December 28, 2025

Why Doctors Often Struggle with Goal Setting

Why do so many doctors—who’ve achieved one of the most difficult professional goals—struggle to set personal goals beyond medicine? Most physicians are conditioned to follow a clearly laid-out path: college, med school, residency, attendingship. But once they reach the end of that predefined road, many feel stuck, directionless, or burned out. In this episode, Leti and Kenji unpack the hidden reasons why goal setting is so challenging for doctors—and how to break free from the “do more, achie...

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