Boring is Fun Occasionally I come across a blog post, book chapter or podcast episode that makes something click in my brain and I think ‘damn that’s really good’. This week, I
Reflecting on a year of being a doctor I’m writing this post on my final night shift of FY1 (the first year of being a doctor). There was one doctor I was shadowing on the Cardiology ward.
How I remember what I read I like to think I read a lot of books (you can follow my Goodreads profile to see all my past/current books). But a major problem I have is
The story that changed my life I’m going to cheat this week and re-use a story from a previous post. I think it’s legit though, because this story changed my life when I first
Writing The acronym that changed how I write When writing these blog posts, I often run into writer’s block. Confronted with a blank canvas on whatever writing app I’m trying that week, I sit like a
Chance encounters I’ve been on an ‘anaesthetics taster week’ this week. That means I get to spend 5 days shadowing doctors within the anaesthetics department, getting involved, trying to get an
How to become more confident I’ve become a much more confident person over these last few years. Partly that’s come from recognising that there’s no difference between fake confidence and real confidence,
Getting Our House In Order Last week, I made a mistake at work. My consultant asked me to check the dosing instructions of two anti-psychotic medications that a patient (“Harry”) had been given while he
Productivity The Power of Project Lists In the previous post, I wrote about The Inbox for your Brain. I talked about how I use the app Things to note down any idea / to-do on my mind.
Apps The Inbox for your Brain I want to share a quick productivity tip that’s been working wonders for me these past few weeks. In David Allen’s Getting Things Done, he introduces the key
Life Advice Our own worst critics A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about The Reitoff Principle for Productivity. At the time, I thought the post was a load of shite - I had to
The joys of handwriting I recently bought a Leuchtterm notebook (after hearing Neil Gaiman’s recommendation). I’ve been using it extensively for the past 3 days, and I’m very pleasantly surprised at
High-leverage housekeeping This week, my brother Taimur (who I host a weekly podcast with in case you haven’t heard) introduced me to the idea of high-leverage housekeeping. I like the idea,
3 minutes vs 3 months For the past 3 months, I’ve had an item on my to-do list that’s been taking up mental space and weighing me down emotionally. That item was to
Productivity The Reitoff Principle for Productivity As you might know, I’m a big fan of productivity, consistency, discipline and buzzwords. Often however, I find myself in a place where I can’t fully enjoy myself
Business Why everything is super low risk This week, I was listening to an episode of Gary Vaynerchuk’s podcast, in which he was interviewing Tim Ferriss. They were answering phone calls from listeners, many of whom
Life Advice Changing our perspective to make life more pleasant You know that feeling when you come across something on the Internet and it immediately resonates with you and you think of 100 different applications for it? Well I had
Medical Adventure in Sudan In January 2019, me and a group of doctors from Cambridge travelled to Sudan for a medical mission trip. With a team of Sudanese doctors, pharmacists, lab techs and 80
Happiness A small dose of positivity In this post I want to tell you how it looks like to work as a surgical FY1 (junior doctor) in the Emergency Department. This involves fielding phone calls from
My most popular articles This post marks the 1-year anniversary of this blog. What started as a deviant thought has grown into a blog with many readers who (somehow) seem to care what a
Using Notion as a Resonance Calendar I talked in a previous post about how I’ve started using the app Notion as a Second Brain. Almost daily I’ve been discovering new ways of using it
Personal Knowledge Management Building a Second Brain In a recent issue of my weekly email newsletter, I shared a link to an article called How to create Idea babies - A knowledge processing system for marketers, creators
Podcast I'm starting a podcast! No motivational life advice from me this week I’m afraid (although I’ve included 2 Kindle Highlights below to make up for it). Instead, I want to tell you
Productivity The 2-minute productivity rule There’s a good book called Getting Things Done - The Art of Stress-free Productivity by David Allen. It’s widely seen as the bible on productivity. There’s a
Productivity Parkinson's Law This week, I met up with a chap called Chris. He’s of the Acute Medicine Consultants at my hospital. Some friends and I are working with him on a
