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Joining us for today’s episode of the Faculty Factory Podcast is Eric C. Strain, MD, for another lively discussion on some habits and hacks that lead to success in both academic medicine and life.
With Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Dr. Strain serves as the George E. Bigelow Professor; Director, Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit; Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and Research; and Executive Vice Chair, JHB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Dr. Strain discusses a unique strategy he employed to strive for a better work/life balance in the opening minutes of today’s discussion. He would leave work at 3pm on Mondays and Fridays, and then make up the time by coming into his office on Saturday mornings.
“It just sort of helped to decompress the day,” he told us.
This was a time when Dr. Strain was early in his career and had young children.
“I think that was valuable,” he said.
Another aspect that helped Dr. Strain early in his career was working around his strengths as a “morning person.” If you know that you can write better early in the morning, then it is important to build your schedule around that strength as much as you can.
It’s also important to know if your colleagues are not “morning people.” Try throwing them a bone by not scheduling meetings too early with them, if it can be controlled!
There are plenty of other great nuggets and useful tidbits from today’s chat with Dr. Strain. I encourage you to please listen to the full episode via the podcast player above.
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