No doctor should have to side hustle to make a good living

Here are classic practice management stories you missed on KevinMD. Thank you for your continuing readership. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ --------------------------------------------------------------- Here are classic practice management stories you missed on KevinMD. Thank you for your continuing readership. --------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored job listings from Careers by KevinMD.com [Internal medicine physician](. Employed, full or part-time, outpatient opportunity. Practice has served the community for over 25 years. Immediate patient base. [Excellent call schedule](. [Family medicine physicians](. Physician-led and collegial environment. Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals for work-life balance, One of the [largest multi-specialty medical groups in the country](. [Internal medicine physicians](. Full-time is 35 patient contact hours in a 4 day work week. Leadership opportunities available. Operational support provided allowing the focus to deliver [exceptional patient care](. --------------------------------------------------------------- KevinMD Plus: Feb 8, 2020 [No doctor should have to side hustle to make a good living]( I would have thought that all doctors are on the same page about being overworked and underpaid, but I was surprised to read on a recent physician forum that some doctors claim that our profession overall is compensated adequately. Complacency tends to kill innovation, but hey, to each her own. Online forums certainly leave a […] [Work hard now, enjoy later. Is it time to rethink that?]( Something I’ve been thinking about lately is the path that we’ve all been somewhat conditioned to take. And that is working really hard now so we can reap the rewards later. If you don’t work really hard now, you risk not being able to enjoy life when “later” finally comes. Does that sound familiar to you? […] [Financial independence should be peaceful]( Money and death. Sounds kind of morbid, right? But, that’s exactly what we are concerned within the financial independence community. We like to talk about the former and avoid the latter. Make no mistake, however, that all of our conversations have subtly interlaced the topic of mortality. Our time on this earth is limited. No […] [My residency spending plan: a new way to think about budgeting]( As a young professional with many competing expenses, it is paramount for me to prioritize my spending. However, adhering to a strict budget can seem a bit daunting and restrictive. To get over this anxiety, I started out with a spending plan that mirrors the “50-30-20 rule” by allocating money into three different buckets: things […] [How to make $5 million from investing in real estate]( When I first started working on this blog post, the working title was “Different Ways to Make $1 Million in Real Estate.” However, I realized that if you’re reading this, you’re likely looking for a similar type of life that I’m interested in: a life of financial freedom where I’m also able to make huge […] [Pro tips for residency or fellowship relocation]( Each spring, thousands of students and residents will relocate for their next career stages facing the same question: How am I supposed to move my stuff? The answer is varied and can be surprisingly complex. Relocation is part of any industry, but medical trainees, in particular, relocate during a narrow time frame often without any […] [How a surgeon taught his kids the value of money]( When our kids were in the 5 to 9 age range, we used to buy each of them a souvenir on our vacations. They always wanted the most expensive item in the store, a great big teddy bear that cost $400. We would tell them no, they needed to pick something less expensive. They weren’t […] [Are you leading from reactivity or creativity? 4 steps to see your blind spots.]( I discovered one of the most important leadership challenges in my first leadership position supervising a staff of doctors and nurses at a hospital: Being able to see our own contribution to problems. I was confident, having been hired because of my skills developing teams. But, shortly after I started, the team began struggling with […] [A physician’s advice on extra cash flow]( When it comes to destroying debt, many of us are familiar with the two most common methods to pay down debt. Many choose the debt snowball method where you pay off your smallest debt first while paying the minimum on others. Once that first debt is gone, you roll that payment into the next. Eventually, you […] [Doctors: Step boldly into your calling]( We often associate our calling with our career. That’s what I did from the very moment I made that decision to become a doctor. That’s all I focused on. I studied for it. I invested time and money into it. Like many doctors, my identity was intimately woven in what it means to be a […] --------------------------------------------------------------- If a friend sent you this email and you want to subscribe, go to [KevinMD](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 345 Hudson Street New York NY 10014 USA [Unsubscribe]( | [Change Subscriber Options](