by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Innovation, Ikigai
(What follows is something I wrote years ago I found in my digital trash. It’s actually not too bad!) What is a Leap Idea? It’s an idea which speaks so powerfully to your inner core you can work on it 12 hours a day, 7 days a week for 3...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Politics, Twitter
Should physicians tweet about politics? Usually, my answer is no. If you’re ikigai – your mission – is to help out individual patients, then it can only hurt you. For example, if you are a cardiovascular surgeon, whose principal mission is to care so...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Ikigai
In a prior post “Physician: Know Thy ikigai? Then Know Thy Twitter” I discuss ikigai: The confluence of passion and ability with something the world needs and for which something the world will pay you for. Well, mix ikigai in a little innovation and what...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai
I am fairly well read in political philosophy. I have a reasonably good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of democracy. I understand how classical philosophy underpins many elements of our democracy, and how the modern philosophers, such as Hobbes and...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Social Media
People who know me often say that I just love social media and think everyone should be on it. I don’t. In fact, for most people, most of the time, social media is best avoided. It can be distracting, cognitively limiting, and manipulative. It can damage...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Ikigai, Social Media, YouTube
I love learning about Social Media principles form my betters, and when it comes to Social Media, there are few people better than Katy Perry. 2 billion, 465 million, 849 thousand, and 832 views. Wow! That’s a lot of views. Remember ikigai – the...
