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Humility will get you further than ego or pride in your career as a surgeon
Dani Stanbouly1, Sung-Kiang Chuang2
1Dental Student, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract:
Surgeons exhibit disproportionately higher levels of arrogance, narcissism, and social apathy relative to other healthcare providers. Pride, when cut loose, handicaps the individual from relating and empathizing with others and blinds him/her from their flaws and shortcomings, deceptively leading to their inevitable downfall. An untamed ego dwells on pride and has the potential for serious damage to the person who harbors it and those that he/she interacts with those. An untamed ego reinforces a fixed mindset, which is grounded on talent, within the individual rather than a growth mindset, which is grounded on practice.
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