responsibility – NOT YOUR DOC

PART OF ANY JOB, WHICH ADDS VALUE AND HAS SIGNIFICANCE, IS TO DOCUMENT AND SYSTEMATIZE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT, IN ORDER FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP OUR TASKS WHERE WE HAVE LEFT OFF.

Charles Tadros, M.D. August 12, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri

MANY OF OUR WORRIES ARE RELATED TO OUR ENERGIES. DO I HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO START? HOW MUCH ENERGY WILL IT TAKE? WHERE WILL I GET MORE ENERGY? WHERE WILL I GET ENERGY IF, SUDDENLY, I HAVE ADDITIONAL, UNEXPECTED, RESPONSIBILITIES? DO I HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY TO FINISH?

Charles Tadros, M.D. August 7, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri

IT IS UNSETTLING TO QUESTION EVERYTHING THAT WE THINK THAT WE KNOW. EVEN IF WE CONCLUDE THAT OUR UNDERSTANDINGS WERE ALREADY CORRECT, THERE IS AN ENORMOUS DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND COMING TO OUR OWN CONCLUSIONS, VERSUS, BLINDLY PARROTING AND ACCEPTING WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT.

Charles Tadros, M.D. August 5, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri

WHAT DO WE REALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT, “I WILL TRY ANYTHING ONCE.”? WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE ARE TOLD TO, “TAKE A CHANCE.”?

What I suspect that we and others mean is for us to take a chance as long the action has no long-term or permanent health, financial, relationship or social adverse consequences. A less eloquent, but more accurate statement might be, “TAKE A CALCUALED RISK. IF IT WORKS OUT, THEN, GREAT! OH, BY THE WAY, IFContinue reading “WHAT DO WE REALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT, “I WILL TRY ANYTHING ONCE.”? WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE ARE TOLD TO, “TAKE A CHANCE.”?”

WHEN YOU VOLUNTARILY TIGHTEN YOUR FINANCIAL BELT, YOU …

Have more of a sense of responsibility, and more of a sense of ownership, than just with your finances Have more sensitivity to wastefulness Have financial investments that tend to become more conservative Have an appreciation for low cost or free items and opportunities Have an increased sensitivity to gratefulness Have more of an appreciationContinue reading “WHEN YOU VOLUNTARILY TIGHTEN YOUR FINANCIAL BELT, YOU …”