2. Pregame Like a Pro

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We can't immediately change the process of medicine, the stuff that is kind of a drag and wears us down. What we can change, however, is our mindset. In this episode, we dissect several practices for shift preparation with a common goal of operating at a peak level of performance and experiencing more joy in what we do. Today we learn how to pregame, like a pro.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>We discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li>When the process of practicing medicine becomes your purpose for being a doctor, you’re at risk for burnout, if not worse. [00:30]</li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The system will not adjust to what you need right now.  You have to adjust yourself. [1:45]</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How accepting gratitude, and other small changes in mindset, can have a logarithmic return on investment. [4:50]</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ways that many elite-level performers pregame.  They rely on their rituals for peak performance. [07:15]</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Physicians are elite-level performers who rarely have the time to mentally prepare for each day. [8:40]</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>How some doctors pregame (or not)....</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mike Weinstock doesn't pregame</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[12:06]</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clay Smith's pregame distraction</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">[13:20]</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joshua Russell's sequence of physical, emotional and mental prep</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">[15:10]</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sabrina Adams</span> the BAFERD <span style="font-weight: 400;">[18:00]</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jaime Hope</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">thinks of her 4 professional identities</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">[19:10]</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400