Is Your Career Consistent with the Legacy You Want to Leave Behind?

<p dir="ltr">In our negotiations, we’re typically laser focused on that particular job and how it aligns with our lives now, but sometimes we have to zoom out. Sometimes we have to take a 30,000 ft. view and ask ourselves - is this career consistent with the legacy we want to leave behind. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">In a perfect situation, we want to look back at our careers and express pride and joy with what we accomplished, but we all know that’s not always the case in medicine. A lot of us look at this job as something we were called to do but something that’s soul-sucking. </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Is there anything we can do to change that now so we’ll look back on it fondly and proudly, with no regrets? </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">In this episode, I talk about the power of thinking of our legacy right now and advocating for it in our jobs. </p> <p><strong><br /> <br /></strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">- Thinking about your legacy decades in advance</p> <p dir="ltr">How do you want to look back at the working portion of your life?</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">- Align today’s work with tomorrow’s legacy</p> <p dir="ltr">What steps can we take to make sure our schedules align with the lives we want to live? </p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">- What I learned from my grandfather </p> <p dir="ltr">How do we make sure we don’t end up looking back at our careers with regret?</p>