Sposób na zdobycie przyjaciół
A year or so before planning retirement and not being completely sure to stay in California or to go to North Carolina, I attended a vascular conference in New York. There I approached the chief of the vascular department in the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. I told him about my planned retirement […]
Najlepszy sposób na utratę wagi
I was coming down in the elevator after the Duke vascular conference had finished. Halfway down, the car stopped and two men in blue scrubs entered. One, quite large, said : “Man, I just weighed myself. 260 pounds is too much.” There was a look of concern in the other man’s eyes. I didn’t think […]
Emerytura to idealny czas na dalszą edukację
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Leonardo da Vinci Friday morning vascular department conferences are special for me. For several reasons. Firstly, it’s the time. The conference starts at 7am. I usually get up at 5am, get ready, read emails and news. Car drive is lonely and quiet. No comparison to LA traffic. I make a […]
Co poezja może zrobić z tobą
I am not confused, I am just well mixed Robert Frost I was waiting in front of the elevator after Duke’s vascular conference has ended. I pushed the desired floor button, waiting for a car to come. Then I noticed a poem displayed on the wall between the doors and started reading. It was about […]
Spojrzenie wstecz na moją karierę chirurgiczną
Does it ever happen to you, that after a conversation or event is over, an untimely thought comes to mind? Something you should say or do, and you didn’t think of it at a proper time? Then suddenly you do, and now obviously it’s too late. Or somebody said a hurtful thing, and you didn’t […]
Uzależnienia i ich wpływ na nasze życie
“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic, or alcohol or morphine or idealism C.G. Yung Pete Rose, the greatest ever baseball hitter, was banned from entering the Hall of Fame because of gambling addiction. There are asterisks next to Barry Bonds’ all time home runs record because of allegations of steroids […]
Co jest lepsze: Być mądrym, inteligentnym czy roztropnym?
It’s not that I am so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. Albert Einstein Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. Alan Alda A smart man only believes half of which he hears, a wise man knows which half. […]
Sprawmy, by okazywanie szacunku znów stało się częścią kultury
I was traveling recently. Hertz’s bus from car rental drop off to the terminal was crowded. I threw the luggage on the rack and stood by. Then I heard, “Would you like to take my seat?”. I looked back. There was a man in his late 30s, may be early 40s, getting up and pointing […]
Życie to historie.
Moving to new, different communities involves meeting new friends. A few months ago we met our neighbor from across the street, we will call him Ernie. He used to be a car shop owner. Is also retired, just much more than me. We visit occasionally and tell stories over a glass of wine and a […]
