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  • Why and how you should learn to code

    This is the first in a series of posts where I’ll be sharing stuff I’ve learned from 5 years of running a pretty successful medical education startup whilst being a…

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  • Say yes to everything

    I came across some advice during my early university years that really helped me develop as a person. It went something like: When you’re early on in your career/life, say…

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  • Exams are a game

    I’m writing this with 2 days to go until my final exam in my penultimate year of studying Medicine. I’ve just bashed through ~120 psychiatry and obstetrics questions, with around 700 left…

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  • Seventy excuses

    I was having dinner with a friend recently (let’s call her Annie), when conversation turned briefly to a mutual acquaintance (let’s call her Jane). Annie voiced an issue she had…

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  • Saving time with Alfred

    This post discusses how I use Alfred to increase my efficiency/productivity on my MacBook. If you spend some time in front of a computer (even if it’s sadly not a…

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  • The secret to success

    The secret to success is to pick something, and work on it for 10 years. I came across this quote in a Y Combinator interview with Courtland Allen, who made an amazing website/community…

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  • Time vs Money

    There’s something that’s been playing on my mind for the past few months, so I thought I’d put this post together to pseudo-rationally hash it out. It’s slightly related to…

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  • Dealing with Competitor Anxiety

    By the grace of God, 6med is doing alright. Without going into the specifics, we’re at a point where we could potentially make it a full-time thing. We wouldn’t want to, of…

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  • Getting over the fear of personal blogging

    The idea of setting up a personal blog has been swirling around in my head for some time, but I’ve never before managed to shake the nagging suspicion that to…

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  • Expectations/Hopes vs Training

    We don’t rise to the level of our expectations/hopes, we fall to the level of our training. – Archilochus I came across this quote a few days ago, and it…

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