My first time seeing a dying patient felt surreal — One of the things all the newbie doctors were dreading was being put on a weekend shift or night shift so close to starting because that’s when things became very, very real. And that’s what happened to me. So soon after qualifying, I was set to have a weekend 3-night…

Where do writers draw the line — I remember once I had really bad writer’s block. It got to the point where I felt so frustrated, even when I stepped away from the screen. I couldn’t seem to shake it off. …

We’re only human — I remember one particular patient I looked after back when I first started as a doctor. It was on a specialty ward but we were used to having an overspill of “general medical” patients when the hospital was under pressure. This patient had a long extended admission which can sometimes…

To be dangerously in love — Only a small percentage of patient encounters stay with me years after leaving medicine. It’s usually the ones that didn’t go well. The ones that were unique in their complexity or were just truly unsettling. The human mind has a propensity for the negative and mine is no different. I…

All the reasons why I need a Tesla — I’m convinced that the Greater Manchester transport system is out to test me. I’m a Godly person. I understand trials and tribulations but there’s only so much I can take. I believe I’m being tested. The other day, I left my house and decided to take a different bus route…

Why working more is not enough as a writer, you need leverage — Brutal honesty. I’ve not made any significant money from writing. I had one client pay me £3,000 and that’s the only thing to write about. I’m committed to changing that. How? By stealing ideas from successful people, applying them to my writing, and then seeing what works. Steal. Apply. Measure. …

We are poorer now than we are being led to believe. — This tweet perfectly encapsulates what I’ve been thinking. While the consequence of greedy capitalism has made life more expensive, we have collectively convinced ourselves that working harder is the answer. I wrote this article looking for evidence to support my hypothesis that life now is significantly more costly than previous…

When life becomes frustratingly boring — It’s said that the brain is wired to prioritise negative information and that’s how we’ve been able to survive as a species. By being constantly fearful and alert we were able to outrun and outsmart our predators and anything else that could kill us. But what helped us back then…

4 entrepreneurs shared their business highs and lows at the MYP X Alliance Manchester Business School — Entrepreneur Talk — Here are their 4 best business tips: Hire the right people The first tip is to hire the right people. The right people will be reliable, dependable and will ease much of the stress and workload. The wrong people will start fires that become hard to put out. The panel seemed to disagree on…