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The Simple Shift That Changed My Career Overnight (Dr. Erin McNamara)
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Most physicians rise through their careers believing that self-reliance is the key to success — until the moment it no longer works.
In this candid conversation, Dr. McNamara recounts:
- The rejection that forced her to confront her fear of asking for help.
- How mentorship transformed her belief about what makes a strong leader.
- The emotional cost of compartmentalization — and the freedom she found in integration.
- Why building genuine relationships, not perfection, is what inspires lasting leadership.
- The two tools that reshaped her leadership mindset: “above the line” thinking and “who, not how.”
This episode reveals the hidden truth: real leadership starts when you stop pretending you can do it all alone. Dr. Erin McNamara, a pediatric urologist at Boston Children’s Hospital, shares how early academic success created an identity rooted in self-sufficiency — and how her first major failure shattered that illusion.