The two most frequent responses I elicit from individuals who hear of my plans to pursue a career in medicine are either: “I can see why a medical career might be attractive, but you’ve got an excellent job, and do you really wish to jeopardize that?” or: “what is wrong with what you do now?”. My typical response to this is that they are right and that I do not want to jeopardize my job nor is there anything wrong with it. Moreover, my performance appraisals of the last couple of years indicate that I am very good at my job. The problem is that somewhere on my journey I have lost my passion. How is this possible you ask? How can you be good at your job without being passionate? Well, for me it comes down to an ethos of stewardship. It does
