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Notes on hospital medicine, physician money, selling options, and metabolic health. Short version first, then the reason.

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Four subjects

  1. 01Physician financePhysician financial independence in plain language. Freedom numbers, savings rate, and this year’s order of operations. Not a course.
  2. 02OptionsCash-secured puts and covered calls with defined risk. How to read premium without lying to yourself about annualized return.
  3. 03Hospital medicineA hospitalist field guide in short notes. The next move on the floor for residents and attendings. Framework, not a protocol.
  4. 04MetabolicWeight, blood sugar, and cholesterol as one system. Keep the food you like. Educational only. Not medical advice.

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  3. 0311 min readPhysician financeYour paycheck is the most heavily taxed money you will ever earnThe tax code is built to reward owners and investors. Most physicians put nearly all of their income in the bucket it treats worst.
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  5. 057 min readHospital medicineThe first ten minutes of a rapid responseThe first ten minutes are a thinking problem, not a task list. Framework for the floor, not a protocol.
  6. 066 min readMetabolicWaist, A1c, and LDL are three readouts of one engineWeight, blood sugar, and cholesterol are one system. Treat them as separate wars and the plan dies on a Tuesday.
  7. 077 min readPhysician financeYour freedom number is smaller than you thinkThe number that makes work optional is smaller than the one in your head. Three variables move it.

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