by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
I am average in most things. Most people are. Most of the time, just being average in most things is fine, because being average isn’t without benefits. For example, I was an average marathon runner, with my best time only 4:06, and an average mountain climber,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
I am always looking for new digital mentors in the writing domain. Two of my mentors I’ve already discussed—J.R.R. Tolkien and Steven Pressfield—but I have others, including Dan Brown, Seth Godin, and C.S. Lewis. I am now going to add a sixth: the novelist James...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing
My best blog post of January 2022 is Writers—Beware the Second Spectator, published on January 22 For the historians of philosophy, this blog post is important because it points out how early it was in Nietzsche’s career he recognized Socrates as his nemesis....
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Digital Platforms, Writing
Here’s what my About Pages were (yes, I had two active ones!). BEFORE: Meet Matthew Physician and writer Matthew Rehrl, MD has an undergraduate degree in Engineering with advanced degrees in both Physics and Medicine.He is currently a double-board certified physician...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Digital Platforms, Writing
As I prepare to rework and rewrite my website’s About page, I thought it would be helpful to look at several successful authors’ About/Bio pages. Here are the authors I looked at with their corresponding About page links: Leo Babauta...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
An effective, high-volume writing technique is the use of digital dictation and it is one I’ve used in the past. I’ve discussed this approach in an old blog post Physician: Too Busy To Blog? The Blog by Walking. Unfortunately, it is a subtle skill, and...
