by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Stress, Writing Habits
There has recently been some mild controversy in the investment banking community about the role of the 130-hour work-week for their junior employees, with some of the old guard thinking this is just fine—based, I believe, on the principle “I did it, so you should...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Innovation, Ikigai
At a recent physician-centric healthcare conference, a CEO, who is also a physician, asked the audience how would they spend one million dollars to help improve physician satisfaction and retention. My answer was quite simple: create an “ikigai fund, ” one which...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Social Media
I recently attended an excellent healthcare conference. It was an expansive conference intellectually, one in which I learned quite a lot. It was also a very good conference socially (despite being on Zoom) where I was able to establish (and re-establish) some...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai
I’ve changed my ikigai once before, when I was 28 years old. I was working as an engineer and program manager in the defense industry. It was a high-pressure job, with real money at stake, filled with tense meetings with corporate vice-presidents and “customers”. I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Philosophy
Most people are familiar with the Japanese term kintsugi ( “golden joinery”), also known as kintsukuroi ( “golden repair”). At the top level, it’s considered a form of repair of a broken object which results in the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Writing
I didn’t become a writer when I started my blog. I didn’t become a writer after my 50th blog post, my 100th blog post. I didn’t become a writer after I got paid for my writing. I didn’t become a writer after my 4th writing conference. Nor did I...
