How to transform your work environment

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 --> 00:01:03,480Welcome to the Clinician Researcher podcast.1300:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,600I'm your host, Toyosi Onwuemene, and it is a pleasure to be talking with you today.1400:01:07,600 --> 00:01:09,200I want to thank you for tuning in.1500:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,040Thank you for listening.1600:01:11,040 --> 00:01:16,920Thank you for your kind words as you are continuing to support me on this podcast.1700:01:16,920 --> 00:01:24,520I'm excited to be talking today about how to transform your work environment.1800:01:24,520 --> 00:01:29,560And I laugh because this podcast episode comes out of many conversations that I've had in1900:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,960the last few days alone about people who want to just transform the world, right?2000:01:33,960 --> 00:01:37,920And they want to change their institution, and they see all these gaps.2100:01:37,920 --> 00:01:43,120There are not enough, there's just not enough resources to support young faculty.2200:01:43,120 --> 00:01:44,560Therefore I'm going to do this.2300:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,640And there is just not enough to support women in the academy, therefore I'm going to do2400:01:48,640 --> 00:01:49,880this.2500:01:49,880 --> 00:01:50,880And I do applaud it.2600:01:50,880 --> 00:01:52,400I think it's pretty awesome.2700:01:52,400 --> 00:01:56,860And to be honest, this podcast for me is part of the transformation that I want to affect2800:01:56,860 --> 00:02:00,400in my work environment or in my academic environment.2900:02:00,400 --> 00:02:05,680I want many people to have the resources they want to succeed.3000:02:05,680 --> 00:02:11,920And if you're going to transform your work environment, if you're going to transform3100:02:11,920 --> 00:02:15,240the world, you've got to be strategic, you've got to be strategic about it.3200:02:15,240 --> 00:02:16,600So I'm going to talk about it today.3300:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,840I'm going to talk about how to transform your work environment.3400:02:20,840 --> 00:02:25,680And before I share a couple of steps that I recommend in what to do to transform your3500:02:25,680 --> 00:02:32,520work environment, I want to share first that I have always kind of had this superhero mindset.3600:02:32,520 --> 00:02:38,000I've always wanted to save the world because I could see so much that was wrong.3700:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,800My critical eye could identify all these problems.3800:02:40,800 --> 00:02:45,200I was like, well, if we do this differently, then it would work this way.3900:02:45,200 --> 00:02:52,280And I always had a lot of solutions for the people who were responsible.4000:02:52,280 --> 00:02:57,680So when I started my faculty career really early on and I was fully clinical, seeing4100:02:57,680 --> 00:03:03,560patients five days a week, and I remember thinking, this clinic is so inefficient.4200:03:03,560 --> 00:03:04,560And I wrote a proposal.4300:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,600I wrote a proposal for how to enhance the efficiency of the clinic.4400:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,160And I saw that patients were having a hard time getting in.4500:03:11,160 --> 00:03:13,600And I wrote a proposal for how to improve access.4600:03:13,600 --> 00:03:20,120I was the one who was constantly writing proposals and submitting them to my division chief for4700:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,120evaluation.4800:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,200Like I would literally stay up in the middle of the night thinking about the problem, write4900:03:25,200 --> 00:03:30,160a one page proposal by the morning and say, I have a proposal that's going to solve this5000:03:30,160 --> 00:03:31,440problem.5100:03:31,440 --> 00:03:35,600And I laughed because I think it was very cute that I was writing all these proposals.5200:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,640But what I wasn't doing was submitting a proposal and saying, this is the proposal I'm going5300:03:39,640 --> 00:03:40,640to execute.5400:03:40,640 --> 00:03:46,280It's like, this is the proposal I have for you to execute because it's your job and I'm5500:03:46,280 --> 00:03:50,520just telling you what you need to do.5600:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,880And I don't know what my division chief did with all those proposals, but I certainly5700:03:53,880 --> 00:03:54,880wrote a few.5800:03:54,880 --> 00:03:56,560I definitely did.5900:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,800Anyway, so I think differently about transforming a work environment today.6000:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,840And so I want to share a little bit of that with you.6100:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,400The first thing I want to remind you of is who you are.6200:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,000I want to remind you of who you are.6300:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,800The first thing is remember who you are.6400:04:13,800 --> 00:04:17,520And when I say remember who you are, I want you to remember that you're the person who6500:04:17,520 --> 00:04:22,480as a teenager or even earlier for some of you made a decision that you were going to6600:04:22,480 --> 00:04:24,720become a clinician.6700:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,320And maybe you didn't make the decision until later, but at some point in your life, you6800:04:28,320 --> 00:04:30,920decided that you're going to do it.6900:04:30,920 --> 00:04:35,400And if you didn't do it when you were a teenager, then you did it later in life, then you made7000:04:35,400 --> 00:04:40,120a decision as a conscious person, as a conscious person who's already been working saying,7100:04:40,120 --> 00:04:42,820I'm going to drop this thing and go back to medical school.7200:04:42,820 --> 00:04:44,320You chose that.7300:04:44,320 --> 00:04:50,840And you didn't just make the decision you were towards executing on your decision and7400:04:50,840 --> 00:04:52,000you made it.7500:04:52,000 --> 00:04:55,640You got into medical school like the impossible happened.7600:04:55,640 --> 00:04:59,200And then you didn't just make it into medical school.7700:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,120You actually graduated.7800:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,640And then you went and you pursued residency and you pursued fellowship.7900:05:04,640 --> 00:05:08,200And here you are now in an academic job.8000:05:08,200 --> 00:05:09,200You did that.8100:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,400No, you were not lucky.8200:05:13,400 --> 00:05:14,800You took advantage of opportunity.8300:05:14,800 --> 00:05:16,040I'll give you that.8400:05:16,040 --> 00:05:17,620But you worked hard.8500:05:17,620 --> 00:05:19,120You were strategic.8600:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,480You planned.8700:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,900You made it happen.8800:05:22,900 --> 00:05:25,000Remember who you are.8900:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,160You have shown in life that you can do hard things.9000:05:30,160 --> 00:05:34,720In fact, to be honest, I would just say you can do impossible things.9100:05:34,720 --> 00:05:36,880I can see that.9200:05:36,880 --> 00:05:43,160I know that because the experience of clinicians is that we're able to make impossible things9300:05:43,160 --> 00:05:44,160possible.9400:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,580So I want to ask you to remember who you are.9500:05:47,580 --> 00:05:54,960Remember the superpowers you've already demonstrated from the very beginning up until this moment9600:05:54,960 --> 00:06:01,520and the same superpowers that you have been exhibiting since you started.9700:06:01,520 --> 00:06:10,680They still lie in you and they still have capacity to do amazing and incredible things.9800:06:10,680 --> 00:06:16,480And that's why number two is that you should recognize just how much power you have.9900:06:16,480 --> 00:06:21,520So you imagined that you were going to become a physician.10000:06:21,520 --> 00:06:23,000You imagined it.10100:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,200And then you went to work and you made it happen.10200:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,920You imagined that you were going to graduate residency.10300:06:29,920 --> 00:06:31,160You went to work.10400:06:31,160 --> 00:06:32,160You made it happen.10500:06:32,160 --> 00:06:36,240You imagined if you did fellowship that you were going to finish fellowship.10600:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,920And you went and you made it happen.10700:06:37,920 --> 00:06:43,680And now you imagined your faculty job.10800:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,480And you went and made it happen.10900:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,320Oh my goodness.11000:06:47,320 --> 00:06:48,320You're really incredible.11100:06:48,320 --> 00:06:50,320Oh my gosh, you're amazing.11200:06:50,320 --> 00:06:51,320What?11300:06:51,320 --> 00:06:55,400Like some people, they didn't make it all the way through.11400:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,000You know it's not necessarily because you were smarter than them.11500:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,720It's not like you were like, you know, the 1% of the 1%.11600:07:00,720 --> 00:07:02,060You know.11700:07:02,060 --> 00:07:03,280You know how hard you worked.11800:07:03,280 --> 00:07:04,840You know how strategic you were.11900:07:04,840 --> 00:07:10,440You know that this didn't just happen by chance.12000:07:10,440 --> 00:07:19,280And so that person who made all that happen, you, you've got a lot of power.12100:07:19,280 --> 00:07:20,480Oh my goodness.12200:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,400It's incredible power.12300:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,680You've got power to bring things to pass that other people are just dreaming of.12400:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,240You go and you make dreams happen.12500:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,880You've got a lot of power.12600:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,800And I want you to recognize how much power you have.12700:07:34,800 --> 00:07:42,120The third thing I want you to recognize is the limitations of your power.12800:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,400So when I talked about this whole thing that you did where you went from college student12900:07:46,400 --> 00:07:51,920to medical school or maybe post-grad or whatever to medical school.13000:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,640And then you turn around and you went to residency and you turn around again and you made it.13100:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,400You went to fellowship.13200:07:57,400 --> 00:08:02,500The power you were exhibiting in all of that was really on yourself.13300:08:02,500 --> 00:08:08,840You were pulling the power inwards.13400:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,840And so they said you needed to study for the MCAT.13500:08:11,840 --> 00:08:12,840You went and studied.13600:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,280You didn't ask anybody else to study for you.13700:08:15,280 --> 00:08:16,280You did it.13800:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,280And then you got up.13900:08:17,280 --> 00:08:18,800You went and took the exam.14000:08:18,800 --> 00:08:24,000And then you're the one who studied for all the pre-med classes and passed them.14100:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,120Nobody did that for you.14200:08:26,120 --> 00:08:30,560And so I want you to recognize that over the course of the great power you exhibited in14300:08:30,560 --> 00:08:39,400transitioning from college student to amazingly confident physician, you are using power on14400:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,400yourself, your power on yourself.14500:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,240You willed yourself to go to work.14600:08:45,240 --> 00:08:46,700You willed yourself to study.14700:08:46,700 --> 00:08:47,800You willed yourself.14800:08:47,800 --> 00:08:54,480You were using your power on yourself and you accomplished so much.14900:08:54,480 --> 00:09:01,160That's amazing power, but it's limited power because that power is limited to just you.15000:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,720Yeah, try to apply that same power to somebody else.15100:09:04,720 --> 00:09:06,840Yeah, make them study.15200:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,520Make them study so that they can go take the MCAT like you did.15300:09:10,520 --> 00:09:12,680Okay.15400:09:12,680 --> 00:09:14,800Make them go put in applications.15500:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,680Make them do it.15600:09:16,680 --> 00:09:19,400Yeah, it's very hard.15700:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,560You can't make people do what they don't want to do.15800:09:22,560 --> 00:09:23,560You can't.15900:09:23,560 --> 00:09:28,680Even when they want to do it, you can't make them do what they're not ready to do.16000:09:28,680 --> 00:09:37,340And so I want you to recognize that the limitations of your power are such that it only works16100:09:37,340 --> 00:09:39,400on you.16200:09:39,400 --> 00:09:43,600It doesn't easily work on other people.16300:09:43,600 --> 00:09:50,920And so when you're thinking of recognizing that your power is limited to you and to your16400:09:50,920 --> 00:09:57,680actionable steps, then it's helpful.16500:09:57,680 --> 00:10:03,320It's helpful because you recognize where to aim your power on yourself.16600:10:03,320 --> 00:10:10,840Yeah, your power is amazing and powerful when used on yourself.16700:10:10,840 --> 00:10:15,560And it's pretty weak and piddly when you try to use it on other people.16800:10:15,560 --> 00:10:16,560Okay.16900:10:16,560 --> 00:10:21,040So then the fourth thing you do, and I am still talking about how to transform your17000:10:21,040 --> 00:10:25,440work environment because you've got power to transform it, but maybe not in the way17100:10:25,440 --> 00:10:30,440you're thinking, not in the way I was thinking where I was writing all these proposals.17200:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,280And so that's why number four is grow your power.17300:10:33,280 --> 00:10:34,280What does that mean?17400:10:34,280 --> 00:10:35,280Hmm.17500:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,560So in order for you to go to medical school, you needed to find out about what it took17600:10:39,560 --> 00:10:42,000to get into medical school.17700:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,760You did a lot of investigating.17800:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,240You asked questions.17900:10:45,240 --> 00:10:46,240You went on websites.18000:10:46,240 --> 00:10:47,240You read things.18100:10:47,240 --> 00:10:49,120You went and got informed.18200:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,120And then you went and you executed.18300:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,960And then when it was time to get into residency, you kind of asked the same questions.18400:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,760What does it take to get into residency?18500:10:56,760 --> 00:10:58,680What kind of residency do I want to get into?18600:10:58,680 --> 00:11:01,680What are the scores of people who get into residency?18700:11:01,680 --> 00:11:03,800What rotations have they done?18800:11:03,800 --> 00:11:05,420What letters do they have?18900:11:05,420 --> 00:11:07,040What research projects did they do?19000:11:07,040 --> 00:11:08,520You did all of that.19100:11:08,520 --> 00:11:09,520You got information.19200:11:09,520 --> 00:11:13,680And then you went and executed.19300:11:13,680 --> 00:11:19,520And so each time you got information about a thing you were planning towards, it gave19400:11:19,520 --> 00:11:26,120you courage and opportunity to go looking for how to satisfy whatever that requirement19500:11:26,120 --> 00:11:27,480was.19600:11:27,480 --> 00:11:34,200And so you grew your power really by getting information and then executing on the information19700:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,240you got.19800:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,840And so that's what I mean.19900:11:37,840 --> 00:11:41,480When I say grow your power, go get information about the next phase.20000:11:41,480 --> 00:11:42,480Okay?20100:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,200This work environment is toxic.20200:11:44,200 --> 00:11:50,660Go get information about what it takes to transform a toxic environment.20300:11:50,660 --> 00:11:51,660Go get information.20400:11:51,660 --> 00:11:53,600Attend career development workshops.20500:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,880Attend professional development workshops.20600:11:55,880 --> 00:11:59,080Attend conflict management workshops.20700:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,560Get information.20800:12:00,560 --> 00:12:01,640Get information.20900:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,880So as you get information and then execute on the information you have, you're growing21000:12:05,880 --> 00:12:08,000your power.21100:12:08,000 --> 00:12:09,720You're growing your power.21200:12:09,720 --> 00:12:15,000And what you're going to find as you do all these things is you're growing in patience.21300:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,080You're growing in acceptance of what is.21400:12:19,080 --> 00:12:24,920You are growing in recognition of the things you can change and the things you cannot change.21500:12:24,920 --> 00:12:31,160You're growing in immense tolerance of things around you.21600:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,320You're growing in negotiation savvy because you're getting that information.21700:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,760Then you're executing on it.21800:12:37,760 --> 00:12:43,920So you're growing your power by being very clear on what information is needed to affect21900:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,720the change you want.22000:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,240And once you grow your power, you use it on yourself.22100:12:50,240 --> 00:12:55,160You use it on yourself because it is very hard to convince other people to do what they22200:12:55,160 --> 00:12:56,360don't want to do.22300:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,600But what you can do is influence them.22400:12:59,600 --> 00:13:04,240And one of the ways you influence them is by you changing first.22500:13:04,240 --> 00:13:05,240You change.22600:13:05,240 --> 00:13:06,240You grow.22700:13:06,240 --> 00:13:07,360You expand.22800:13:07,360 --> 00:13:08,520You become larger than life.22900:13:08,520 --> 00:13:12,040And then people look at you and they're like, excuse me, is there something different about23000:13:12,040 --> 00:13:13,040you?23100:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,040I can't tell.23200:13:14,040 --> 00:13:15,400Like, are you more patient?23300:13:15,400 --> 00:13:16,400Are you more productive?23400:13:16,400 --> 00:13:17,400Like, what's happening?23500:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,640How come I see all these things happening in you and through you?23600:13:21,640 --> 00:13:22,900Yeah.23700:13:22,900 --> 00:13:29,960So what you find is that the more you grow, the more you expand, the more you become more23800:13:29,960 --> 00:13:37,280than you used to be, the more you cause people to pause and say, huh, what's going on there?23900:13:37,280 --> 00:13:40,120And this is not to say you don't have conversations.24000:13:40,120 --> 00:13:44,000It doesn't mean you don't have meetings.24100:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,800But the bulk of the conversations and the meetings you have are not about telling people24200:13:48,800 --> 00:13:58,680what to do, but it's showing them and influencing them to think differently.24300:13:58,680 --> 00:14:04,100And so one of the best ways to do that is to grow and expand and think differently yourself24400:14:04,100 --> 00:14:07,320because then it challenges the people around you.24500:14:07,320 --> 00:14:12,720So grow your power, use it on yourself, and then watch your environment transform.24600:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,320Watch your environment transform.24700:14:15,320 --> 00:14:20,080Because I think sometimes what we're doing is we're working very hard to get other people24800:14:20,080 --> 00:14:23,720to do things that they don't want to do.24900:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,080And then we're neglecting the things that we can do.25000:14:27,080 --> 00:14:32,160So there I was, not the division chief, writing proposals to the division chief for how he25100:14:32,160 --> 00:14:34,160should do his job.25200:14:34,160 --> 00:14:39,360Meanwhile, my job as a young faculty member was kind of left undone.25300:14:39,360 --> 00:14:40,920Not OK, not cool.25400:14:40,920 --> 00:14:46,800But the moment I left pursuing him to do the things that he, well, maybe or maybe didn't25500:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,240want to do, I could focus on the things I could do.25600:14:51,240 --> 00:14:56,840For example, here I am on this podcast because this is where I have power to share my words25700:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,120with you as you listen.25800:15:00,120 --> 00:15:07,000And I am able to sit and watch my environment transform as time after time you all tell25900:15:07,000 --> 00:15:12,000me that these episodes are beneficial to you.26000:15:12,000 --> 00:15:14,920And that's really, really awesome.26100:15:14,920 --> 00:15:19,960Your environment transforms as you transform.26200:15:19,960 --> 00:15:24,840Now number seven is recognize your weaknesses.26300:15:24,840 --> 00:15:31,640And in this particular situation, what I'm talking about is like Superman kind of weaknesses.26400:15:31,640 --> 00:15:37,040You know, Superman was made weak by kryptonite.26500:15:37,040 --> 00:15:43,040Kryptonite was the one element that would just weaken him.26600:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,480Be careful of your kryptonite.26700:15:45,480 --> 00:15:46,480Be careful.26800:15:46,480 --> 00:15:48,200You care so much.26900:15:48,200 --> 00:15:50,120You want to help everybody solve their problems.27000:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,680And you're like, yeah, I know I haven't written that grant that's due in three weeks.27100:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,040I know I haven't submitted that paper that I should have submitted.27200:15:57,040 --> 00:15:59,880I know, but I really just want to help.27300:15:59,880 --> 00:16:00,880It's kryptonite.27400:16:00,880 --> 00:16:01,880It's kryptonite.27500:16:01,880 --> 00:16:02,880It will sink you.27600:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,080It will sink you.27700:16:05,080 --> 00:16:11,880But when you recognize your weakness, when you recognize the kryptonite pieces of your27800:16:11,880 --> 00:16:17,520life, it allows you to create and build your life in such a way that you are protected27900:16:17,520 --> 00:16:18,680from kryptonite.28000:16:18,680 --> 00:16:24,920What you're doing is building boundaries against kryptonite so that you can succeed.28100:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,040And I don't know what that weakness looks like for you.28200:16:28,040 --> 00:16:29,800For me, it was people pleasing.28300:16:29,800 --> 00:16:35,800Yes, that's a weakness that I have struggled with throughout my time as a faculty member.28400:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,100And to be honest, still struggle with actually.28500:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,320It's getting better, but I still have it.28600:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,680I still recognize its tendencies.28700:16:44,680 --> 00:16:49,360And so because I know that I have this weakness, I protect myself.28800:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,840You know?28900:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,840I protect myself.29000:16:54,840 --> 00:16:59,160Instead of having five meetings a week with people who have different questions, I have29100:16:59,160 --> 00:17:05,120five podcast episodes that I record in one sitting because I know that my tendency is29200:17:05,120 --> 00:17:10,720to just go all out and meet with as many people as possible and fill the schedule and not29300:17:10,720 --> 00:17:16,000meet the goals that I've set for myself academically because I'm doing all these meetings.29400:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,400And I want to support you.29500:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,920I want to support as many people as possible.29600:17:19,920 --> 00:17:25,220And I have limitations in terms of how many people I can support.29700:17:25,220 --> 00:17:31,360And so as I do the work of growing and expanding myself and I recognize my weaknesses and I29800:17:31,360 --> 00:17:37,120protect against my weaknesses, I'm really able to transform my environment because I'm29900:17:37,120 --> 00:17:41,040moving forward the things that are relevant, the things that are resonant.30000:17:41,040 --> 00:17:46,880Yeah, so those are seven things about how to transform your work environment.30100:17:46,880 --> 00:17:48,960And I know you were looking for something different.30200:17:48,960 --> 00:17:53,720Maybe you're looking for a start a grassroots movement and then pick it in front of the30300:17:53,720 --> 00:17:54,720dean's office.30400:17:54,720 --> 00:17:58,080I know you weren't expecting that, but it is different.30500:17:58,080 --> 00:18:03,240And my job, I feel on this podcast is to help you think differently about your career, is30600:18:03,240 --> 00:18:05,960to help you think differently about you.30700:18:05,960 --> 00:18:11,440In reality, I love for all of you to lead vibrant research programs.30800:18:11,440 --> 00:18:12,440It's my life mission.30900:18:12,440 --> 00:18:18,640And I also recognize that you're a whole person and there's so much more to you than just31000:18:18,640 --> 00:18:21,640the work you do.31100:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,280And you want to expand and grow in so many ways.31200:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,380You've grown and expanded in so many ways.31300:18:27,380 --> 00:18:31,340Don't stop now.31400:18:31,340 --> 00:18:36,680And so yes, I want to share with you things that are kind of a little bit off the beaten31500:18:36,680 --> 00:18:42,400path to help you just think differently about your career, your experience.31600:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,200So how to transform your work environment.31700:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,160I talked about seven things.31800:18:46,160 --> 00:18:52,240Number one, remember who you are and all the power you wielded over these years.31900:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,200Number two, recognize how much power you have.32000:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,760Number three, recognize the limitations of your power.32100:18:59,760 --> 00:19:03,560We can mostly apply it to you and not to the other person.32200:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,600Number four, growing your power, making sure that you have access to information that helps32300:19:07,600 --> 00:19:14,860you transform and making sure you're using your power on yourself, not trying to do it32400:19:14,860 --> 00:19:19,720on other people or use it on other people and then getting frustrated because they won't32500:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,120do what you want them to do.32600:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,160And then as you do all that, you watch your environment transform.32700:19:26,160 --> 00:19:27,920That's number six.32800:19:27,920 --> 00:19:32,120And then number seven is to recognize your weaknesses.32900:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,080Kryptonite will sink you.33000:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,560Maybe it's a lack of boundaries.33100:19:36,560 --> 00:19:37,560Kryptonite will sink you.33200:19:37,560 --> 00:19:41,920And so you're going to want to protect against your weaknesses so that Kryptonite doesn't33300:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,160speak up on you and sink you.33400:19:44,160 --> 00:19:45,160All right.33500:19:45,160 --> 00:19:47,400It's been a pleasure talking with you today.33600:19:47,400 --> 00:19:48,400Thank you for listening.33700:19:48,400 --> 00:19:53,340As always, I am available if you're looking for a coach and you do not have one, please33800:19:53,340 --> 00:19:54,340reach out to me.33900:19:54,340 --> 00:20:02,440You can send me a DM on Instagram or on Facebook or on LinkedIn and I'd be happy to talk to34000:20:02,440 --> 00:20:03,440you.34100:20:03,440 --> 00:20:04,880We'll see if this will be a great fit for you.34200:20:04,880 --> 00:20:05,880All right.34300:20:05,880 --> 00:20:06,880It's been a pleasure talking with you today.34400:20:06,880 --> 00:20:11,800Please share the episode with at least one person, just one person.34500:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,400And well, actually you can share it with more if you want, but definitely share with one34600:20:15,400 --> 00:20:16,400person.34700:20:16,400 --> 00:20:28,200And I look forward to talking with you again the next time.34800:20:28,200 --> 00:20:33,560Thanks for listening to this episode of the Clinician Researcher Podcast, where academic34900:20:33,560 --> 00:20:38,840clinicians learn the skills to build their own research program, whether or not they35000:20:38,840 --> 00:20:40,360have a mentor.35100:20:40,360 --> 00:20:46,320If you found the information in this episode to be helpful, don't 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