We were all used to being the smart one in the class. Then all of a sudden in our professional training, we were surrounded by high (over) achievers, and we started doubting ourselves - am I smart enough to be here? I've seen very bright, very successful dental as well as medical students, even residents, express serious doubts if they "had the right stuff" to finish their programs. And it doesn't end on graduation. Self-doubt continues to haunt many of us in the health professions.
Those of us who appear (even to ourselves!) to be the most "bullet-proof" may well be the most rigidly armored, and therefore, most susceptible to crumble when the winds of circumstance blow hard.
“The truth is what one really needs is not Nobel laureates but love. How do you think one gets to be a Nobel laureate? Wanting love, that’s how. Wanting it so bad one works all the time and ends up a Nobel laureate. It’s a consolation prize.
“The truth is what one really needs is not Nobel laureates but love. How do you think one gets to be a Nobel laureate? Wanting love, that’s how. Wanting it so bad one works all the time and ends up a Nobel laureate. It’s a consolation prize.
What matters is love.” George Wald, Nobel prize winning biologist from Harvard
"Be kind - everyone carries a heavy burden."
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