Dr. Myron Rolle is a former National Football League player who is now a neurosurgery resident at the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He has been profiled several times, both for performing surgery on COVID-19 patients and for his unusual background. Certainly he seems a highly productive person ― twice over. Not only has he reached the heights in one career, but is well on his way to two. And not just two, but a seemingly very disparate two.
Yet for him there is at least one connection between his success in each, an approach he learned as a professional athlete. He says, “I try to get 2 percent better whenever I do anything, especially in surgery and the technical skills we rely on every day. That includes learning daily about COVID-19 and getting myself up to speed with the new data and journal articles on how to manage these patients correctly. In everything, I work to get 2 percent better to be the best provider I can possibly be.”
What is particularly notable about his method is its scope: to achieve a lot eventually, focus on a little at a time. It reminds me of what investors call the value of compound interest. Increase 2% today, then tomorrow’s 2% will build on a higher base. And so on. Next thing you know, you’re a world class performer and being profiled about your achievements. Or if not that, at least you’ll know you’re constantly improving and, most of all, becoming the best that you can be.
That seems something to take an interest in.
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