Working in healthcare grants you a glimpse into the silent battles people are fighting. There are times when I used to wonder why most healthcare settings felt so sanitized. Now though? I get it. This isn’t traditional “customer service.” Performative cheerfulness feels out of place in this setting. Mostly because healthcare isn’t retail.

Working in healthcare grants you a glimpse into the silent battles people are fighting. There are times when I used to wonder why most healthcare settings felt so sanitized. Now though? I get it. This isn’t traditional “customer service.” Performative cheerfulness feels out of place in this setting. Mostly because healthcare isn’t retail.

In metallurgy, once a metal is forged in extreme, high-temperature heat, it becomes highly resistant to ordinary fire. Gold, for example, is so resilient that engineers use it to line the engine bays of race cars. It takes the heat and reflects it. It absorbs the pressure without melting. The alchemy of life is similar.

The ultimate measure of a man and his character is his ability to pull himself up by his own bootstraps. Assistance is a sign of weakness. At least, that's what people will tell you. And for the longest time, I believed them. I think many of us do. Sometimes this leaves men building a bridge to nowhere.

I recently found out someone I knew passed away at 54 from a massive heart attack. Completely unexpected. We ride the current of life, assuming we've got another day. The truth is: none of us knows when our time will come. When today is the day.

We are living in an era of thrones. Everyone wants one. The influencer's platform. The founder's title. The corner office with the big window. The blue checkmark. Essentially, everyone is looking for a seat at the table where someone finally has to listen.

"Gotta catch 'em all!" It's the catchphrase of an infamous game and cartoon, Pokémon. In both, you run around in the tall grass and try to acquire Pokémon to fill up your Pokédex. But catching them is just the start.