Feb. 23, 2024

How to plan for your research success

How to plan for your research success
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In today's episode, we focus on planning. We explore the need to plan at various levels -- from your overall life plan, to your quarterly plan, to your daily plan. With planning, we emphasize the significance of intentional planning for achieving long-term success and balance.

Key Points Discussed:

  1. The significance of having a life plan and its role in ensuring a balanced and fulfilling life.
  2. Setting one-year goals based on expectations for reviews with department chairs or division chiefs.
  3. Planning quarterly goals and breaking them down into actionable steps for the next three months.
  4. Weekly planning meetings to reconcile personal and professional calendars and allocate time for research and writing.
  5. The importance of daily planning to adjust and tweak the schedule based on the weekly plan.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

  • Book Recommendation: "Living Forward" by Daniel Harkavy and Michael Hyatt.

Call to Action:

Take the time to start planning for your success today. Consider creating a life plan, setting one-year goals, and breaking them down into actionable steps. Experiment with weekly and daily planning to both enhance your productivity and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

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100:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,860Welcome to the Clinician Researcher podcast, where academic clinicians learn the skills200:00:05,860 --> 00:00:11,260to build their own research program, whether or not they have a mentor.300:00:11,260 --> 00:00:17,340As clinicians, we spend a decade or more as trainees learning to take care of patients.400:00:17,340 --> 00:00:22,380When we finally start our careers, we want to build research programs, but then we find500:00:22,380 --> 00:00:27,780that our years of clinical training did not adequately prepare us to lead our research600:00:27,780 --> 00:00:29,200program.700:00:29,200 --> 00:00:35,480Through no fault of our own, we struggle to find mentors, and when we can't, we quit.800:00:35,480 --> 00:00:40,580However, clinicians hold the keys to the greatest research breakthroughs.900:00:40,580 --> 00:00:46,200For this reason, the Clinician Researcher podcast exists to give academic clinicians1000:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,800the tools to build their own research program, whether or not they have a mentor.1100:00:51,800 --> 00:01:01,160Now introducing your host, Toyosi Onwuemene.1200:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,280Welcome to the Clinician Researcher podcast.1300:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,520I'm your host, Toyosi Onwuemene, and it is such a pleasure to be talking with you today.1400:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,200Thank you for listening.1500:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,460I'm excited to continue the thread that we started in the last episode, and that's really1600:01:14,460 --> 00:01:18,080talking about planning, planning for success.1700:01:18,080 --> 00:01:22,760So this episode is about how to plan for your research success.1800:01:22,760 --> 00:01:26,280And I want to tell you that your work matters.1900:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,880The research you do is amazing.2000:01:28,880 --> 00:01:34,420It is life-transforming, and I want as many people as possible to benefit from it.2100:01:34,420 --> 00:01:39,560And part of your success is having a plan and executing on the plan.2200:01:39,560 --> 00:01:45,000So last week, we talked about tools that you would need for succeeding in spite of a broken2300:01:45,000 --> 00:01:46,000mentoring system.2400:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,720And today, I'm going to talk about planning, which is one of your tools.2500:01:50,720 --> 00:01:51,720Planning is so important.2600:01:51,720 --> 00:01:53,560I'm showing a whole episode on it.2700:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,000So I can talk to you about planning for research success.2800:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,000Okay.2900:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000Planning.3000:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,360So I didn't know, you know, it's interesting.3100:02:02,360 --> 00:02:08,880When I started as an undergraduate, I mapped out my next four years because I was in a3200:02:08,880 --> 00:02:14,320small liberal arts college, and there were some courses that were not offered every year.3300:02:14,320 --> 00:02:19,220Some of those courses were going to be prerequisites for graduation or maybe even prerequisites3400:02:19,220 --> 00:02:20,520for the next course.3500:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,880And so I would look and say, hmm, this course is offered every other year, and I need this3600:02:24,880 --> 00:02:26,760course so I can take this course.3700:02:26,760 --> 00:02:30,080Therefore, I'm going to make sure I take this course by this time.3800:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,440And I mapped out my entire undergraduate career.3900:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,680Actually, sometimes I can't believe I did that, but it was very helpful because every4000:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,680year I would just pick up the plan and some things would change a little bit.4100:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,800But for the most part, the plan stayed in place.4200:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,880And so planning is so helpful.4300:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,080So it's interesting when I got to my faculty career, how much I didn't plan.4400:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,560And I think one of the challenges with planning is that what am I planning for?4500:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,920I have clinic this week and next week and then the week after that.4600:02:57,920 --> 00:03:02,480And okay, so I could do some planning around my clinic, maybe spend time, you know, prepping4700:03:02,480 --> 00:03:09,200notes and, you know, closing charts to make sure that I'm not behind from the next clinic.4800:03:09,200 --> 00:03:11,760I could plan the clinic, but what about my research?4900:03:11,760 --> 00:03:14,960I didn't have a plan for my research.5000:03:14,960 --> 00:03:19,320And somebody, and in particular, it was the National Center for Faculty Development and5100:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,440Diversity and that the founder is Carrie Ann Rockamore.5200:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,400She was the one who taught me how to plan.5300:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,440Okay, she taught me how to plan.5400:03:28,440 --> 00:03:31,520And actually, since then, I've had many people help me in my planning.5500:03:31,520 --> 00:03:36,680So at the end of this, I want to say the foundation is really Carrie Ann Rockamore and how she5600:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,800shared with me how to plan.5700:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,040And a lot of other people have contributed along the way.5800:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,720And this at least is the way in which I'm presenting it to you.5900:03:45,720 --> 00:03:50,480Okay, for more resources, I will add in the show notes websites that you can go look at6000:03:50,480 --> 00:03:52,000to think about your planning.6100:03:52,000 --> 00:04:01,400Okay, so the very first thing I want to share is the importance of having a plan for your6200:04:01,400 --> 00:04:02,400life.6300:04:02,400 --> 00:04:09,600Now, I started from a huge high level, the level of planning your life and it's like,6400:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,960whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, let's let's come back here.6500:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,600Who can plan a life?6600:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,880Actually it's, it's very difficult to do.6700:04:16,880 --> 00:04:17,880I agree.6800:04:17,880 --> 00:04:20,140It's very, very big, daunting, challenging task.6900:04:20,140 --> 00:04:23,640And when we're talking about moving forward to your research, it's like, oh, is my life7000:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,160the first place we begin planning?7100:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,560But I do want to pause and put in a plug for planning your life.7200:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,120You cannot plan your whole life.7300:04:32,120 --> 00:04:37,140You cannot plan every aspect of your life, but what you can do is plan the things you7400:04:37,140 --> 00:04:40,240want to make sure to accomplish.7500:04:40,240 --> 00:04:42,320Those are the things that don't change.7600:04:42,320 --> 00:04:48,480I want to make sure that 20 years from now, I have a healthy relationship with my children.7700:04:48,480 --> 00:04:53,840Now, I don't want that to be left off to chance and I can be intentional about it so that7800:04:53,840 --> 00:04:58,28020 years from now, the chances are high that I'm going to have a great relationship with7900:04:58,280 --> 00:05:00,880my children because I'm setting the building blocks now.8000:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,640Do you see the kind of life planning I'm talking about?8100:05:03,640 --> 00:05:09,160I'm not saying, you know, make up the plan for where you'd be living 17 years from now,8200:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,360but maybe you know, maybe you're like, you know, when we went to Costa Rica, it was an8300:05:13,360 --> 00:05:14,760experience that changed our lives.8400:05:14,760 --> 00:05:19,280And we know that when we retire, we're moving to Costa Rica and I would say plan it.8500:05:19,280 --> 00:05:24,120And maybe as you're doing your planning, you say, why do we want to wait until we're 658600:05:24,120 --> 00:05:25,120to go to Costa Rica?8700:05:25,120 --> 00:05:30,360Why not go now and vacation there every year or maybe have a second home there.8800:05:30,360 --> 00:05:35,320And we go in the summers, you know, so those are the kinds of things I'm talking about.8900:05:35,320 --> 00:05:39,920The kinds of things that you know, 40, 50 years from now, I want this to still be important9000:05:39,920 --> 00:05:40,920to me.9100:05:40,920 --> 00:05:43,040Now, the theme is important, right?9200:05:43,040 --> 00:05:49,120The theme I'm talking about in life planning is really your health, your relationships.9300:05:49,120 --> 00:05:50,780It's your health and your relationships.9400:05:50,780 --> 00:05:52,840It's your personal development.9500:05:52,840 --> 00:05:56,940Like no matter what's happening in the world 20 years from now, I want to be more than9600:05:56,940 --> 00:05:57,940I am today.9700:05:57,940 --> 00:05:58,940I want to know more.9800:05:58,940 --> 00:06:04,760I want to have like a higher sense of self actualization than I do now.9900:06:04,760 --> 00:06:06,760I don't have to wait and see what happens.10000:06:06,760 --> 00:06:07,760I can plan that.10100:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,280I can plan that in the books I choose to read.10200:06:10,280 --> 00:06:13,600I can plan that in the career development courses that I take.10300:06:13,600 --> 00:06:17,360I can plan them the professional development opportunities available to me.10400:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,320I can plan those things.10500:06:19,320 --> 00:06:22,560So that's what I'm inviting you to do as you think about your life plan.10600:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,280And as you think about your life plan, I want you to think about these specific domains.10700:06:26,280 --> 00:06:31,400I want you to think about the domain of your personal and intellectual development.10800:06:31,400 --> 00:06:36,280Now, if you're a clinician, and I hope you're a clinician scientist listening to me or an10900:06:36,280 --> 00:06:41,480aspiring or developing clinician scientist, then you've made a huge investment in your11000:06:41,480 --> 00:06:44,720intellectual development just by becoming a physician.11100:06:44,720 --> 00:06:49,720But you know, and I know, that science knowledge is changing.11200:06:49,720 --> 00:06:54,160And the things you knew so well today, you come back to the wards two years from now,11300:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,520and already there's been an evolution.11400:06:56,520 --> 00:07:00,000So scientific knowledge is changing.11500:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,840Intellectual knowledge is evolving.11600:07:01,840 --> 00:07:05,280It's growing to know things more deeply.11700:07:05,280 --> 00:07:08,760And so you cannot say, well, I went to medical school and learned a lot of things.11800:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,960And oh my gosh, you did learn a lot.11900:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,120That cannot be the end of your intellectual development.12000:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,380Have a plan for that.12100:07:15,380 --> 00:07:18,320And I think that is one of the most important things you'll do.12200:07:18,320 --> 00:07:19,320Okay.12300:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,120Have a plan for your personal development, right?12400:07:23,120 --> 00:07:24,280Personal growth.12500:07:24,280 --> 00:07:26,960Like, how do you become a kinder person?12600:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,280How do you become someone who has more compassion?12700:07:29,280 --> 00:07:30,280Right?12800:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,000These are not things we just sit and hope we were kinder.12900:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,560These are not things we just sit and hope you are more patient.13000:07:35,560 --> 00:07:36,560We develop a plan.13100:07:36,560 --> 00:07:42,120So I want to make a plug for a book that helps me put together a life plan.13200:07:42,120 --> 00:07:48,160And it's called Living Forward by Daniel Harkavy and Michael Hyatt.13300:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,120And they talk about developing a life plan.13400:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,320And so I want to share that resource with you.13500:07:53,320 --> 00:07:58,520It's a great read and it actually helps you just put in the big domains of your life.13600:07:58,520 --> 00:08:02,100You know, as another example, health, that's kind of like an easy example.13700:08:02,100 --> 00:08:07,200At the age of 90, I want to be flexible and I want to have good muscle mass.13800:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,240Now I don't have to wait until 90 to decide to try to achieve that goal.13900:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,880I know that it involves strength training today.14000:08:13,880 --> 00:08:15,920It involves exercise today.14100:08:15,920 --> 00:08:20,920So that's the amazing thing about having a life plan is that you can start to execute14200:08:20,920 --> 00:08:27,920on your life plan today and you can actually choose what parts of your life you control.14300:08:27,920 --> 00:08:32,640Like, you know, you just don't control the future, but you can control what health you'll14400:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,680be in when you get to the future.14500:08:34,680 --> 00:08:38,880You can control the quality of your relationships when you get to the future.14600:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,840And because as you make a plan, then you know what to invest in today.14700:08:42,840 --> 00:08:48,680So the very, very first thing that's important in your research success is your life plan.14800:08:48,680 --> 00:08:53,880The reason your life plan is important is because you do not want to get to the end14900:08:53,880 --> 00:09:00,440of this research success and realize that you're alone on the top of a beautiful mountain15000:09:00,440 --> 00:09:06,760of awards and accolades and a CV that's as long as the Nile.15100:09:06,760 --> 00:09:12,200And you're alone because you lost your loved, your loving relationships or you didn't make15200:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,360the necessary investments.15300:09:14,360 --> 00:09:19,560And your kids who got the best education don't even talk to you anymore.15400:09:19,560 --> 00:09:22,720And oh, wait a minute, you have grandchildren and you don't know their needs.15500:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,200And this is so important.15600:09:25,200 --> 00:09:31,320And just want to just pause here for a little bit because when we are not making intentional15700:09:31,320 --> 00:09:38,560moves, then we do not control the things that we do or we do not control how we move forward.15800:09:38,560 --> 00:09:43,480For example, if I'm so focused on my research, I'm like, look, I don't have time to think15900:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,520about my family right now.16000:09:45,520 --> 00:09:50,320What you're doing is neglecting an area that's so important where you could be investing16100:09:50,320 --> 00:09:58,400in and you're focusing on an area that ultimately is important, but not more important than16200:09:58,400 --> 00:10:00,160the other things in your life.16300:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,560And so when you're like, look, kid, when you're five years old, you're five years old now,16400:10:03,560 --> 00:10:08,240in five years when I finished my career development award and transitioned to independence, then16500:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,240I can talk to you.16600:10:09,240 --> 00:10:10,800I can be your dad.16700:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,360Wrong move.16800:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,680Because the investments you need to have a great relationship with your 12 year old,16900:10:16,680 --> 00:10:17,680you make now, right?17000:10:17,680 --> 00:10:20,120When you're 12 year old to seven.17100:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,120Okay.17200:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,640So please, please, please start with your life plan.17300:10:24,640 --> 00:10:28,440Start with how you're going to enhance your health because that affects everything else17400:10:28,440 --> 00:10:29,440you do.17500:10:29,440 --> 00:10:33,280Because the moment you've decided that, Hey, I'm all about advancing my health.17600:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,480Therefore, I exercise for 30 minutes every day.17700:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,200It doesn't matter the crisis.17800:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,160Your exercise is already set.17900:10:40,160 --> 00:10:41,280Your exercise habit.18000:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,680Your exercise plan is already set.18100:10:43,680 --> 00:10:44,680Okay.18200:10:44,680 --> 00:10:48,400I've said a lot about the life plan and it's, I don't want you to think of it as a daunting,18300:10:48,400 --> 00:10:52,660overwhelming thing, but I want you to think about it as something that helps you set the18400:10:52,660 --> 00:10:55,840stage for your research career.18500:10:55,840 --> 00:11:00,520And it helps you not to burn, burn your life in the process of trying to reach research18600:11:00,520 --> 00:11:01,520success.18700:11:01,520 --> 00:11:02,520Okay.18800:11:02,520 --> 00:11:03,520That's number one.18900:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,520The next thing I want you to do is just to plan the year.19000:11:06,520 --> 00:11:09,120What do you want to accomplish this year?19100:11:09,120 --> 00:11:14,460What are the three things you want to accomplish in your scholarship this year, in your research19200:11:14,460 --> 00:11:15,840this year?19300:11:15,840 --> 00:11:16,880What are those three things?19400:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,400Now don't tell me I want to write three manuscripts.19500:11:20,400 --> 00:11:21,400I'm sorry, I'm laughing.19600:11:21,400 --> 00:11:26,980The manuscripts are important, but three broad ranging things, right?19700:11:26,980 --> 00:11:29,080What do I want to accomplish in the next year?19800:11:29,080 --> 00:11:33,860And so what I want you to do is think about three overarching goals that you want to accomplish19900:11:33,860 --> 00:11:34,860this year.20000:11:34,860 --> 00:11:40,080And maybe that goal is I want to submit my first career development award by the end20100:11:40,080 --> 00:11:41,080of the year.20200:11:41,080 --> 00:11:42,080Okay.20300:11:42,080 --> 00:11:43,080That's one goal.20400:11:43,080 --> 00:11:48,400Maybe your second goal is I want to have published this original research that we started doing20500:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,520last year on X topic.20600:11:50,520 --> 00:11:51,560You want to have published it, right?20700:11:51,560 --> 00:11:52,560That's the goal.20800:11:52,560 --> 00:11:55,120You don't control the publication, but you do control the submission.20900:11:55,120 --> 00:11:56,120Okay.21000:11:56,120 --> 00:12:03,080And then the third thing you might put on your list is I want to have enhanced my skill21100:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,320in grant writing, right?21200:12:04,320 --> 00:12:07,240That kind of goes with the, I want to submit this grant funding.21300:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,200So anyway, so have a goal for the year.21400:12:09,200 --> 00:12:14,800And here are the three general areas in which I recommend that you create a goal.21500:12:14,800 --> 00:12:15,800And so three areas.21600:12:15,800 --> 00:12:20,000Number one is in what research funding you're going to bring into your program.21700:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,000Okay.21800:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,920Like I want to submit for this award, right?21900:12:23,920 --> 00:12:29,080And then the second thing I want you to think about is what manuscripts, which original22000:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,920research manuscripts, you can write a lot of case reports, you can write a lot of other22100:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,400reviews and everything, but I'm asking you to focus just on original research manuscripts,22200:12:37,400 --> 00:12:43,040because part of that is building your platform of the scholarly knowledge that you're creating,22300:12:43,040 --> 00:12:44,040right?22400:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,280So what original research manuscripts would you want to accomplish, would you want to22500:12:47,280 --> 00:12:48,800publish this year?22600:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,400And then the third thing is what talks do you want to give?22700:12:51,400 --> 00:12:57,320You know, I'm going to have a podcast episode in the future about how to become known for22800:12:57,320 --> 00:12:58,320what you do.22900:12:58,320 --> 00:12:59,320Okay.23000:12:59,320 --> 00:13:00,320All right.23100:13:00,320 --> 00:13:01,320So I'm going to do that.23200:13:01,320 --> 00:13:06,600I'm going to preview a speaker who's coming on, who is going to share with us about how23300:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,080to increase visibility for your research program.23400:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,080Okay.23500:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,600I'm getting off that public service announcement.23600:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,280That's in the process of happening.23700:13:14,280 --> 00:13:15,280Okay.23800:13:15,280 --> 00:13:16,560So I talked about three goals, right?23900:13:16,560 --> 00:13:21,000One goal is a grant writing goal, or it's a proposal development submission goal.24000:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,440The second is an original manuscript goal.24100:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,640So please, not just one manuscript, but at least one.24200:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,600And then the third is a communication goal.24300:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,280Like where do I want to be a speaker this year?24400:13:32,280 --> 00:13:35,320Like in what areas do I want to communicate my research?24500:13:35,320 --> 00:13:40,120Like what are the platforms in which my research is going to be heard about?24600:13:40,120 --> 00:13:41,120Okay.24700:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,120So three things.24800:13:42,120 --> 00:13:43,120Okay.24900:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,000Now you have a goal for the year.25000:13:45,000 --> 00:13:46,200Now three things.25100:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,000It could be more, but usually just keep it short.25200:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,200And they're big overarching goals.25300:13:50,200 --> 00:13:51,840There are going to be many steps to get there.25400:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,680And now you're going to say, well, in the next three months, which of these three things25500:13:54,680 --> 00:13:56,040are we going to accomplish?25600:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,040Okay, great.25700:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,040In the next three months, you know what?25800:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,320This data has been collected.25900:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,840It's been sitting there and I have not yet turned it into a research manuscript.26000:14:03,840 --> 00:14:08,000In the next three months, I want to submit this manuscript because I'm going to write26100:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,800this grant later in the year.26200:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,440I want to have the manuscript already published that's going to support this proposal, right?26300:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,640So that's what you're going to do in the next three months, in the next quarter.26400:14:16,640 --> 00:14:17,640Okay.26500:14:17,640 --> 00:14:21,160So now, so we went from planning your life, number two, we went to planning your year,26600:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,360number three, we went to planning your quarter.26700:14:23,360 --> 00:14:27,560And here's where you bring these big audacious goals that you have for the year and you just26800:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,320make them more tangible.26900:14:29,320 --> 00:14:32,120Like in the next three months, I want to do these things.27000:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,240I want to submit this original research manuscript for publication.27100:14:36,240 --> 00:14:37,240That's one of your goals.27200:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,680Now, I hope that's not the only goal you have in the next three months, but even if it was,27300:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,800that's a pretty worthy goal, right?27400:14:42,800 --> 00:14:49,400And I want to go back actually to the one-year plan because it's like when you go, wait,27500:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,000this is really helpful, I think.27600:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,920It's coming together for me and just sharing with you that.27700:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,360Think about your one-year review.27800:14:55,360 --> 00:14:59,320One year from now, you're going to go and maybe for you it's six months, I don't know.27900:14:59,320 --> 00:15:03,760But in one year, you're going to have a review with your division chief, department chair,28000:15:03,760 --> 00:15:06,240your dean, whoever you have the review with.28100:15:06,240 --> 00:15:09,440What do you want to say you've done in the year?28200:15:09,440 --> 00:15:11,400That's a starting point for your year, right?28300:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,800And there's some very specific things that you know your chief is going to ask you about.28400:15:15,800 --> 00:15:17,120How many manuscripts did you publish?28500:15:17,120 --> 00:15:18,800What grants did you submit?28600:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,000Those kinds of things.28700:15:20,000 --> 00:15:25,480So in thinking about the plan for the year, what I want you to do is write yourself a28800:15:25,480 --> 00:15:30,800mock annual review with your division chief or your department chair.28900:15:30,800 --> 00:15:33,760Now this is, it's not real yet.29000:15:33,760 --> 00:15:39,200Write out the list of all the things that you want to say to your department chair,29100:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,200I have accomplished at the end of this year.29200:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,440That's how you make your one-year goal.29300:15:43,440 --> 00:15:47,800I want to say I've submitted three manuscripts for publication or I've published three manuscripts,29400:15:47,800 --> 00:15:48,800original research.29500:15:48,800 --> 00:15:53,600Or I want to say I've submitted five manuscripts for publication, a mix of original research29600:15:53,600 --> 00:15:54,600and other things.29700:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,640I want to say I've given talks at five institutions.29800:15:56,640 --> 00:15:58,960Okay, do you see what I'm saying?29900:15:58,960 --> 00:16:03,360So if you are not, like you have no idea what your one-year plan should be, think about30000:16:03,360 --> 00:16:04,720your annual review.30100:16:04,720 --> 00:16:06,800What are the things that are expected of you?30200:16:06,800 --> 00:16:08,080Make that your plan.30300:16:08,080 --> 00:16:12,480Say okay, five manuscripts it is, this is what I'm going to accomplish.30400:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,920Give three talks across different institutions, this is what I'm going to accomplish.30500:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,640Submit three research grants, this is what I'm going to accomplish.30600:16:18,640 --> 00:16:19,640Okay?30700:16:19,640 --> 00:16:22,640Okay, so you know your one-year plan.30800:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,040Now we break it down.30900:16:24,040 --> 00:16:26,280What are you going to accomplish out of that one-year plan?31000:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,120You already have that one-year plan.31100:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,600So you take that one-year plan and you say which of these goals am I going to do in the31200:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,040next three months?31300:16:33,040 --> 00:16:37,320Now sometimes people will tell you to make these goals realistic.31400:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,160I'm kind of, I take the other track.31500:16:41,160 --> 00:16:46,400I say they don't have to be realistic because sometimes the whole mental energy of trying31600:16:46,400 --> 00:16:50,480to say are these realistic or are these not just takes up a lot of time.31700:16:50,480 --> 00:16:54,160You want them to be goals you actually can accomplish, but you know what?31800:16:54,160 --> 00:16:58,360You don't have to make them goals that you definitely accomplished because you have a31900:16:58,360 --> 00:16:59,360whole year.32000:16:59,360 --> 00:17:00,360You have a long runway.32100:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,760And so if you say okay, I look at this list of 12 things that I want to accomplish by32200:17:03,760 --> 00:17:07,840the end of the year and I want to try to do five in the first three months, five is a32300:17:07,840 --> 00:17:12,720lot, but what you'll do is in making your three-month plan, you're going to prioritize.32400:17:12,720 --> 00:17:18,640The most important of my plan is this original research manuscript because it really needs32500:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,800to come out so I can submit this grant.32600:17:20,800 --> 00:17:23,240That's going to be priority number one.32700:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,840And then priority number five will be that nice case report of that case you saw in the32800:17:26,840 --> 00:17:32,120awards last week that you're like okay, I want this to be one of my publications by32900:17:32,120 --> 00:17:33,520the end of the year.33000:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,680And okay, you want to be able to do it and you want to accomplish it in the next three33100:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,640months, but it's going to be number five because in the grand scheme of things, the original33200:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,960research manuscript matters more.33300:17:42,960 --> 00:17:48,440And if you get to this case report before, as number five thing of this quarter, that's33400:17:48,440 --> 00:17:51,400great, but if you don't get to it, it's okay too.33500:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,560Do you see how I'm asking you to think about it?33600:17:53,560 --> 00:17:56,880So I'm asking you to think about it as a priority list, not necessarily like oh my gosh, if33700:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,960I don't accomplish these three things, it's going to be overwhelming.33800:17:59,960 --> 00:18:01,280It's going to be awful.33900:18:01,280 --> 00:18:05,640Just think of it as a hierarchy of I'm going to start with these important things first,34000:18:05,640 --> 00:18:06,640right?34100:18:06,640 --> 00:18:09,040Most important things first and then I'll move to the next thing.34200:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,760So start with the most critical, the things that are most important.34300:18:12,760 --> 00:18:17,240If you're trying to decide what are the things that are most important, think about your34400:18:17,240 --> 00:18:23,560promotion and tenure requirements and think about what things do people get promoted for.34500:18:23,560 --> 00:18:27,880For many institutions, it's your grants, it's your manuscripts that are published.34600:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,120For many institutions, it's the talks you give, right?34700:18:31,120 --> 00:18:33,920Your scientific contribution.34800:18:33,920 --> 00:18:38,360Use that as a priority list for what you work on first, okay?34900:18:38,360 --> 00:18:42,280Now I do want to point out that as we're making these plans, what I'm not asking you to do35000:18:42,280 --> 00:18:44,440is to plan your clinic.35100:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,640Your clinic is never going to go away or whatever you do clinically, it doesn't go away.35200:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,240It's there every week.35300:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,920Even if you don't plan for it, well, it's going to come and you're going to have to35400:18:53,920 --> 00:18:54,920deal with it.35500:18:54,920 --> 00:18:57,520And to be honest, you're a clinician, you've gotten really good at that.35600:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,400You're like, oh no, no, no, no, no, I need to prep my notes.35700:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,400Okay.35800:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,320But whether or not you plan for it, these notes are happening.35900:19:05,320 --> 00:19:09,800So what I want you to focus on in your planning is not the things that are going to happen36000:19:09,800 --> 00:19:14,560whether or not you plan, but the things that if you don't plan for, they may not happen.36100:19:14,560 --> 00:19:15,560You know?36200:19:15,560 --> 00:19:17,120Like planning for the clinic.36300:19:17,120 --> 00:19:21,600If you say, I'm going to show up for a clinic, how about you try not showing up for a clinic?36400:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,480Now, one of the best things to do if you ever get into trouble is to get in trouble on a36500:19:26,480 --> 00:19:32,960day in which you have clinic because they will find you.36600:19:32,960 --> 00:19:37,420All of a sudden your chief will say, can we send the police out to her house for a wellness36700:19:37,420 --> 00:19:41,320check because clinics started at eight and she has not shown up and it's 1230.36800:19:41,320 --> 00:19:42,320Right?36900:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,880Did you see what I'm saying?37000:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,080Your clinical things have accountability.37100:19:46,080 --> 00:19:49,080Even if you don't plan for them, they're going to happen anyway or someone's coming after37200:19:49,080 --> 00:19:50,080you.37300:19:50,080 --> 00:19:54,440Your research, your professional development, nobody's asking you.37400:19:54,440 --> 00:19:58,360A year from now, they'll be like, oh, how come you haven't published any papers?37500:19:58,360 --> 00:20:01,520That's a year later.37600:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,480I'm missing one clinic and figuring out when you're going to hear about it.37700:20:04,480 --> 00:20:05,480Do you see what I'm saying?37800:20:05,480 --> 00:20:09,800I'm saying the things we're planning are the things for which otherwise we would not have37900:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,280accountability for.38000:20:11,280 --> 00:20:15,080We're creating the system that helps us give ourselves accountability.38100:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,080Okay.38200:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,520So, I've come into the three-month planning.38300:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,120You're looking at your one year.38400:20:20,120 --> 00:20:25,000You're looking at the three most important things you want to accomplish in this quarter38500:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,640and that's what you're planning.38600:20:26,640 --> 00:20:27,640Okay.38700:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,240Now, let's take one item.38800:20:30,240 --> 00:20:33,960In the next three months, I want to submit this original research manuscript.38900:20:33,960 --> 00:20:38,760Now, remember your goal at the end of 12 months is to publish this research manuscript, but39000:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,480you do not control the publication.39100:20:41,480 --> 00:20:43,240What you control is your submission.39200:20:43,240 --> 00:20:48,440I'm going to talk next week about the things you control and the things you do not control.39300:20:48,440 --> 00:20:52,520You do not control the outcome of publication, but you're going to increase the chances of39400:20:52,520 --> 00:20:56,780the outcome by doing the work you do control, submitting.39500:20:56,780 --> 00:20:59,800You control your submission and that's what you're going to work on.39600:20:59,800 --> 00:21:00,800Okay.39700:21:00,800 --> 00:21:04,200So, your goal at the end of these three months is not to publish the article that's beyond39800:21:04,200 --> 00:21:05,440your control.39900:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,880Your goal is to submit it.40000:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,560And now, what does it take to submit this original research article?40100:21:11,560 --> 00:21:16,400Ah, I'm glad you should ask because I actually kind of have to write the article.40200:21:16,400 --> 00:21:17,400Great.40300:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,400Let's put it on there.40400:21:18,400 --> 00:21:19,400When are you going to write this article?40500:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,760When are you going to write the article, right?40600:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,760I mean, okay, you're going to want to think about that.40700:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,320But right now in the three-month planning, we're just saying, okay, what needs to happen40800:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,160for this article to be submitted by the end of these three months?40900:21:30,160 --> 00:21:31,240Okay, you got to write it.41000:21:31,240 --> 00:21:32,240So write that down.41100:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,080Well, you know, I can't just write it.41200:21:34,080 --> 00:21:36,600Yeah, I actually need to do the data analysis.41300:21:36,600 --> 00:21:37,600Oh, okay.41400:21:37,600 --> 00:21:38,600Well, put that on your list.41500:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,880Well, I can't just do the data analysis.41600:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,560I actually need to meet with a statistician who's going to do the data analysis.41700:21:43,560 --> 00:21:45,120Okay, put that on the list.41800:21:45,120 --> 00:21:46,120Meet with a statistician.41900:21:46,120 --> 00:21:50,200Well, the thing about meeting with a statistician is that first of all, you need to clarify42000:21:50,200 --> 00:21:55,800that the data collection, what the parameters of the data collection were, or maybe it's42100:21:55,800 --> 00:21:56,800a data set.42200:21:56,800 --> 00:21:57,800You haven't acquired the data set.42300:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,960I mean, the data is there, but you haven't acquired the data set.42400:21:59,960 --> 00:22:02,080Okay, well, put that on the list, right?42500:22:02,080 --> 00:22:07,400But you have a list of things that need to be done so that you can submit at the end42600:22:07,400 --> 00:22:12,400of this three-month period, you put that all on your list for your next three, your plan42700:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,880for the next three months.42800:22:13,880 --> 00:22:18,600And so when you look at each category, the category of submit original research manuscript42900:22:18,600 --> 00:22:25,000for publication now has acquire a data set, set up meeting with statistician, meet with43000:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,800statistician to review data, complete the data analysis, write the first draft of the43100:22:29,800 --> 00:22:36,040manuscript, submit, circulate to co-authors and revise and then submit.43200:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,160Do you see there are all these steps to get you to that one beautiful goal of submitting43300:22:40,160 --> 00:22:43,080your research article for publication.43400:22:43,080 --> 00:22:47,920So your goals have babies.43500:22:47,920 --> 00:22:51,860You're going to create the hierarchy of the latter of those goals.43600:22:51,860 --> 00:22:55,240This is the first step and then this is the next step and this is the next step.43700:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,600So now you have your three-month goals.43800:22:57,600 --> 00:22:58,640Okay.43900:22:58,640 --> 00:23:02,560Now we're going to go on to planning your week.44000:23:02,560 --> 00:23:03,720Okay.44100:23:03,720 --> 00:23:04,720Planning your week.44200:23:04,720 --> 00:23:11,760We have a beautiful list of our three-month goals and the babies of each three-month goal.44300:23:11,760 --> 00:23:17,840We know the steps that need to be taken to accomplish these three-month goals.44400:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,360Now I'm going into next week.44500:23:20,360 --> 00:23:22,040Today is my data plan.44600:23:22,040 --> 00:23:23,040Okay.44700:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,640Let's look ahead to the week.44800:23:24,640 --> 00:23:30,880What do I need to do this week that supports my three-month goal?44900:23:30,880 --> 00:23:35,620Now remember one of the things I wrote down on my list for this original research manuscript45000:23:35,620 --> 00:23:37,960is acquire the data set.45100:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,040Okay.45200:23:39,040 --> 00:23:47,960This week I'm going to make, send the email to my mentor to ask for the transfer of files45300:23:47,960 --> 00:23:51,120from their computer to my secure server.45400:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,120Okay.45500:23:52,120 --> 00:23:53,120Very good.45600:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,520You're going to ask for the transfer.45700:23:55,520 --> 00:24:01,120But wow, it turns out that you actually need to complete a DUA, a data use agreement to45800:24:01,120 --> 00:24:04,240be able to request that these files be transferred to you.45900:24:04,240 --> 00:24:10,400So what you're going to put on your list for this week is I'm going to write the proposal46000:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,400or write out the DUA or complete the DUA form.46100:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,200That's on your list for the week.46200:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,880Now remember I'm just using the example of the original research manuscript.46300:24:18,880 --> 00:24:23,120You're going to have a couple of goals for this particular quarter and you're going to46400:24:23,120 --> 00:24:24,120put them down.46500:24:24,120 --> 00:24:25,120You're going to put them down.46600:24:25,120 --> 00:24:27,800And so you're going to make up a list for your week.46700:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,000Now here's the thing.46800:24:30,000 --> 00:24:36,400Remember we said that this plan does not involve the things for which you already have accountability?46900:24:36,400 --> 00:24:37,400Yes.47000:24:37,400 --> 00:24:42,320When you go to make your weekly plan, this is where you first of all, the first thing47100:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,800you do is plan the things that are on your list from your three month goal, which you47200:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,120got from your one year goals.47300:24:48,120 --> 00:24:49,440You're going to write those down.47400:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,000You're going to embed them into your week.47500:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,200When is this going to happen?47600:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,560I'm going to do this thing on Monday morning or maybe you have Monday morning clinic.47700:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,840You're like, okay, on Tuesday morning, I'm going to do this because my best writing time47800:24:59,840 --> 00:25:00,840is on Tuesday morning.47900:25:00,840 --> 00:25:01,840Let's do Tuesday morning.48000:25:01,840 --> 00:25:02,920I'm going to write this.48100:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,280It's probably going to be the outline of this request on Tuesday.48200:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,440And then on Wednesday, I'm going to finalize it.48300:25:08,440 --> 00:25:12,280And on Thursday, I'm going to send the email to my research mentor so that they can review48400:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,320it and then submit.48500:25:14,320 --> 00:25:17,120So you have a plan and you put it out throughout the week.48600:25:17,120 --> 00:25:19,560And what's nice is to actually spread it throughout the week.48700:25:19,560 --> 00:25:24,620So you're not trying to do it all in your eight hours on Monday because most of us don't48800:25:24,620 --> 00:25:28,040have eight hours of just uninterrupted time.48900:25:28,040 --> 00:25:35,560You know that from 8 a.m. to noon on your schedule, nobody interrupts you because you49000:25:35,560 --> 00:25:37,040put a block on your schedule.49100:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,580Nobody interrupts you because you actually put the block on your schedule.49200:25:39,580 --> 00:25:40,580You close the door.49300:25:40,580 --> 00:25:41,580You're out of the way.49400:25:41,580 --> 00:25:44,440And you're like, okay, in this four hour block, this is what I'm going to do.49500:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,920Most of us don't have the four hour block.49600:25:45,920 --> 00:25:46,960Maybe we have an hour block.49700:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,520In this hour block, I'm going to write for 30 minutes.49800:25:49,520 --> 00:25:54,500And so your weekly plan, first of all, should be populated with the things that move you49900:25:54,500 --> 00:25:58,100forward based on your three month plan and based on your one year plan.50000:25:58,100 --> 00:26:03,520And the one year plan being the things on your review list that your division chief50100:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,920wants to hear about or your chair wants to hear about.50200:26:05,920 --> 00:26:06,920Okay.50300:26:06,920 --> 00:26:10,200The thing you put on your weekly plan, though, is all the other stuff that's on the schedule.50400:26:10,200 --> 00:26:11,640I have clinic on Monday morning.50500:26:11,640 --> 00:26:12,640Okay.50600:26:12,640 --> 00:26:13,960I'm putting it on my weekly plan.50700:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,280So I know the first patient.50800:26:15,280 --> 00:26:17,360Oh, first patient is coming in at 830.50900:26:17,360 --> 00:26:19,160I want to write by 8 a.m.51000:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,160That's on the plan.51100:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,880My daughter has soccer on Tuesday at 6 p.m.51200:26:22,880 --> 00:26:24,440You put that on your weekly planning meeting.51300:26:24,440 --> 00:26:30,120And by the end of your weekly planning meeting, you have your entire plan for the week, right?51400:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,680Your entire plan for the week.51500:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,880And you know what meetings you're supposed to be on.51600:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,240You can reconcile them to your home calendar.51700:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,240I have three calendars.51800:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,240I have the home calendar.51900:26:40,240 --> 00:26:45,760I have the work calendar and I have the podcasting calendar, right?52000:26:45,760 --> 00:26:51,560The people who, you know, when either preparing the podcasts or interviewing for the podcast.52100:26:51,560 --> 00:26:55,080So there are different calendars that you might have to reconcile to say, okay, I need52200:26:55,080 --> 00:26:59,000to make sure that I'm here for this meeting and then available to do this meeting.52300:26:59,000 --> 00:27:03,800So reconcile your calendar and make sure that at the end of your weekly planning meeting,52400:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,400you know exactly what you're going to do with your research and writing and you know all52500:27:07,400 --> 00:27:12,200the places you need to be, what meetings you need to be to attend.52600:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,720Now I've talked a little bit about the weekly planning meeting.52700:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,360It's one of the episodes from season one.52800:27:16,360 --> 00:27:17,560You can go look for it.52900:27:17,560 --> 00:27:21,720If you search our website, clinicianresearcherpodcast.com, you search weekly.53000:27:21,720 --> 00:27:25,080It'll be one of the podcast episodes that comes on.53100:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,400So definitely listen to that episode about how to do the weekly planning meeting.53200:27:29,400 --> 00:27:30,820But that's what you do.53300:27:30,820 --> 00:27:33,000So we've talked about, we talked about a couple of things.53400:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,200Number one, we talked about planning your life.53500:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,280An important thing.53600:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,720Number two, we've talked about planning your year based on the review that you are going53700:27:41,720 --> 00:27:44,800to do and sit down and do with your division chief.53800:27:44,800 --> 00:27:50,400Number three, we've talked about planning your quarter based on the things that are53900:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,140in your one year plan.54000:27:52,140 --> 00:27:55,640Number four, we have talked about planning your week.54100:27:55,640 --> 00:27:56,640Okay.54200:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,700And then the last thing is planning your day.54300:27:59,700 --> 00:28:04,000So you now have the plan for your week and on your week you said Monday morning I'm going54400:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,200to do my clinic.54500:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,960And then at the end of the day on Monday I'm going to wrap up my clinic, finish all the54600:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,600calls and be done.54700:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,480So Monday morning you wake up, you look at your list, you say, all I have to focus on54800:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,720today is clinics, notes, patient callbacks.54900:28:16,720 --> 00:28:17,720And that's what you do.55000:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,880Then at the end of the day Monday you look at your plan for the next day and you say,55100:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,880well, Tuesday morning I plan to do the DUA, but it turns out that my clinical research55200:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,340coordinator can help me write this piece of it.55300:28:27,340 --> 00:28:31,240So now I'm going to adjust my schedule tomorrow so I can focus on actually drafting the final55400:28:31,240 --> 00:28:32,240piece of it.55500:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,720You know, I'm making this up as I go along.55600:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,600What I'm saying is that your daily plan is for a daily review, but you're not making55700:28:39,600 --> 00:28:40,960a daily plan every day.55800:28:40,960 --> 00:28:45,040You're just tweaking and adjusting to the weekly plan you've already made.55900:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,880So we talked about planning your life, planning your year, planning your month, I mean planning56000:28:48,880 --> 00:28:53,960your quarter, planning your week and planning your day.56100:28:53,960 --> 00:28:55,880Now one of the things I didn't talk about is planning your month.56200:28:55,880 --> 00:28:59,920I started to say that and I remember why I don't necessarily recommend planning the month56300:28:59,920 --> 00:29:05,120because when you're planning a month, you're planning a four week period and four weeks56400:29:05,120 --> 00:29:10,040is actually a short time to accomplish goals and you can do that.56500:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,880So I'm not saying it's a wrong thing to do.56600:29:11,880 --> 00:29:17,000I think in my experimentation, it's nice to have an overarching three month goal because56700:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,580of a little bit of breathing room and then the weekly goal kind of makes it really come56800:29:21,580 --> 00:29:22,720to life.56900:29:22,720 --> 00:29:27,800Four weeks feels like a long stretch of time and if you're not careful, you're not necessarily57000:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,440focused on trying to accomplish the things that you need to within the time frame that57100:29:31,440 --> 00:29:36,600you need to and then before you know it, four weeks is gone and maybe anyway, I think you57200:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,160should experiment with it.57300:29:38,160 --> 00:29:44,400And so I think I'm here to say I'm not saying it's not okay to plan monthly.57400:29:44,400 --> 00:29:49,800I've succeeded with doing the quarterly planning, taking it into a weekly plan, but you can57500:29:49,800 --> 00:29:51,960try and see what works for you.57600:29:51,960 --> 00:29:56,600And the most important thing is not the plan itself, it's that you are planning because57700:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,400in planning, you have to think about it.57800:29:58,400 --> 00:29:59,400What is the priority?57900:29:59,400 --> 00:30:00,920What do I want to focus on?58000:30:00,920 --> 00:30:01,920Why is this important?58100:30:01,920 --> 00:30:06,120And that may be the most important thing that you do in your planning.58200:30:06,120 --> 00:30:07,120All right.58300:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,640Now, because you have a community of people and part of your community of people that58400:30:11,640 --> 00:30:16,440are in your peer network and people who are coming after you, I want you to share this58500:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,560podcast episode with one person who's going to benefit from planning.58600:30:19,560 --> 00:30:22,600Now I don't want you to share this episode in judgment saying, well, that person clearly58700:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,320needs to plan, but just saying, hey, this is an interesting podcast episode.58800:30:26,320 --> 00:30:31,400Who else in our network needs to listen to it so that they can enhance their planning58900:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,080or support somebody else to do that planning?59000:30:34,080 --> 00:30:35,080All right.59100:30:35,080 --> 00:30:39,800I'm so excited to have been able to talk to you today and I look forward to talking with59200:30:39,800 --> 00:30:44,080you again on the next episode of the Clinician Researcher podcast.59300:30:44,080 --> 00:30:45,080Take care.59400:30:45,080 --> 00:30:56,840Thanks for listening to this episode of the Clinician Researcher podcast, where academic59500:30:56,840 --> 00:31:02,040clinicians learn the skills to build their own research program, whether or not they59600:31:02,040 --> 00:31:03,640have a mentor.59700:31:03,640 --> 00:31:09,760If you found the information in this episode to be helpful, don't keep it all to yourself.59800:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,480Someone else needs to hear it.59900:31:11,480 --> 00:31:15,560So take a minute right now and share it.60000:31:15,560 --> 00:31:21,000As you share this episode, you become part of our mission to help launch a new generation60100:31:21,000 --> 00:31:42,040of clinician researchers who make transformative discoveries that change the way we do healthcare.