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#4 Edwin Owolo: Harvard Neurobiology to Duke Med School Student's Mindset for Life
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Edwin is a man with many identities. Which made my conversation with him an absolute pleasure. I know him best as my baseball teammate full of energy, and less so as the pre-med student studying neurobiology, and even less so as a musician. And we dive into all that and more during our conversation.
He's currently a first year med-school student at Duke University, and before that he spent his gap year after graduating from Harvard (Cum Laude) in the spring of 2019 as a technician in the emergency department at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic... something he never could have seen coming before signing up for the role.
We cover a lot.
His study and productivity tips, self-care routines, lessons learned from working in the emergency room and from his father, his thoughts on being black in predominantly and historically white spaces, and a lot more.
Notes:
Music
[3:15] How he ended up playing the National Anthem on the violin at Fenway Park and lessons learned from the craft of music
Medicine [13:53] Why he chose the difficult path of medicine plus thoughts on the craft of healthcare as a blend of compassion and hard science [18:37] How he used his dad's mantra, "Life is a Battle," plus a vision of the future on those days that are particularly difficult
Productivity
[20:16] How he sets goals (at the beginning of new chapters in his life) and uses daily lists to stay on track (starts with checking off that he woke up!)
[25:56] Efficiency, high yield vs low yield information, Pomodoro Method for studying, Pomodoro Method Spotify playlist
[30:08] Self care routine to maintain his schedule
Life Lessons
[37:16] Dad's favorite sayings and outlook on life - "If you don't have battles in your life, then I don't think you're pushing yourself"
[41:38] Deep dive in thoughts on death - lessons learned from being so close to those who don't make it in the emergency room and how that makes Edwin grateful for every day
[45:59] His experience as a black man in historically and predominantly white spaces and controlling what is in his control
Rapid Fire [51:37]
- Morning routine
- New mindset he's adopted recently
- TED Talk he would like to attend and give...
- Favorite quote
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Full Show Notes Here.
Edwin is a man with many identities. Which made my conversation with him an absolute pleasure. I know him best as my baseball teammate full of energy, and less so as the pre-med student studying neurobiology, and even less so as a musician. And we dive into all that and more during our conversation.
He's currently a first year med-school student at Duke University, and before that he spent his gap year after graduating from Harvard (Cum Laude) in the spring of 2019 as a technician in the emergency department at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic... something he never could have seen coming before signing up for the role.
We cover a lot.
His study and productivity tips, self-care routines, lessons learned from working in the emergency room and from his father, his thoughts on being black in predominantly and historically white spaces, and a lot more.
Notes:
Music
[3:15] How he ended up playing the National Anthem on the violin at Fenway Park and lessons learned from the craft of music
Medicine [13:53] Why he chose the difficult path of medicine plus thoughts on the craft of healthcare as a blend of compassion and hard science [18:37] How he used his dad's mantra, "Life is a Battle," plus a vision of the future on those days that are particularly difficult
Productivity
[20:16] How he sets goals (at the beginning of new chapters in his life) and uses daily lists to stay on track (starts with checking off that he woke up!)
[25:56] Efficiency, high yield vs low yield information, Pomodoro Method for studying, Pomodoro Method Spotify playlist
[30:08] Self care routine to maintain his schedule
Life Lessons
[37:16] Dad's favorite sayings and outlook on life - "If you don't have battles in your life, then I don't think you're pushing yourself"
[41:38] Deep dive in thoughts on death - lessons learned from being so close to those who don't make it in the emergency room and how that makes Edwin grateful for every day
[45:59] His experience as a black man in historically and predominantly white spaces and controlling what is in his control
Rapid Fire [51:37]
- Morning routine
- New mindset he's adopted recently
- TED Talk he would like to attend and give...
- Favorite quote