The Motivated MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I am using our weekly blog posts to create a future book that hopefully will apply to medical trainees and early career physicians looking to build generational wealth, get out of debt, and take control of their financial lives. Housing Aside from educational debt, housing is commonly the largest expense we will make in our lives.

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The Motivated MD

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

As many learn throughout their medical training, we are often relocated every few years. Four years in medical school. Far too many people, medical trainees and physicians alike, succumb to the false narrative that you need to own a home to build wealth, and that is not true. Take the time to play around with these calculators.

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The Motivated MD

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Wiped-out grocery stores, medications unfilled, spoiled food, hours-long lines for gasoline, and impatient citizens pulling firearms on each other, escalating tensions in an already tumultuous time. Helene highlighted that even wealthy communities and well-financed and well-educated populations can be caught off guard and devastated.

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The Motivated MD

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

A study by Johns Hopkins in 2016 found that medical errors may potentially be the third leading cause of death nationwide. From the moment you start post-graduate education (internship and residency), this is seen as a physician’s first ‘real job.’ So yes, humans make mistakes. This is the same for personal finances.

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