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This book is a collection of messages and discussions which author shared with young medical students over scores of mentoring sessions both as workshops and individual discussions.
There are several traits and ideas which help you reach where you want to reach in life, but it all begins with an intense desire to do well. Desire to Excel and shine. Desire to make a difference. Desire to touch lives.
FIRE IN THE BELLY is the initiator of everything that a man achieves.
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Contents
Author’s Note — Pgs. 7
Editor’s Note — Pgs. 9
Acknowledgements — Pgs. 11
Fire in the Belly
1. Fire in the Belly — Pgs. 21
2. Prisoner of Fear — Pgs. 23
3. Insight — Pgs. 24
4. Did You Lose Your ‘Mojo’ on the Way? — Pgs. 25
5. When Dreams Don’t Let You Sleep — Pgs. 26
6. Let Them Rule You Out — Pgs. 27
7. Recreating Beginner’s Luck — Pgs. 28
8. Bird of Success — Pgs. 31
9. Drive — Pgs. 32
10. Don’t Ask Me to Dream Logically — Pgs. 33
11. Smell of Victory — Pgs. 34
12. Fake Contentment — Pgs. 35
13. No Regrets — Pgs. 36
14. Cut the Ropes — Pgs. 38
15. Retirement at 40: Myth or Reality — Pgs. 39
16. Fears and Dreams — Pgs. 40
17. Was this it? — Pgs. 41
18. Madness — Pgs. 42
19. Consistency is the Key — Pgs. 43
Leadership
20. Sculpturing and Leadership — Pgs. 47
21. Nitpicking Kills the Team — Pgs. 48
22. Google’s New CEO: One More for the ‘Argumentative’ Ones — Pgs. 49
23. Role You Play — Pgs. 51
24. Friction — Pgs. 52
25. Seeing from Others’ Side Their Perspective — Pgs. 53
26. The Perfect Team with Perfect People: Myth or Reality — Pgs. 54
27. Secret to Success: Put Others First — Pgs. 56
28. Different ‘Worlds’ — Pgs. 57
29. People Change — Pgs. 58
30. Team Building and ‘Temple Run’ — Pgs. 60
Handling Failure
31. Take Help, Seek Other’s Perspective — Pgs. 63
32. Hanging On — Pgs. 64
33. The Moment When You Almost Gave it Up — Pgs. 65
34. Invisible Walls — Pgs. 66
35. Courage — Pgs. 68
36. Quitters — Pgs. 69
37. The Other Side of the Story — Pgs. 70
38. Winners Tell a ‘Modified’ Story — Pgs. 71
39. What not to Do When You are Feeling Low — Pgs. 72
40. One Day a Miracle will Occur — Pgs. 74
41. Best Teacher in Life – Failure — Pgs. 75
42. Experience — Pgs. 76
43. The Ones Who Lag Behind — Pgs. 77
Winner’s Secret
44. Success has a Price to be Paid — Pgs. 81
45. When You Doubt Your Power, You Give Power to Your Doubt — Pgs. 82
46. Rhythm and Momentum: Winner’s Secret Tools — Pgs. 84
47. Power of ‘The Moment’ — Pgs. 86
48. Passionate Yet Detached — Pgs. 87
49. Meaning of Success — Pgs. 88
50. Insecurity, Expectations and Freedom — Pgs. 90
51. ‘Mediocrity’ is Easy — Pgs. 91
52. Despite All the ‘Odds’ — Pgs. 92
53. Road Less Travelled — Pgs. 93
54. Let’s Learn to Play to Win in Three Quick Simple Steps — Pgs. 95
55. The Question is not ‘How’ but ‘Why’ — Pgs. 96
56. Gap Between ‘Saying’ and ‘Doing’ — Pgs. 97
57. Killer Instinct — Pgs. 99
58. Secret Behind ‘Compromise’ — Pgs. 101
59. Ability to ‘Shut Off’ Stress — Pgs. 102
60. Thought to Action – Lag Time — Pgs. 104
61. Only Change is Permanent — Pgs. 105
Decision Making
62. Choices You Make — Pgs. 109
63. To Wait for the Dream Bus or Board the One that is Right There in Front of You — Pgs. 111
64. Taking the ‘Call’ — Pgs. 113
Time Management
65. Manage Your Time Better: Identify the Spurts — Pgs. 117
66. Value Your Own Time — Pgs. 119
67. Paradox of “Too much to Do, too Little Time” — Pgs. 120
68. Sand in Your Hand — Pgs. 122
Thinking out of the Box
69. Something Should be Done, At Least They are Doing Something — Pgs. 125
70. Sceptic, with a Bit of Faith — Pgs. 127
71. Knowledge on the Edge — Pgs. 128
72. Winds of Change — Pgs. 129
73. Look Beyond Self-Imposed Boundaries — Pgs. 130
74. Ultrasound in the Shopping Centre — Pgs. 131
75. Lateral Thinking — Pgs. 133
76. Learn to Unlearn — Pgs. 134
77. Planning Versus Intuitiveness — Pgs. 135
78. Intellectual Cowardice — Pgs. 137
79. Taj Mahal Seekers — Pgs. 139
80. Fringe Vision — Pgs. 141
81. Let’s not Kill the Innovation and Scepticism — Pgs. 143
82. Flexibility-Identify the ‘Nudges’ — Pgs. 145
83. Innovation: The How and Why of It — Pgs. 146
84. Extrapolation — Pgs. 147
85. Limited by Thought — Pgs. 149
86. Little Bit of Madness — Pgs. 150
87. Afraid to Think Different, Are You? — Pgs. 151
Work and Life
88. Time Flies — Pgs. 155
89. Timeless Moments — Pgs. 156
90. Real Stories have No Conclusions — Pgs. 157
91. What If? — Pgs. 158
92. Keeping Pace with Life — Pgs. 159
93. Postponing Life — Pgs. 160
94. Chase — Pgs. 161
95. Ephemeral Kingdom — Pgs. 162
96. Destiny — Pgs. 163
97. Wings of Freedom — Pgs. 164
98. Are We Becoming a ‘Jerkistan’ — Pgs. 167
99. Virtual Relationships — Pgs. 169
100. Stuck in the City of Dreams — Pgs. 170
101. Age Thermostat — Pgs. 171
102. Put Your Feet in My Shoes, and See What it is Like — Pgs. 172
103. Mindless Conversations — Pgs. 174
Common sense
104. Living Up to a Mirage of Self-Image — Pgs. 177
105. Freedom from Being Judged — Pgs. 178
106. Beware of Chauffeur Knowledge in Medical Education — Pgs. 179
107. Being Yourself — Pgs. 181
108. Vision, Common Sense and Criticism — Pgs. 182
109. ‘You are Right But...’ — Pgs. 183
110. Art of Listening — Pgs. 184
111. How Many Teachers do You Remember in Life? — Pgs. 186
112. Bird Eye’s View to Your Rescue — Pgs. 188
113. “What if it’s All a Lie?” — Pgs. 189
114. Imitation Without Passion — Pgs. 190
115. To Know that “I Don’t Know” is the Key — Pgs. 191
116. Things You cannot Control — Pgs. 192
117. Imperfections — Pgs. 193
118. Prejudice — Pgs. 194
119. Aim for Progress not Perfection — Pgs. 195
120. Far Away World — Pgs. 196
Gratitude
121. World Without You — Pgs. 199
122. Do You Have Some Free ‘Space’? — Pgs. 200
123. Sense of Entitlement — Pgs. 202
124. Circle of Good — Pgs. 203
125. Be Humble, Be Yourself — Pgs. 204
126. Gratitude — Pgs. 205
Creativity
127. The Coffee House — Pgs. 209
128. Ideas are Parasites — Pgs. 211
129. Will Crowd Sourcing One Day Solve the Mystery of Life? — Pgs. 212
130. ‘I am Bored’ Leads to Creativity — Pgs. 213
131. Circle of Thought — Pgs. 214
132. Wheels and Wings (Fiction) — Pgs. 215
Entrepreneurship
133. The Test of ‘Time’ — Pgs. 219
134. Organized Chaos — Pgs. 221
135. King Midas and the Story of Entrepreneurship — Pgs. 222
136. Find Your True Passion — Pgs. 223
137. People Never Forget How You Made Them Feel — Pgs. 224
138. Touching Lives — Pgs. 225
139. Gambler’s Spirit — Pgs. 226
140. Leap of Faith — Pgs. 227
141. Nokia Story: World is Changing Faster than — You can Imagine — Pgs. 229
142. Doctors and Entrepreneurship — Pgs. 231
Sumer Sethi, MD is an eminent Radiologist, Entrepreneur, Blogger, Innovator, TedX Speaker and motivator, who has not only done pioneering work in his field, but has mentored lakhs of medical graduates in the last two decades. He has been featured as one of the Top 25 Most influential Radiologists in RT Image magazine for 2007 & was included in Iconic Doctors list by Dailyrounds 2016. USA based website auntminnie.com has nominated him in top global radiology educators for three years at a stretch from 2017-19.
He has authored Undergraduate Radiology textbook called ‘Review of Radiology’ (Bestseller in the category). His book ‘Fire in the Belly’ has helped ignite the fire in many youngsters and brought him commendations from far and wide. He founded the Delhi Academy of Medical Sciences (DAMS) that is today the leading medical education academy in India. His telemedicine initiative TeleRad Providers is country’s premier remote radiology interpretation service.
