First , we're not going to delay all the gratification . That's number one . Number two we are going to have scheduled , structured fun time and maximize our fun , okay , and we're going to put ourselves first in clearing our priorities and setting healthy boundaries . But the third part , right and again , at every level , we're getting deeper and deeper and more advanced .
The third part is is you start looking for ways to build fun and to build joy into your work ? To build fun and to build joy into your work , we're going to work on integrating our passions , the things that give us meaning , that bring us joy , into our extracurricular activities .
If you are one of my students , if you're my dominant pre-med accelerator , you know I'm all about pre-medding with passion . So I work with my students and say , hey , listen , what are you passionate about ? What do you care about ? Now let's find a way to either find that opportunity or create that opportunity for you to live out your passion .
As a quote , unquote , work right , we've got to find ways to integrate our passions into our extramuralists . So as you go through your college process , you go through your pre-med process .
We're going to be establishing hobbies and passions and then looking for opportunities to integrate them into our extramarital activities into our daily lives , into our quote-unquote work , to make our work fun . It's very possible , guys . I had a student who was really into yo-yo . I was like , listen , you're really into yo-yo .
He's like , yeah , but it's like a hobby , it's just yo-yoing . I'm like , no , screw that , we're going to magnify that . And so what we did was we created the opportunity . So I said , hey , listen , go back to your high school , to your elementary school , to your middle school . I said you're a big , successful college student .
Now Go back and teach yo-yo to these kids . And while you're teaching yo-yo to them , also add in some science lessons on top of it . So now you're teaching them about the physics of the yo-yo and all these kind of things about the yo-yo , but at the same time you're just yo-yoing . And so now you're creating this opportunity to stand out .
And it was amazing because he built this program , was doing this , going , talking to students , and it was this awesome thing . That was just fun for him to go yo-yo talk about physics oh my gosh , it's amazing . But he was impacting students .
He got a letter of recommendation from one of these program heads right to one of the people he's working with at one of his schools and that became something that everybody , every single interviewer , wanted to talk to him about , a freaking yo-yo like how did you start yo-yoing ? You know scholarly activity ?
Well , that's weird , like it was the the key highlight of his application . And , of course , he got into medical school . So even something obscure like yo-yoing can be integrated into something that is applicable for your career . For me , I love teaching and mentoring . Obviously , I'm hanging out with you knuckleheads right now .
Right , teaching and mentoring , those were my passions . So what did I do ? I started getting involved with tutoring programs on my campus for other disadvantaged students . I started getting involved . I was working for Kaplan for a minute as a tutor for Kaplan , doing that , right . Then I was like , wait a minute , I want to do my own thing .
So I was like I want even more of this . I started my own tutoring company and I started mentoring students and having that longevity , that longitudinal process of working with students , and I know what it is . It's more than just learning how to study . You need support to study . You need support .
You need someone who can be there with you to cheer you on , to give you the beat down , these words of harshness when you need it to get back on track . You need more full circle support .
So I started becoming this mentor for students and it was just an awesome thing , because then it snowballed and that became all I did was I taught , I mentored , and it became this big colossal thing that not only did it get me into medical school at Stanford , but then , once I got to Stanford , they saw this , they identified this and actually I'll never forget
it . Dr Charles Prober . He's the dean at Stanford . He came to me . He's the dean of education . He came to me Second look weekend . If you guys don't know when you apply to medical school , you apply to medical school can . If you guys don't know when you apply to medical school , you apply to medical school , they give you an interview .
Once you get the interview , you go to interview and if they accept you , they invite you back in the spring to come see their medical school so you can get a closer look for all the accepted students , to see if this is really the place for you . And when I went to that second look , dr Prober knew me , knew my name .
He's like hey , andre , I want to talk to you . Oh , what we're really interested in is this education , this mentor stuff you're doing . We're actually in the process of switching our curriculum to more of a flipped classroom and we'd love your expertise in curriculum development to help us with this . We'd love to have you part of our curriculum committee .
I was like , oh my gosh , this guy knows my name , he knows my activities and not just what I did and performed in the classroom . He wants to talk about my teaching and mentoring . He sees value in that . So he sees value in that . So then guess what happened In medical school ? I didn't just I didn't have to do the regular medical school stuff .
I got to be on the curriculum committee . I got to work to build curriculum . I got to work and do more teaching . I got to go and do speaking and do mentor and do outreach and work with disadvantaged programs . So I got to go not just from pre-med enjoying myself and living my passion , but then also med school . My work wasn't really work , it was my joy .
I had to live it . And then , in residency , same thing . I had to go out , work with you guys . Right , I started my website , premiumproductivitycom , and brought you guys to me . There's even more students out here who can't be in California . They need me and so I became this virtual mentor for people .
We get on Zoom and do all kinds of things through my programs . But through my whole career I was building my passion . And now you look right , 20 years of experience teaching , tutoring , mentoring , coaching , right , getting students in alignment . And now I'm able to do that for you guys every Monday and Wednesday .
Right , doing for my coaching students every Wednesday , doing for my core students anytime they want them access to on-demand lectures . I've built this life , this passion , into my life . So when people say , hey , what do you do , I say , listen , I'm a part-time anesthesiologist , full-time pre-med productivity expert . Part-time anesthesiologist , full-time student coach .
Part-time anesthesiologist , full-time pre-med expert . That is how I say it to everybody . Because I'm full-time , I've crafted my life and my curriculars and my work . I've created the passion in that . Does that make sense ? So it doesn't just stop back then , it goes all the way through your journey .
If you start now doing this , you're going to build joy into your whole journey , for your whole life . So I want you guys to , I want to challenge you to think about how can you , what is your passion , what is your hobby and how can you formalize and incorporate into your college activities to build out your resume in doing something you enjoy .
Yes , yes , all right , let's see . I have a question from Isaiah real quick . I'm an incoming first year dental student . Orientation starts August 1st . Should I spend this time pre-studying gross anatomy this will be my first class or should I enjoy my summer ?
You should pre-prepare for dental school Congratulations on getting in first of all but pre-prepare for dental school , but do so , again , in a balanced way . Spend a couple hours every day learning some stuff towards your degree , not anatomy , why ? Because anatomy is not functional . That's something that's more memorization-based .
But instead take the time to learn some of the science of the mouth . Take some time to learn some of the science You're going to learn some of your science classes . So that way , that's one less thing you have to pick up as you go forward .
All right , so that was a little question with a tail in there , but that's what we have for today , guys , I hope this was fruitful to you . You guys understand that it's a complex , multi-tiered way that we create this balance and it's not just simply , oh , just be more balanced .
No , we have to think about it critically and specifically , we have to evaluate things and we have to make sure we have the right frame of mind for it . Not too much play gratification some , but not too much . We have to make sure that we are clear on who we are , what we want and we put that first and foremost with our priorities .
And then , third and finally , we want to say listen , the fun doesn't just have to be fun time . We want to blur that line and bring the fun into our work . That's a life . That's a life . So I thank you guys so much for being here with me and sharing this time with me . If you've enjoyed this video , please take a second and like this video .
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