Stimulus | Helping Doctors overcome burnout, excel in leadership, and unlock their most fulfilling careers

By Rob Orman, MD

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Episodes: 112

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We break down ideas, strategies, and tactics to help you improve your mindset, overcome burnout, excel in leadership, prioritize your well-being, get unstuck, de-stress, and thrive in your career. If you are a doctor, nurse, paramedic, medical student, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, administrator, or even tangentially related to healthcare, this show is made for you. Hosted by emergency physician and executive coach Rob Orman, MD. Don't just suck it up, think differently.

Episode Date
How to Create a Team in 10 Seconds | Why time is not linear and every second not worth the same
Apr 01, 2024
Thinking Outside Your Retirement Account | working harder vs creating value
Mar 25, 2024
Phantasia Kataleptike | The secret skill of Stoicism
Mar 11, 2024
Making the trade | How to know when it's time to change careers
Feb 26, 2024
Default Mode Network vs. Task Positive Network | How our brains balance mind wandering and focused attention
Feb 06, 2024
Moral Injury | The crossroads of conscience
Jan 22, 2024
117. From Chaos to Control | Taming the tempest of task saturation
Jan 08, 2024
116. Resistance | How to crack inertia
Dec 25, 2023
115. Zero Warning | Scott Weingart on frameworks for no-notice critical patients
Dec 11, 2023
114. An Insider’s Guide to Medical Malpractice | Why the US system is so peculiar and how to navigate the morass
Nov 27, 2023
113. Understanding Healthy (and Unhealthy) Relationship Dynamics
Nov 13, 2023
Our 2024 Live Event | May 1-3. Bend, OR
Nov 10, 2023
112. Pizza doesn’t work | An evidence-based intervention that reduced physician burnout and increased job satisfaction
Oct 30, 2023
111. Does Private Equity Belong in Medicine?
Oct 16, 2023
110. A Strategy Mid-Shift Overwhelm | Conquer the deluge and get home on time
Oct 02, 2023
109. Is Your Identity Holding You Back?
Sep 19, 2023
108. How To Not Argue With Reality | The paradox of accepting the present moment, even when seems really sh*tty
Sep 04, 2023
107. The Power of Lightly Held Beliefs | Bitcoin enemas, cold exposure, and the law of speedy gains
Aug 14, 2023
106. The Drama Triangle | Rewriting the script for conflict and broken communication
Jul 24, 2023
105. How Do You Decide When to Say Yes or No | Steps to develop a heuristic for decision making
Jul 10, 2023
104. Trapped in a World of Bad Advice | The tightrope between asking and telling with Edgar Schein, PhD
Jun 26, 2023
103. How to Have a Nearly Perfect Shift | Reversing frustration and identifying the opposite outcome
Jun 05, 2023
102. Ten Percent of a Bad Idea | Why your gut reaction may lead you astray
May 15, 2023
101. Being In-Between | How to navigate big and small transitions
May 01, 2023
100. Listening to Understand versus Listening to Win | Strategies for quality listening and how to know when you've got it right
Apr 09, 2023
99. Unlocking the Secrets of Learning | Mental models of expertise, threaded cognition, and tactics for information retention
Mar 27, 2023
98. How to recover from a horrible, rotten, no-good shift
Mar 13, 2023
97. The Spock Retreat | Using logic to solve emotional situations (and how to stop it)
Feb 22, 2023
96.5 The curious case of Zithromax and viral respiratory infections
Feb 06, 2023
96. Compassion Fatigue
Jan 30, 2023
95. A Disability Insurance Deep Dive | What to look for in a policy, why it's so often a fight with insurance companies, and how to collect
Jan 16, 2023
94. Why We Argue About Money | Finance advice and the value of a scarcity mindset
Jan 02, 2023
93. Five Sleep Tools We've Tested and Like
Dec 19, 2022
93. Feedback can be hard to give and harder to receive. Here are techniques to do both better.
Dec 05, 2022
92. Strategies for Shift Endurance
Nov 21, 2022
91. Is this the end of note bloat? | Breaking down the 2023 documentation guidelines
Nov 07, 2022
90. The Dalai Lama’s Doctor Has a Prescription for You | The critical distinction between empathy and compassion
Oct 23, 2022
89. The Drunk Whisperer | Verbal de-escalation for the agitated, upset, and unruly
Oct 10, 2022
88. Peak Ending | How closings color our recollections and using that to our advantage at work
Sep 26, 2022
87. Availability Bias | Skewed risk assessments from a pervasive cognitive distortion
Sep 12, 2022
86. Mastering Workflow and Overwhelm | Task hierarchy, rate limiting steps, parallel processing, swarming, and the forgotten art of running the board
Aug 21, 2022
85. The Professional's Mindset | Embracing the pact and extreme ownership
Aug 15, 2022
84. A Look Inside Ketamine Clinics (and how to start your own)
Aug 08, 2022
83. Recalibrating when it all falls apart | In real time strategies to reset during a calamity
Jul 25, 2022
82. Letter to My Future Self | Proactively managing self-doubt
Jul 11, 2022
81. Medical Ethics in the Heat of the Moment | Withdrawing and withholding care, delaying death, over-treatment, and the daughter from California,
Jun 27, 2022
80. The False Assumption of Apologizing for Medical Mistakes
Jun 13, 2022
79. The Sleep Expert | Get to sleep and stay asleep
May 31, 2022
78. I Was Unlucky, But You Frankly Suck | The fundamental attribution error
May 16, 2022
77. Tiny Habits | Anchors, micro moves, and upward scaling
May 02, 2022
76. Inner Criticism | How to keep a negative inner voice from taking over
Apr 18, 2022
75. Hot Debriefing | Processing events while you're still in the arena
Apr 03, 2022
74. Flipping the Narrative on Performance Metrics | Why we're bad at self assessment, crafting meaningful metrics, balancing data
Mar 21, 2022
73. The Value and Pitfalls of Signout Culture with Mike Weinstock, MD
Mar 06, 2022
72. Navigating Uncertainty and Powering Down at the End of the Day with Dan Dworkis MD, PhD
Feb 21, 2022
71. Designing Your Life | How an engineer recommends evaluating your work, health, love, and play
Feb 07, 2022
70. Real World Applications of Nonviolent Communication
Dec 27, 2021
69. A Primer on Nonviolent Communication
Dec 21, 2021
68. Take the Suck out of Documentation | Making the most of scribes, documenting in the room (and in front of the patient), efficient workflows
Dec 13, 2021
67. Caring for the Unapologetically Unvaccinated
Nov 29, 2021
66. Hell Yeah or No
Nov 25, 2021
65. Bouncing Back After a Tough Case
Nov 15, 2021
64. Why Focusing on Patient Experience and Not Satisfaction Is the Right Move
Nov 01, 2021
63. The Pillars of Your Professional Life | Do you own or rent your career?
Oct 21, 2021
62. Primum Non Nocere | How 8 doctors practice 'first do no harm'
Oct 18, 2021
60. How to Be A Medical Expert Witness with Amal Mattu, MD and Rich Orman, JD
Oct 04, 2021
59. Aim to be a Zero | An astronaut's guide to life on Earth
Sep 20, 2021
58. Lessons Learned in Blood | Mass casualty response effectiveness with Green Beret and physician Mike Shertz, MD
Sep 06, 2021
57. Cultivating the Emergency Mind | Graduated pressure, sangfroid, and acknowledging the suboptimal
Aug 23, 2021
56. Rescue in the Jungle | Rob and Melissa meet a hiker with a medical emergency
Aug 09, 2021
55. Too Much On My Plate | Getting un-busy, procrastination, and pulling back from overcommitment
Jul 26, 2021
54. Spanish matador Juan Belmonte practiced naked | Defining success and developing character through the medium of career
Jul 12, 2021
53. The Five Fears of Scott Weingart
Jun 28, 2021
52. Listening to Podcasts for Maximal Retention | Interstitial time, task type, hour of day, driving vs undivided attention
Jun 14, 2021
51. Excellent Presentations with Ross Fisher, MD | Detailed instructions for how to slay it on stage (or online)
May 31, 2021
50. The Wedge | An internal shift to thrive under duress
May 17, 2021
49. Can Sex Improve Nasal Function?
May 06, 2021
48. Skill Decay | How to get back in the game
May 03, 2021
46. Strategies to De-Stress Your Nervous System | Before, during, and after intense events
Apr 19, 2021
44. The Beirut Explosion and Mass Casualty | A First Hand Account
Apr 05, 2021
43. How to Not Take Things Personally
Mar 22, 2021
42. Tough Love and Managing Complainers | Unapologetic expectations with Jim Adams, MD
Mar 08, 2021
41. Cognitive Reframing | Shifting the approach with addiction, end of life, and catastrophizing
Feb 22, 2021
39. Vinay Prasad Wants to Flip Your Vote | Chemotherapy delusions, overstating benefit, trade offs, and medical reversal
Feb 08, 2021
38. How to Meditate
Jan 25, 2021
37. Stress Inoculation | HALO procedures, racing the clock, low fi sim, and the power of an audience
Jan 11, 2021
35. A Physician's Terminal Diagnosis | Facing mortality and sharing wisdom
Dec 28, 2020
34. How Tylenol and Sleep Impact Vaccine Antibody Response
Dec 21, 2020
33. Willpower Depletion and the Limits of Self Regulation
Dec 14, 2020
31. The Dalai Lama’s Doctor, Barry Kerzin MD
Nov 30, 2020
29. How To Be An Effective Leader
Nov 16, 2020
27. Imposter Syndrome, Either/Or Thinking, and the Daily Dose of Goodness
Nov 02, 2020
25. Digital Minimalism
Oct 19, 2020
23. Michele Harper on Being a Guardian of the Vulnerable
Oct 05, 2020
22. Mastering Communication When It Matters Most |
Sep 21, 2020
21. Responding in Anger | Impulse vs intent
Sep 14, 2020
19. Esther Choo and the Equity Quotient
Sep 07, 2020
17. Why We Procrastinate
Aug 24, 2020
16. The Accumulation of Marginal Gains With Salim Rezaie | From 260 pounds to super fit
Aug 10, 2020
14. Stoic With a Capital S
Jul 27, 2020
12. How to Achieve Flow State
Jul 09, 2020
11. ZDoggMD | Race, Star Wars, virtue signaling, and prepping for a live show
Jun 29, 2020
10. The Space Between Stimulus and Response
Jun 11, 2020
9. The Master Skill of Taking Breaks
May 25, 2020
8. The Bob Ross School of Trauma | Don't rush but don't linger, full chill, talk the process
May 14, 2020
7. The White Coat Investor | Bear markets, investing plans, income loss, and cushion cash
May 07, 2020
5. The Art of Breathing
Apr 23, 2020
4. Talking to Fear
Apr 17, 2020
3. Street Medicine
Mar 12, 2020
2. Pregame Like a Pro | Walk into your shift ready to rock
Mar 12, 2020
1. Verbal Judo | The art of verbal de-escalation
Mar 12, 2020
Stimulus episode zero. What it's about.
Mar 02, 2020