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Premed Productivity Podcast with Dr. Andre Pinesett
I’m Dr. Andre Pinesett and I’d like to welcome you to the Premed Productivity Podcast, where I'm bringing 15+ years of experience as an award-winning mentor/coach to take the stress out of getting into med school with episodes designed to help you: develop a healthy mindset, study efficiently, premed smarter, dominate the MCAT and make your application stand out!
I was told I wasn’t good enough to get into medical school, but I adopted the “No Excuses, Just Dominate” mindset, learned the secrets of successful students and got into Stanford Medical School.
Now, I'm on a mission to empower 1 million students in 5 years by making sure that every passionate student has the information, inspiration and support they need to make their doctor dreams a reality. This podcast is all about you, the premed. I will be answering real student questions, coaching premeds and breaking down every aspect of premed and getting into med school. Enjoy!
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Premed Productivity Podcast with Dr. Andre Pinesett
What Happens When You Celebrate Every Small Win?
Most students wait until a big milestone to feel proud of themselves. But real confidence is built by celebrating small wins daily. Recognizing and documenting your progress creates proof that you are capable, builds resilience, and transforms your mindset from punishment to positivity.
In this video you will learn why celebrating small wins matters, how to cement your progress with a daily win log, and how this practice can help you build unstoppable confidence and momentum in your premed journey.
👉 Drop your questions in the comments and subscribe for more videos on building confidence, celebrating progress, and succeeding as a student and future doctor.
Each week, I’m bringing strategies for:
💪 Locking in that bulletproof mindset.
⏰ Cutting the nonsense and getting productive.
🧠 Studying smarter, not harder.
🩺 Streamlining your path to med school.
If you're serious about medicine, this is where you need to be!!
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The last thing is the C, and this is so important. We have to get out of punishment culture. We've talked about unhealthy perfectionism. Let's also talk about our self-image and let's talk about our lifestyle. My life is amazing, is incredible, it's happy, it's joyous. It's always been that. As a pre-med, I mean, it wasn't always joyful when I was flunking and failing and being miserable, but I recognize that through my growth, as I was striving for things, it's easy to get sucked up in.
Speaker 1:Oh, I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm going to be happy with myself. I'm going to be proud of myself when I reach this milestone and that milestone is super far off. Today is the day, guys. You're going to take your future into your own hands. You're going to dominate. You're going to be successful. No excuses, just dominate. I want to be happy with myself when I graduate. I want to help myself get the A, help myself, get to medical school. How many of you guys are like that? You're like man. I'm not having fun right now, but it's all going to be worth it. I'll be happy when I'm blank. I'll be proud of myself. I'll acknowledge that I've done some nice things. Once this happens.
Speaker 1:That's a flawed logic, because that puts us in a position to never appreciate and celebrate and enjoy the current stage we're in. And life is one big journey to enjoy. We should enjoy the process, we should enjoy the progress, we should enjoy the journey and be focused on the journey, not the destination. Yes, our destination is where we are today, y'all what we're doing today, how we're improving, and so we want to kind of concretize and lock that perspective in by doing what, celebrating and cementing in our wins. So, at every step, a win is a win, y'all. We take it, we embrace it, we say yeah, even if it's small to somebody else, it doesn't matter, we magnify it, we love it. Yes, I went to lecture today. I actually went. I didn't sleep in, I got myself up, got my ass out of bed and I went to lecture. Thank goodness, I'm incredible. I'm incredible.
Speaker 1:Celebrate wins, guys, and then, as we celebrate, we want to cement them. How many of you guys consistently run what I call the low light reel, where you remind yourself of all the things that went wrong today or this week or this term, all the things that you don't have, all your shortcomings, all your issues, all your problems? We wanna change that narrative by celebrating first but then cementing that celebration by documenting our wins. That way, whenever we get down on ourselves and we tell ourselves we're nothing and we have nothing and we're never going to be nothing, we have a concrete written reference of the fact that you know what I can win, even small wins, but I can win them. And so we have again data so we don't deceive. I have concrete data that I can and I have and I continue to win. It's right here in front of me so I can talk myself out of a loser's mentality, out of a pessimistic mentality, out of a regret-filled mind space that's going to have me beating myself up. I want to uplift myself, guys. I want to be my number one, biggest fan. I love me, some me. I want you to love you, some of you, yes, so celebrate and cement the wins. So have a daily win log. It takes 30 seconds. Every single day, literally, I lay down on my bed and for you, I want you to write it down. I'm years past this, but every single day when I close my eyes, right before I close my eyes, I lay down there, I'll close my eyes and I'll envision my wins of the day and I'll smile to myself and I'll celebrate myself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, man, yeah, you know what? I was tired as heck. I got out of the OR late today. I was supposed to go live at four. I wasn't able to go live till five o'clock. I literally ran in the door, still got my scrubs on. I didn't really feel like getting on the live stream. I'm exhausted, but I did it. I got on the live stream. No matter how much it sucked, I got on the live stream. So thank you to me, celebrate me. I'm a champion for just showing up.
Speaker 1:What's one thing you learned Every single day, guys I have a goal, I want to learn something. I have a couple goals, three things I want to learn something, I want to help someone and I want to push forward and create something and put something out into the world. And so, for me, being a doctor is fantastic, because I constantly get to learn new things, I constantly get to help someone, improve someone's life every day, and I constantly get to have a work product that I put out every day. But those are my goals. So what's one thing you learned, guys? How are you learning, how are you growing? How are you improving, not just in the classroom, but also outside, improving, not just in the classroom, but also outside.
Speaker 1:Who's one person who benefited from your work today? How many of you guys feel like you're in this work, work, work, work, work and you don't really see the fruits of your labor? You can't tie your pre-med efforts to that distant doctor self You're like what does this relate to? Instead, I want you guys to look for ways you can positively impact people's lives every single day and then, when you do that, celebrate that. And by doing that, guys, you're going to see you become an impactful, different person. Who's a standout pre-med? It's awesome. And then, at the end of every week, I want you to take those days and scan over all your logs from the week and circle your three biggest wins and share them with someone.
Speaker 1:Make them real. Call your mom, call your dad, call your girlfriend, whoever. Talk to a stranger but hey, stranger, I just want to let you know that I'm out here doing big things. I went to lecture. Yes, you know what. I actually studied every single day this week. I wouldn't say for five minutes every day, but I actually studied every single day. I've never done that before, right? I went to office hours. I was too nervous to ask a question, but I went to office hours.
Speaker 1:I'm doing big things. Look out for me. In the future, I'm going to the top, baby. That's what we want to do. Make it real. Your brain, your body, yourself will repeat the actions that are rewarded. Right. It's why you guys love your parents' approval. Oh my gosh, you get a reward. I'm going to do this behavior. We love the A because that's the reward. So what we want to do is start tying our actions to reward so that way we can cement the practice and we can create this identity of consistency and positivity and self-belief instead of crushing ourselves. Yes, that's it for another episode of the Pre-Med Productivity Podcast. Show your love by smashing the like button and commenting in the box below.
Speaker 1:Today is the day, guys. No more excuses, no more complaining. You're going to take your future into your own hands. You're going to dominate. You're going to be successful. I challenge you. What are you going to take your future into your own hands? You're going to dominate. You're going to be successful. I challenge you. What are you going to do today to make your life better? Get to my website, premedproductivitycom, grab a free ebook, sign up for a free webinar and, if you're really ready to transform. Enroll in one of my life changing courses or coaching programs. You have greatness inside you of my life-changing courses or coaching programs. You have greatness inside you. Let me show you how to unlock it so you can dominate and make your dreams a reality. No excuses, just dominate.
