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Michael Akadiri is a doctor and a comedian. In this episode of Doctors at Work, we talk about how he made career decisions that pivoted from full time surgery into mostly comedy. He tells me that managing uncertainty can be challenging, and this can be helped by focusing on what he can influence. We talk about the importance of recognising how a career fits into one's whole life, and the need to marry up your passion with realistic career prospects in the future. See transcript for meeting summary.

Michael Akadiri is multi-award winning comedian and junior doctor who has starred in Comedy Central LIVE, ITVs Stand Up Sketch and most recently Channel 4s Stand Up to Cancer. His natural charm and charisma saw his debut show, No Scrubs nominated for the Biggest Award in Comedy. He is touring his sophomore show, Trust Me I'm a Daddy, around the UK Sept-Nov 2024. Find him at https://www.instagram.com/michaelakadiri/; https://www.tiktok.com/@michaelakadiri; https://x.com/MichaelAkadiri; https://youtube.com/@michaelakadiricomedy?si=WoCuuL0TkCqB1GPR

Listen at https://matdaniel.net/podcast/; https://open.spotify.com/show/1j8uLaUU1g5bYTRVuwUX7j?si=672ec26a73164d7f; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/doctors-at-work/id1701284564; or watch on www.youtube.com/@dr-coach/videos.
Production: Shot by Polachek

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