AI in Retirement For decades, retirement planning for physicians has followed a single, straightforward script: grind through residency, build a high-earning career, sock away enough in your 401(k), cash balance plan, and brokerage accounts, then one day flip the switch […]
How Retired Physicians Are Using Agentic AI to Stay Sharp, Create Impact, and Keep Life Simple Retired physicians are using agentic AI in three main ways: to extend their clinical and educational impact without going back into full-time practice, to […]
The Epiphanies Make or Break Your Retirement As a retired infectious disease doc who spent decades pattern chasing, I know exactly how seductive a good “aha!” moment feels. You’re staring at labs that don’t add up, then—click—everything lines up. The […]
A Physician’s Guide to the New Wealth Extraction Machine As a practicing physician, I’ve watched too many colleagues pour six- and seven-figure portfolios into “sophisticated” products that sound great over a quick lunch with an advisor, or throw money at […]
Expected vs. Unexpected Inflation We spend decades building wealth. Inflation spends decades quietly dismantling it. But here’s what most physician investors miss: not all inflation works the same way. There’s expected inflation that the market already prices in, and unexpected inflation, […]
I have 340 blogs written over the years. Which ones should you read first? It depends on your path and persona. Three Distinct Reader Personas: Path 1 (“Build the Machine”): Physicians 5+ years from retirement—focus on accumulation, investing fundamentals, […]
The opposite of scarcity is enough The opposite of scarcity is enough. Not abundance. In retirement, it is okay to be enough, and it is okay to have enough. Enough is the goal in retirement rather than abundance. Scarcity […]
Imposter Syndrome and Retirement “Face it Til You Make It” is the cure for imposter syndrome. It is an obvious variation of fake it til you make it. We all face high-stress situations when we feel inadequately prepared. Imposter […]
Go-Go, Slow-Go, and No-Go Phases of Retirement The “marginal decade,” coined by Dr. Peter Attia, is the last 10 years of life. During this period, physical and cognitive function decline rapidly, and the incidence of chronic diseases increases exponentially. […]