Sachin Jain, President and CEO, Board Director at SCAN Health Plan, Editorial Board Member at Health Affairs, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“I met this week with two absolutely phenomenal young people.
Both had backgrounds that would make anyone proud.
Ivy League undergraduate and medical schools.
Major prizes and scholarships.
Resumes most would dream of.
And both came with the same question:
What advice would you give us?
My answer to both was the same.
It was the same advice my Dad once gave me.
Once you have all these credentials and great training, you are well positioned to take big risks and chances.
Too many people spend their early years playing it safe.
Then they keep playing it safe.
They take the brand name job.
They stay at the famous hospital or university.
The name on the business card becomes more important than the nature of the work or the impact being made.
They get embedded in and addicted to institutional prestige.
But once you have a strong base to return to, my advice is simple:
Take some big chances.
Big looks different for each of us.
Our risk tolerance is shaped by our upbringing and personal coding.
But stretch to the very edge of your own boundary.
Because if, after doing everything right, checking every box, and earning every credential, you still cannot take a meaningful risk — then who can?
The world needs people who stretch themselves to make a big difference for others.
Take the chance.
You can always go back.
But you may just discover work that really matters.
Work that really needs you.”
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