Tag: Ultimate Guide
How to get stuff done
I was chatting with a friend a little while back. He’s a final year medic at Cambridge, goes to the gym like every day, is pretty ripped, plays rugby for…
The Parable of the Pottery Class
Hey friends, There was once a pottery teacher called Brian. One month, he decided to split his class into two groups. Group A had to make a pot every day…
Climbing a proverbial mountain
Hey friends, It’s been an interesting week. I’ve officially graduated and left medical school (check out the pics on Instagram), we’ve had family over from Pakistan for the celebrations, and yesterday…
Diminishing Returns
Hey friends, We graduated from medical school today (or rather, yesterday because I’m writing this at 2am on Monday morning, so apologies for not sending the email on Sunday). It’s…
Staying in touch
Hey friends, This is our very last week of medical school. It’s been 6 years, we’ve finished all our placements, we had our Graduation Ball last night and now we’ve…
A whole lot better
Hey friends, I was chatting with a medic friend over breakfast this morning. He told me a great story that I thought I’d share with you. A few days ago,…
How to approach stuff we have to do
Hey friends, I was chatting with a friend a little while back. He’s a final year medic at Cambridge, goes to the gym like every day, is pretty ripped, plays…
Hustle vs Chill?
Hey friends, I’m writing this email from a lovely cafe in Heidelberg, Germany. I’m here with some friends on a bank holiday mini-break – we’re trying to take full advantage…
Consistency is king
Hey friends, I’ve just arrived back in Cambridge from a weekend in Dorset on a ‘wilderness medicine’ expedition. There was a group of 22 of us, we stayed in this…
Time Management
Hey friends, It’s been a pretty interesting week. I turned 24, found out I passed my final year exams, gave a presentation about the YouTube channel to the Cambridge clinical school faculty,…
The antidote to fear
Hey friends, This week’s email discusses my favourite non-pharmacological solution to stress/fear/anxiety that I hope you’ll find useful. Unsurprisingly, I’ve had a lot of messages from students about to sit…
Death & Future-Self Thinking
Hey friends, You know that feeling when you have a reasonably fixed opinion on a topic that you haven’t really thought about extensively? And then when that opinion gets shattered…