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26
Sep
🎯 The Silent Killers in the OR: How Cognitive Biases Sabotage Surgical Excellence

🎯 The Silent Killers in the OR: How Cognitive Biases Sabotage Surgical Excellence

Your patient's pain persists after perfect surgery. You blame them for 'non-compliance.' But what if the real problem isn't in their knee—it's in your mind? Two cognitive biases are sabotaging your surgical outcomes, and you don't even know it.
4 min read
21
Sep
The Surgeon Who Built a ₹3.6 Crore Practice by Ignoring Everything They Taught Us

The Surgeon Who Built a ₹3.6 Crore Practice by Ignoring Everything They Taught Us

Two surgeons. Same city. Same year. Same speciality. Five years later, one begs for OT slots while the other has administrators calling him. The difference? One followed tradition. The other built a ₹3.6 crore practice by breaking every rule we were taught. Here's exactly how he did it...
2 min read
13
Sep
The Consultation Power Game: Why Most Surgeons Lose Before They Even Begin

The Consultation Power Game: Why Most Surgeons Lose Before They Even Begin

Every surgical consultation is a chess match. Most surgeons don't even know they're playing. The brutal truth after 25+ years: The patient who controls the consultation controls the outcome. Every question is a power move. Answer wrong, and you've already lost
3 min read
05
Sep
🎯 The 10-Year Career Pivot: When to Stay, When to Leave, When to Build

🎯 The 10-Year Career Pivot: When to Stay, When to Leave, When to Build

Year 10 hit me like a sledgehammer. Same ₹3 lakh monthly that felt like ₹30 lakh five years ago. That's when I realised: The 10-year mark isn't a milestone. It's a trap. 70% stay trapped. 25% jump to another trap. Only 5% build their escape. Which one are you?
3 min read
01
Sep
🎯 Why hospital administrators treat you like disposable labour?

🎯 Why hospital administrators treat you like disposable labour?

Young surgeons collapse after 36-hour shifts for ₹60K while seniors leave at 4 PM for golf earning ₹15 lakhs. Same hospital. Same patients. Welcome to healthcare's dirty @#$%! system where your desperation subsidises their comfort.
7 min read
29
Aug
🎯 How to Earn Respect as a Young Surgeonˀ

🎯 How to Earn Respect as a Young Surgeonˀ

You think respect comes with your degree? You're living in a fantasy. I spent a decade trying to earn respect by being 'humble.' You know what I earned? Burnout at 35 and the realisation I'd become a well-trained beggar in scrubs.
6 min read
25
Aug
The ₹100 Crore Lie: Why India's Best Surgeons Die Broke

The ₹100 Crore Lie: Why India's Best Surgeons Die Broke

A 25-year orthopaedic surgeon's confession about the conspiracy that's destroying an entire generation of medical talent
7 min read
12
Aug
🎯 The Quiet Authority Playbook - 90 Days to Transform Your Leadership

🎯 The Quiet Authority Playbook - 90 Days to Transform Your Leadership

7 min read
10
Aug
💡 Why I Let A Toxic Surgeon 'Win' (And Gained Everything)

💡 Why I Let A Toxic Surgeon 'Win' (And Gained Everything)

A surgeon stalked my posts for a month, then attacked. I could have destroyed him in three sentences. But I learned: We don't have an anger problem in medicine. We have an untreated wound problem. And some wounds redirect logic so completely that your compassion becomes fuel for their fire.
8 min read
03
Aug
💡 The Long Road to Success: Why My Son's Simple Question Changed Everything

💡 The Long Road to Success: Why My Son's Simple Question Changed Everything

"Papa, why not take the easier path?" My son's innocent question about MrBeast shattered everything I believed about success. That night, I realised I'd been telling young surgeons to endure systematic abuse disguised as "character building." Here's the brutal truth about the right long path...
13 min read