a patient at some point or another. It’s usually a question of if or when not if. And let me just say this right away: It’s not personal. In this episode, I’ll share 3 valuable l...

Send us Fan Mail If you are a physician, you probably have also been a patient at some point in your life. Perhaps you had a good patient experience. Great! But what do you do when your experience as a patient was painful on a physical or emotional level?  Maybe the experience gave you some insight, taught you some lessons, or made you a better physician. For some of you, it might have left some h...

Send us Fan Mail Twice a year I host a free 3-day live training series to help physicians and scientists in academic medicine just like you to create a successful academic career without sacrificing your personal life. In this episode, I'm sharing the full recording of the third day to give you an idea of what you can expect from registering for the training. You can sign up to attend live he...

Send us Fan Mail Twice a year I host a free 3-day live training series to help physicians and scientists in academic medicine just like you to create a successful academic career without sacrificing your personal life. In this episode, I'm sharing the full recording of the second day to give you an idea of what you can expect from registering for the training. You can sign up to attend live h...

Send us Fan Mail Twice a year I host a free 3-day live training series to help physicians and scientists in academic medicine just like you to create a successful academic career without sacrificing your personal life.  In this episode, I'm sharing the full recording of the first day to give you an idea of what you can expect from registering for the training. You can sign up to attend live h...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I invite you to join me for my FREE 3-Part Live Training Series starting  OCTOBER 20TH Register here:  The Academic Revolution Live Additional resources to accelerate your academic success: Free Productivity Tool: 5-Steps to increase your productivity and decrease distractions. The Academic Physician Success Path , a 3-Part FREE Mini-Series for Academic Physicians...

Send us Fan Mail Most of us busy academic physicians are driven by a never-ending to-do list. It seems like you knock one task off and three others appear. And chances are lots of items on that list are driven by other people’s agenda and the REALLY important stuff doesn’t get done. And I don’t have to tell you that’s a broken strategy. So in this episode, you’ll discover how to avoid working from...

Send us Fan Mail What determines your results?  What is the one factor that determines your success in academia AND in life? It’s not how hard you work! It’s not who you know.  Or even where you trained (although that can help a little) It’s all determined by the space between your ears and if you and I don’t keep that space clean of garbage and negativity it will negatively impact our lives. In t...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever noticed that there are certain situations that just push your buttons? A colleague says something… You feel overlooked for a project or a leadership role… Somebody said or did something and it triggered you in a certain way.  Instead of getting upset or frustrated consider these moments as a gift. Triggers are our greatest opportunity to identify areas where we will...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone says “Work smarter, not harder!” But how do you actually do that? Chances are if you are like most academic physicians or leaders I know you are juggling a lot of responsibilities. And let’s be real, it’s not always easy to figure out what the most important thing to do is. There is just too much of it. No wonder it becomes harder to “see the forest for the trees” and to...

Send us Fan Mail Time is relative. You might never feel you have enough of it. In contrast to money, time is finite. It’s the most precious resource you have. Considering that time is finite, how does that affect your decisions as a leader, as a physician, as a spouse, parent, or friend? In this episode, you’ll learn how to look at time as a finite resource and to establish your relationship with...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever feel you just don’t have enough time? There are just so many things to do and not enough hours in the day. Chances are that if you are an academic physician juggling multiple responsibilities and your personal life, you feel strapped for time. And you are looking for solutions. Have you ever noticed that the latest faculty development course on time management or one o...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt like you're stuck in your academic career?  You're not really sure how to move forward with the next steps in your career. Perhaps things are not working out the way you hoped for with a grant, a research project, or your academic promotion. Or the clinical workload has become difficult to manage and you're feeling really, really exhausted, frustr...

Send us Fan Mail What if you would run your academic physician career, like a business?  I used to say that “We should all learn a bit from the industry!” I am sure there are a couple of ideas we can learn from the marketplace or the industry sector on how to run an academic career more efficiently, like a business. We would be a lot more productive.  In this episode, we will blend Pillar #1 (Perf...

Send us Fan Mail Just think about it. Academic medicine is so backward from most other professions.   What jobs or professions do you know where you actually have to come up with your own salary? In this episode, we are going to compare how being a classical academic physician is a lot more similar to being an entrepreneur or business owner than many other professions. How would it change our acti...

Send us Fan Mail If you are feeling like a chicken with your head cut off constantly running around to get all the things done this episode is for you! So many academic physicians find themselves on the hamster wheel of working harder to be more productive. Have you ever noticed that the harder you work, the harder you try, and the less productive you become? Chances are you are on the hamster whe...

Send us Fan Mail Leadership is such a popular buzzword these days. But what does leadership actually really mean? In medicine there is a huge misconception of what leadership means.  Most physicians fit into one of two camps when it comes to leadership.  One group that never wants to be a leader. They might feel that they don’t have the skill or talent or just don’t want “that job” because it migh...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been in a situation where you had a great plan for the day?  Perhaps you had a nice long to-do list and today was the day you were going to take a big crack at it. Or you had great intentions to finally write that manuscript or set aside time to work on a project that has been overdue and then… BOOM, something happened and you got derailed. You suddenly didn’t have t...

Send us Fan Mail The biggest lie we have been told in academic medicine and truthfully that we have been indoctrinated with our entire medical training is a belief that keeps so many struggling academic physicians trapped.  And it is this: You've got to work harder than anyone else to get ahead. Today I want to talk about productivity and how this concept of “I just gotta work harder” is keep...

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Send us Fan Mail In this episode we are going to shake things up a bit and talk about TRUTH versus FACTS. You’ll discover the difference between truth versus facts and how it is critical for every physician or scientist in academia to understand the difference. Knowing the difference is essential not just in your role as physician or researcher, but also for life in general.  Years of medical trai...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt like you are constantly switching between different tasks and nothing ever moves forward? You never seem to get to the finish line of a project or even a simple task? A lot of physicians and scientists in academic medicine struggle with this. No wonder there are so many competing demands on our time. So many colleagues tell me they constantly put out fires and g...