What drives your life? What is the goal of your everyday actions? What motivates you? These questions can all be answered to some extent by ideals. In this episode, we discuss why a deep understanding of our ideals is necessary to avoid burnout and maintain love for the noble profession of medicine.
References:
Pew Research Center, November, 2021, “What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies”
Harvard Study of Adult Development
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