Joe who is the "world's most popular blogging anesthesiologist" writes that there is no correlation between how you feel and how well you do your job:"Many of the excellent performers I know personally in various fields --— as disparate as law, gardening, sales, waitressing, medicine, airline pilot, coffee roaster, upscale real estate broker, and business school admissions committee member --— are not very thrilled with what they do."
He also gives a few examples of personal experiences.
Hmm... What happened to my happiness post that starts with "A happy doctor means happier patients (usually)" ?
You can be grumpy and still have patients that are happy with you, I guess...
References:
Attitude as it relates to job performance. BookOfJoe.
Six Tips for Happiness by a Harvard Teacher
Thinking About Medicine - Your Inner Peace
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Related:
Finding Happiness in PubMed, and Life. Open Medicine Blog, 09/2007.
Experienced happiness is largely set by personality, it will temporarily respond to changing circumstances. The Lancet, 2010. http://goo.gl/ot3Kx
Most popular blogging anesthesiologist? Maybe, but I bet Michelle Au at the Underwear Drawer could give him a run for his money...
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Dear regular reader,
ReplyDeleteThe description" "World's most popular blogging anesthesiologist" is from Joe's "About Us" page and I think he was involved in a passionate discussion about something similar before:
'World's only blogging anesthesiologist'? — 'I think not!'
I don't agree. And I'd much rather consult and work with someone who IS happy in their job.
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