Saying No
Category: How Are You DOing
Feb
08
It's OK to say no
As physicians, we’re all familiar with the saying, “It takes 30 minutes to say no and 30 seconds to say yes.” The unique demands of this profession – including the value of our time and patient satisfaction measures not always being what is best for the patient – sometimes cause us to fall into the trap of saying the easy yes when we should say the difficult no.
With the demands of practicing medicine coupled with balancing personal responsibilities, how easy it is to get caught up in our obligations and what I call the “have-tos”? No wonder we feel ourselves needing a vacation from it all!