You can have fifteen patients tell you what a great job you did, and then one thing goes imperfectly and that’s the memory that follows you home. Sound familiar?

This week we’re unpacking Vince Lombardi’s famous line, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence,” and what it actually means for a profession that selects perfectionists, then throws up challenges every day. Plus, how can a cornerback mentality help?

Today on Not Another Curbside:

• How tying your identity to your profession makes every bad day feel like a verdict on you as a man.
• The cornerback mentality: why the next play has to be the biggest play.
• Your play for the day - living a flat-line life (better than it sounds).

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Not Another Curbside is a podcast from MindShift MD about physician performance, mindset coaching, and the mental side of practicing medicine. Hosted by Taylor Harris, MD, a practicing physician in orthopedics; Chase Yonce, MD, a practicing physician in family medicine; and Michele Demetriou, a performance coach for physicians, professional athletes, and CEOs, the show explores mental preparation, decision-making under pressure, emotional regulation, physician leadership, and confidence. Through honest conversations, real clinical experiences, and practical mindset tools, they examine how physicians can develop the mental skills that support excellence in patient care, professional relationships, and life outside medicine. The next level of physician performance is mental.

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