A note for anyone who is providing a service that everyone else has stopped providing There is a special kind of pain in veterinary medicine that is much more common than people think. I call it the pain of the last one standing, and it’s heartbreaking. Imagine for a moment that you live and practice… Read More
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On Pulling Against a Divided Nation
A note for veterinary professionals troubled by how divided society is becoming Recently, I’ve felt a tension on America that I haven’t experienced before. To me, it feels like the nation is straining to pull itself apart in a new and more determined way. The divide between people with different ideas about how a country… Read More
Your Clinic is Not a National Trend
A note for anyone who jumbles all of the problems together in their head One of the strange side effects of the veterinary profession becoming more corporatized and widely invested in seems to be a bigger focus on industry trends. Until recently, there simply wasn’t a lot of coverage of what was going on at… Read More
Finding Happiness in What You Have (Even if it’s Peppers)
A note for anyone who is not in exactly the place they thought they would be I’m writing to you today after finishing breakfast. My plate is clean, my mouth is burning, and I’m sweating. I don’t think I need medical services or anything, but only because this is becoming a regular post-meal state for… Read More
Finding Humanity in the Middle Seat
A note for anyone who is tired of other people I’m stuck in the middle seat on a flight that was supposed to go from LA to Atlanta, but it went to Chattanooga instead. I’ve been in this seat (minus 2 pee breaks) for about 7 hours, and I can’t bear to read my book… Read More
Stopping Does Not Equal Failure
A note for anyone who thinks their success today is defined by how things play out tomorrow I have a friend who is a medical director and feels stressed because he doesn’t own a clinic to sell when he is ready to retire. I have another friend who started a purpose-driven business that thrived for… Read More