Category Archives: Personal

Driven

15 Dec Filed under Personal. No comments.

As I have moved further into my career as a physician, I have asked myself a question over and over: what drives people? What is the essence of motivation? While the answer can be made simple and obvious (pleasure, gratification, happiness, reward), motivation is something … Read More →

Insight

21 Oct Filed under Personal. 1 Comment.

I have not written much in this space lately.

Paralyzed

2 Apr Filed under Personal. No comments.

With that said…

Repartie

10 Feb Filed under People, Personal. 1 Comment.

And as quickly as I reveal my wish to act slowly, methodically, and thoughtfully, circumstances might request otherwise. Opportunities arise once in a lifetime, so I have unexpectedly landed at a crossroads, paradoxically contemplating whether I stick to the original _stratagème_ or jet down some … Read More →

Stratagème

9 Feb Filed under People, Personal. 1 Comment.

Slow. Methodical. Thoughtful. It is the only way to proceed when playing with fire, figuratively speaking. While I allow myself to be impulsive at times, this is not one of them. So, I find myself in the predicament of “Amélie Poulin”:http://imdb.com/title/tt0211915/, relying on _stratagème_ in … Read More →

Red Tape

18 May Filed under Personal. No comments.

!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/red_tape.jpg(Red tape)! Paperwork. It is at the same time the most necessary part of our litigious world and the most cumbersome. I find it to the be the bane of my existence, my nemesis, the ultimate nightmare for a person attempting to be productive. Electronic … Read More →

I am a Nerd

14 Apr Filed under Personal. 3 Comments.

I know the above to be true and have known it for a long time. Why you ask? I know it because I am interested in many things, a litany of geeky, nerdy things: science, chemistry, self-organization, synthesis, spectroscopy (IR, UV-Vis, NMR, single-crystal X-ray), kinetics, … Read More →