What is the Mindful Surgeon?

Welcome to my blog. This is a blog by a surgeon, for surgeons. Surgeons are a different breed. We are a combination of skills, efficiency, paranoia, and resilience. There is more to being a surgeon than just cutting skills!

It is an endless grind, without a light at the end of the tunnel sometimes! So I am in constant search for tools and strategies to be better, to be happier. You will notice, I used the word "happy" and not "success." That is because success can mean different things to different people. But why strive towards success if it will not make you happy?

Why are you not happy?

When we have a purpose, a vision, even the grind can bring happiness. It is only when we continue to work ourselves to the bone without knowing and considering why, that we burn ourselves out. I have been there and done that. I lost my purpose, lost my "why," and got side-tracked by naysayers. So I had to take a hard look at myself and tried to find my way towards my purpose. It is a work in progress!

How do we mould ourselves new every time ?

So, in this process, I am constantly on the lookout for tools, tricks, and actionable strategies from the surgical and other professions that help me reconnect with my "why!" I try to modify them for my life and see what works and what does not!

I welcome you to join me in this continual development process. Let us build a community and pull ours resources together, that can help us in our professional development and join a global community of mindful surgeons.

Let us help each other.