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Raza Hussain, MD, MBA
Raza Hussain, MD, MBA

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3 Essential Career Truths No One Will Ever Tell You

No one tells you because no one wants you to know When I first finished medical school and residency training I thought I was done. I thought I just needed to find a job and plug away for 40 years until retirement. I watched other peers and clueless classmates do…

Careers

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3 Essential Career Truths No One Will Ever Tell You
3 Essential Career Truths No One Will Ever Tell You
Careers

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Why Your Legacy Doesn’t Matter

No one should take themselves too seriously — We all hear from self-help gurus and celebrities about how important it is to create a legacy. As far as I know, no one has come back from the dead to evaluate their legacy and pat themselves on the back for a job well done. Life is short, even if…

Life

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Why Your Legacy Doesn’t Matter
Why Your Legacy Doesn’t Matter
Life

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Surprising Life Lessons I’ve Learned From Owning a Porsche

“It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.”-Ferris Bueller After finishing 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 3 years of residency training…it was official. I was an MD. An attending physician. I have arrived. With over $200,000 in medical…

Self Improvement

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Surprising Life Lessons I’ve Learned From Owning a Porsche
Surprising Life Lessons I’ve Learned From Owning a Porsche
Self Improvement

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4 Decisions I Made In My 30s That Drastically Improved My Life

Try one or all of these and see what happens — We all make decisions every single day…. Should I sleep in or wake up early and go for a run? Should I binge on Netflix or read a book? Should I start a business or stay in a dead-end job that I hate? Should I cook or order a pizza? …

Self Improvement

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4 Decisions I Made In My 30s That Drastically Improved My Life
4 Decisions I Made In My 30s That Drastically Improved My Life
Self Improvement

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ILLUMINATION

·1 day ago

The Day You Realize Ambition Is Meaningless

How much is enough When you start to realize we’re conditioned (marketed to) to never be satisfied, it’s when the world starts to look different. You realize you’re halfway there on your self-actualization journey. The goalposts keep moving. There’s never this feeling of “I’ve got enough.” When you see 80-year-old…

Life

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The Day You Realize Ambition Is Meaningless
The Day You Realize Ambition Is Meaningless
Life

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ILLUMINATION

·6 days ago

Does Your Work Still Excite You

Follow your passion or Follow the money In an ideal world, we would be doing meaningful work with the people we choose to work with. We would work where we want and when we want. Oh yeah, this isn’t an ideal world. The above is the reality for a small…

Work

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Does Your Work Still Excite You
Does Your Work Still Excite You
Work

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ILLUMINATION

·Sep 15

What Are You Addicted To

Everyone is addicted to something… When you wake up in the morning….is grabbing your phone the first thing you do? Then do you start doom scrolling? Checking email? We are all addicted to something. Our phones. Likes. Making money. Spending money. Social media. Alcohol. Food. Achievement. Procrastination. Working out. Love…

Addiction

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What Are You Addicted To
What Are You Addicted To
Addiction

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ILLUMINATION

·Sep 10

Is the Rent Too Damn High

Short answer: Yup — If you haven’t been living under a rock the past few years, you know that the cost of EVERYTHING has gone up. And I mean way up. The pandemic flipped the world upside down in every way. Cars, groceries, buying a house, renting, tuition….there’s no relief in sight. Prices keep…

Life

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Is the Rent Too Damn High
Is the Rent Too Damn High
Life

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The Shortform

·Sep 6

Are You Someone Who Needs Luxury Goods

Spoiler Alert: No one cares Unfortunately, we now live in a world where everyone is spending more time posting pictures of their vacation…than actually being present and enjoying their vacation. With the cost of life right now…due to “inflation” or “greedflation”…are luxury items necessary? Were they ever necessary? If No One Will Ever See It…Would You Buy It This can…

Self Improvement

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Are You Someone Who Needs Luxury Goods
Are You Someone Who Needs Luxury Goods
Self Improvement

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ILLUMINATION

·Sep 5

Drinking Isn’t Cool Anymore

It never was…..Yeah I said it When it comes to all of the different ways you can waste your time in this short life…the one that stands out as one of the worst ones is drinking alcohol. (We’ll save scrolling through social media for another time) Alcohol is becoming the…

Self Improvement

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Drinking Isn’t Cool Anymore
Drinking Isn’t Cool Anymore
Self Improvement

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Raza Hussain, MD, MBA

Raza Hussain, MD, MBA

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Addiction Medicine Physician. Author. Featured in Shape Magazine.

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