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06/30/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

See One, Do One, Coach One. A Powerful Self-Improvement Cycle

Reading an article in JACS recently got me thinking about how we improve all of our skills without the help of a teacher or mentor. Over the last 10

06/16/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Why Coaching is the Ultimate Productivity Guru

Don’t listen to so-called productivity gurus. You know, the ones who speak in absolutes and tell us if we get up at 6:00 am and follow their morning

05/12/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

How I Found the Missing Element

For the first couple months after reading Better, the word COACHING continually popped up around me. It piqued my curiosity, and I started thinking

04/22/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Leverage Your Strengths! – Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 56

Jeff welcomes to the podcast general surgeon and certifiedGallup Strengths Coach, Dr. Laura Grimmer, MD. Now, more than ever, it is important

03/31/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Learning Acceptance and Meaning from Anticipatory Grief

The last few weeks have been very difficult for all of us. Like many of you, the Covid-19 pandemic has placed new stress on me individually. It takes

02/13/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Don’t Like Your Options? Reframe It.

In healthcare (and in life) we are presented with difficult challenges that don’t have optimal solutions. Most of the time, physicians are very good

01/02/2020 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Being Uncomfortable! – Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 52

Pump the brakes on your week and take 10 minutes to make your life as a surgeon just a little better… Jeff welcomes to the podcast SurgeonMasters

11/14/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Comparison! – Life improvement strategies for the surgeon who wants more … in 10 minutes – Episode 50

It’s important we slow down and acknowledge our successes from time to time, look back and reflect on what we have accomplished. Let’s set aside our

05/10/2019 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Maintenance of Certification, Aging, & Our Patients

An article published in the Harvard Business Review set out to answer the question: “do doctors get worse as they get older?” With an aging population