Resources

Here are some resources I’ve found extremely helpful:

Healthcare Technology:
1. DiME Society– The leading multi-disciplinary society regarding evidenced-based approaches to Digital Medicine
2. Y-Combinator Startup School- everything you ever wanted to know about startups. Check out their free YouTube series and quarterly free course
3. Hacking Health by David Putrino– This book teaches you how to implement a “startup mentality” to healthcare.
4. Health Design Thinking– This book was co-created by Bon Ku, MD from Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, as well as Ellen Lupton, head curator of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (one of my favorite museums). It’s a fantastic intro to Design Thinking and how to apply it to Healthcare.

Career Satisfaction:
1. Joseph Liu– I first found out about him through the AoM podcast. Now a full-time career consultant, Joseph has had many different careers and describes how to know if you’re in a career you don’t love. As an analytical and visual learner, I loved his 7 Stages of Career Change Roadmap to help me see where I was.

Mental Health:
1. Waking Up (app)- created by neuroscientist Sam Harriss, this has been touted by all the Tech/Productivity gods, including Tim Ferriss. Sam guides you through 10 or 20 minute meditations, but also has Lessons (my favorite was “Solving Problems”) and meditations created by meditation experts (make sure to check out Loch Kelly’s series).
2. iPhone Minimalism– I applied about 50% of the recommendations from this article. While I still feel that I am addicted to my phone, I feel less distracted when I use it (i.e. I’m able to use it for whatever task I want).

Productivity:
1. Way of Life (app)- this App helped me form at least 8-10 habits over the past 1-2 years. Mainly, it was a great visual way of tracking my progress. The biggest thing I took away with this app is that my hit rate for habits stinks in the beginning, but rapidly improves over 2-3 weeks. So, whenever I start a new habit, I let myself “fail” for the first 2 weeks because I know I’ll be more consistent over time.
2. Forest (app)- Quite possibly one of the most genius apps I have ever seen. The beauty lies in it’s simplicity and good-willed intention. You set a timer for anywhere from 10-120 minutes, then simply don’t touch your phone and let your plant grow to become a tree. If you switch away from the app, your plant will die. As a doctor, I never want anything to die on my watch, so my productivity has skyrocketed with this app.