A presentation by Dr Hemant Morparia on how doctors can improve the quality of their life

1. Life beyond Medicine
Dr Hemant Morparia, MD
Bombay, India
morparia@gmail.com

68. Photo Album
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108. THE THREE MODERN SINS
• Arrogance
• Incompetence
• Greed
• (and like the bankrupt AIG, they need to
go under,without any bail out)

109. 1.ARROGANCE

111. 2.INCOMPETENCE

112. 3.GREED

133. Why a life beyond medicine?
• Full use of your brain’s potential-your right
brain should not be left behind and your
left brain will get right ahead.
• Constant life-long ,non-linear growth-
growing like a tree –branching in all
directions (and not like a tap root, in only
one direction)

134. Why a life beyond medicine?
• No burn-out.More so in times of increased
(professional) life expectancy.
• Eventually , most of your work will
become routine: be it treating
cough/cold/fever or performing coronary
bypass surgery
• Greater Fulfillment in Life. GFL is in
inverse proportion to DMP*

135. *Dubious Medical Practice

136. Why a life beyond medicine?
• A ‘portfolio of careers’ leads to more
independence
• It makes you an ‘interesting case’
• As basic and not-so-basic needs are
satisfied, the higher ‘self-actualization’
need surfaces.
• It’s the way of the future

137. Why a life beyond medicine?
• Synergy with all activities- if you enjoy painting,
you will become a better surgeon, which in turn
may help you in playing a musical instrument
which will make you play better tennis player
which may help you be a superior
communicator which will improve your cooking
etc…etc…
• i.e more synapses/better synapses/longer
synapses/unusual synapses in the brain will be
formed,in turn producing unusual serendipitous
results.

138. HOW TO GO ABOUT IT?
• (take out your notebooks and
pens/laptops, now)

139. A tautological tip
• Q : How did you start drawing cartoons?
• A: I started drawing cartoons by drawing
cartoons.

140. How to go about it?
• Don’t confuse your career with your life-
“your life is not your job”
• Do new things at every available
opportunity
• I hear- I forget ,I see - I remember, I do
and I understand.

141. How to go about it?
• Every one has some talent. Don’t ignore
your talent / instinct / ‘keeda’
• Nurture it!
• Don’t postpone nurturing your talent-after
ssc/hsc/mbbs/md/nursing home/ kids/
after kid’s terminals….after kid’s ssc
(repeat as above…till terminal cardio-
respiratory failure or dementia)
• Surround yourself with positive people

142. How to go about it
• Better to sing than to attend a concert to
listen to a professional singer.
• ”Life is not a spectator sport”
• Success in one field leads to a greater
fear of failure in another. Avoid this trap.
Take risks!

143. Important creativity tip:
• It’s never what you do, it’s always
‘how’ you do it.
• You cant always do what you love, but you
can always learn to love what you do.

144. Why medicine is perfect :
• It’s a flexible profession:
• time
• place
• type of practice
• No worries about job loss even in recessionary
times.
• Steady income and some ‘respect’
• Meet many people from different fields and
backgrounds

145. The reward system
• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary
• Quaternary

146. • Primary (auto teleological) acts , are their
own reward*.
• Then why not eliminate the middle men
from the other loops?
• Why settle for ‘RICH’ when you can have
‘ENRICHED’?
• *A pun, on the other hand, is it’s own re-word.