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Hey everyone! It’s Emil, and I’m back! It’s been a while since my last email (31st December 2023, to be exact 😅), but I’ve been working on some exciting things behind the scenes! If these emails aren’t for you anymore, feel free to unsubscribe at the bottom - I’d rather not clutter your inbox 🙂 There’s one thing I want to share with you in this email - the power of consistency. I know, it’s a bit ironic considering I’m coming back from a year long hiatus, but hear me out. I’m now a final year medical student and I’m starting to see a lot of the things that I’ve worked on throughout medical school come to their natural conclusion. Over the past two years, I’ve served as an academic representative on the Monash Medical Students committee. This involved collating resources for my peers and advocating for change. Now, I’ve been elected Academic Vice-President, overseeing academics across the entire Monash Medicine degree. I’ve also been invited to join the School of Medicine Advisory Board. On YouTube, I’ve been uploading (relatively) consistently over the last four years 🤯, and I’ve had the opportunity to attend events with companies like FIGS and Apple. I’ve also met some amazing creators who I’ve formed some amazing friendships with. I really don’t say any of this to brag, but none of this would have been possible if I had quit when things got hard. There have been times where I took breaks, but I’m proud that I’ve been able to keep these commitments up. Looking back, this has highlighted that most achievements worth bragging about come from sustained effort over years, not days, weeks or months. As I head towards graduation, I’ve been thinking about how I can continue to work on my YouTube channel while working full time, which leads me onto my project! I’ve been working on an online course designed to help medical students study more effectively, helping them lead better lives. I’m in the process of putting up the systems needed to get this course running, but I’m very excited about setting it up. You may hear more about this in the coming months! In the theme of consistency, I’m hoping that this venture will give me a sustainable route through which I can develop my channel as I start working full time. It makes sense to me that I will continue learning about productivity in medicine for as long as I can. For you, I’m hoping that this email inspires you to consider what you can stay consistent with. What would you feel proud about keeping up in 10 years time? - Emil |
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In the video that I posted last week, I talked about a method of doing practice questions that allows you to learn more from practice questions to get better marks. This involves a bit more initial work. You need to mark every question with a confidence score and review each of the questions with low confidence so that your confidence improves over time. You invest some time studying the topic of the questions you don’t know much about, and that enables you to improve your knowledge and...
Hey everyone! Perfectionism is a silent killer, but there are several ways to break through it. The signs of perfectionism are often insidious and easily missed. They can manifest in every aspect of your life, and can lead to feelings of stagnation In this newsletter I’ll share how I recognise perfectionism in my life and some strategies to overcome it. In medicine, I notice perfectionism the most when I’m targeting areas I know I’m weaker in, like metabolic derangements for example. I’ll...
Hey everyone, Happy Easter! I’ve been in a bit of a productivity rut recently. I have been slightly sick, quite busy and a bit behind on many different projects, meaning that I have felt quite overwhelmed. While preventing burnout is one of my core mantras, it’s sometimes inevitable that this happens. When it does, I think journaling is one of the most powerful techniques to help you escape a slump. I’ll explain why in this newsletter 👇 This morning, I sat down and decided that I needed to do...