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Here is the host of the White Coat Investor, Emergency Department physician Jim Dahle MD,  and I in a wide ranging PodCast conversation:

Physician leaders understand COVID-19 is a unique type of disaster.

Instead of a POINT crisis and a recovery; like a 

• Tornado / Hurricane
• Flood
• Terrorist attack

... where you get a KaBoom, an acute crisis and a recovery over days to weeks. You know, the kinds of disasters we have drills for, the ones we have code names for.

This pandemic is a series of slow tidal waves, overwhelming everything and everyone for weeks at a time as the wave hits, only to return months later and do it again. 

Sheer fatigue, exhaustion, even a sense of helplessness and hopelessness are common for you and your care team. 

All of us can rally and unite in response to an acute crisis. All hands on deck!

But how do you continue to lead and remain a high performance team for weeks and months on end when the tide of illness refuses to recede?

That magical time of the year, when we all make resolutions we know we won't keep.

Here's the rub:

• Everyone wants to change something
• Very few go further than the magical thinking exercise of the "New Year's Resolution". 

You are probably in that frame of mind right now.

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Here's the truth

A Resolution without an Action Plan is a Pipe Dream, Wishful Thinking, a Fib and a Fable.

Physicians on Purpose Podcast 003
What Is "Physician Burnout"

• The 3 Cardinal Signs of Physician Burnout
• The words that Little Voice in your head will whisper to you when you are in the downward spiral.
• Gender Differences in Burnout
• How to reach out to a Colleague in Distress

You must be able to recognize the beast BEFORE you can smell his breath.

The primary risk to all Lightworkers is built into our first Prime Directive.

Healthcare's Prime Directive #1:

The patient comes first

In this blog post:

• Let me show you the nature of this fundamental risk
• The toll it takes on all healthcare workers
• An image that captures this dynamic in a way you won't forget
• And a tool to recharge we have proven effective in our physician coaching practice.

I saw this lobby sign for a hospital in Indiana this week on LinkedIn and had to share it with you.

In these divisive and politicized times, all of us coping with a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, this language and sentiment seemed to cut straight to the point.

This is a place of healing and, if healing is not possible, a space where we all deal with disease, suffering, death and dying.

Please be intentional with your energy. 

This sign feels like a little cosmic mirror at the front door of the hospital. Take a quick look in the mirror and make sure your attitude is adjusted before you walk into this sacred space.

These 3 Questions for Senior Healthcare Leaders will reveal their opinions on the importance of Physician Wellbeing.

Sometimes it is darn difficult to tell whether your leaders understand and/or care about the stresses you are under.

• The impact of COVID-19 - either blowing up or shutting down your practice.
• The pandemic induced losses of 2020 Q2 forcing you to take a pay cut and laying off your essential support staff.
• The daily death by a thousand EMR clicks and keystrokes.
• The weekly struggle to carve out some meaning from your practice whirlwind and build in some family time and life balance. 

If you can catch your CMO or CEO in a quiet moment, here are three questions that will reveal how they view your professional quality of life.

Lightworker Forum Resources Page
- Crowd-sourced from our Weekend Lightworker Forum Mastermind Calls

COVID-19 Stress and Physician Burnout - The Case Against Altruism

A recent article in the CMAJ exhorts doctors to "Emphasize the altruism of working in health care and serving of the greater good" in order to reconnect with purpose and make it through COVID-19.

I disagree and I am not alone. 

ALTRUISM and the HERO and SAINT PROJECTION onto healthcare workers in impossible working conditions, is dangerous and self defeating.

In this blog post let's examine the case against Altruism as a healthy core value in pandemic times.