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The great majority of medical school faculty members begin their faculty service with an abundance of motivation, drive, and ability. Among those who fail to fully achieve their career aspirations, the most common reason is an inability to effectively manage their time. Of all the skills needed to achieve success in academic medicine, perhaps most essential is the ability to achieve balance among innumerable commitments to enable at least passable success in all domains.
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ Into the future.
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Jackler, R.K. (2013). How to Be Organized and Manage Time. In: Roberts, L. (eds) The Academic Medicine Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5693-3_3
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