Christina Arnold is a pathologist and career coach. She can be reached at Your Path In Focus.

Make full professor faster by working less and not sacrificing you: a Valentine’s Day message

Physician
February 13, 2021

Do you routinely make deadlines for meeting registrations? Paper revisions? Promotion and submissions? Most physicians easily make professional deadlines, but how often do you honor commitments to yourself?

Similarly, do you have a friend who plans to go with you to the gym and then is always a no-show? Do you have a hypercritical friend who routinely tells you, “you are a terrible mom!”? Do you have a weirdo roommate who …

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Make full professor faster by working less and not sacrificing you: a Valentine’s Day message

14 tips when negotiating a physician job

Physician
January 27, 2021

Negotiations are not just for the job interview and annual review. We negotiate every day. Negotiating in place can be a powerful mechanism to make your current job a better fit.

The key to effective negotiations is to think like the boss. What are her concerns, goals, and interests? How can you align your goals with those of the boss and institution so that everyone wins?

At every point where you are …

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14 tips when negotiating a physician job

Lessons learned from leaving my first job

Physician
December 30, 2020

As a fellow, I made a list of what I wanted in my first job. I dreamed, prayed, and wished for the contract to finalize. It did. I went to Ohio hoping that this was my first, last, and always job.

Eight years later, I left feeling completely broken. On my first anniversary of leaving, here are the major lessons that changed my life.

1. It’s not my job’s job to make …

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Lessons learned from leaving my first job