Dr. Peter Attia

So when I finished engineering, I was getting ready to go and do my PhD in aerospace engineering, which had become the convergence of my interest in math, and I had done mechanical engineering. And then I had a total change of heart and decided I wanted to do medicine. And so that kind of derailed me because then I didn't have any prerequisites to apply to medical school.

So when I finished engineering, I was getting ready to go and do my PhD in aerospace engineering, which had become the convergence of my interest in math, and I had done mechanical engineering. And then I had a total change of heart and decided I wanted to do medicine. And so that kind of derailed me because then I didn't have any prerequisites to apply to medical school.

And you have to take this test called the MCAT. It's like the SAT, but for medical school. So I hadn't done any of that stuff. So I had to take an extra year to do it and apply to medical school.

And you have to take this test called the MCAT. It's like the SAT, but for medical school. So I hadn't done any of that stuff. So I had to take an extra year to do it and apply to medical school.

And you have to take this test called the MCAT. It's like the SAT, but for medical school. So I hadn't done any of that stuff. So I had to take an extra year to do it and apply to medical school.

Yeah, so it's... It's one of those things where there was an instant when it happened, so there was a single moment where I realized it, but it was predicated on a year of angst. So I don't know which it was. You know the story about the guy hitting away at the stone, and it's like on the thousandth hit, the stone splits, and you realize it wasn't the thousandth hit. It was the 999 before it.

Yeah, so it's... It's one of those things where there was an instant when it happened, so there was a single moment where I realized it, but it was predicated on a year of angst. So I don't know which it was. You know the story about the guy hitting away at the stone, and it's like on the thousandth hit, the stone splits, and you realize it wasn't the thousandth hit. It was the 999 before it.

Yeah, so it's... It's one of those things where there was an instant when it happened, so there was a single moment where I realized it, but it was predicated on a year of angst. So I don't know which it was. You know the story about the guy hitting away at the stone, and it's like on the thousandth hit, the stone splits, and you realize it wasn't the thousandth hit. It was the 999 before it.

It just happened. So I'd say that the year of angst was really...

It just happened. So I'd say that the year of angst was really...

It just happened. So I'd say that the year of angst was really...

my something i was struggling with i was just kind of like i felt like this tug like i wanted to help people i wanted to work more directly with people but i really loved i loved the problem solving and and whatnot that we were doing in engineering but i felt this tug kind of in my heart to do something with people and i just couldn't figure out what to do and it's interesting like medicine never actually crossed my mind so i was

my something i was struggling with i was just kind of like i felt like this tug like i wanted to help people i wanted to work more directly with people but i really loved i loved the problem solving and and whatnot that we were doing in engineering but i felt this tug kind of in my heart to do something with people and i just couldn't figure out what to do and it's interesting like medicine never actually crossed my mind so i was

my something i was struggling with i was just kind of like i felt like this tug like i wanted to help people i wanted to work more directly with people but i really loved i loved the problem solving and and whatnot that we were doing in engineering but i felt this tug kind of in my heart to do something with people and i just couldn't figure out what to do and it's interesting like medicine never actually crossed my mind so i was

I mean, I had crazy ideas. I was like, should I be a social worker? Which, of course, if anybody knows me, they would laugh hysterically at the idea of me being a social worker. I thought about, should I be a lawyer? I had all of these ideas for things that I should be doing. And I went and talked to people who did these things. These weren't like idle thoughts.

I mean, I had crazy ideas. I was like, should I be a social worker? Which, of course, if anybody knows me, they would laugh hysterically at the idea of me being a social worker. I thought about, should I be a lawyer? I had all of these ideas for things that I should be doing. And I went and talked to people who did these things. These weren't like idle thoughts.

I mean, I had crazy ideas. I was like, should I be a social worker? Which, of course, if anybody knows me, they would laugh hysterically at the idea of me being a social worker. I thought about, should I be a lawyer? I had all of these ideas for things that I should be doing. And I went and talked to people who did these things. These weren't like idle thoughts.

I mean, I was out there talking with people of all of these professions saying, hey, why you know, I'm trying to figure out, am I going to be good at that? Am I going to be good at that? Am I going to be good at that? And medicine never once entered that calculation until one day I happened to be in the hospital visiting somebody and had this experience.

I mean, I was out there talking with people of all of these professions saying, hey, why you know, I'm trying to figure out, am I going to be good at that? Am I going to be good at that? Am I going to be good at that? And medicine never once entered that calculation until one day I happened to be in the hospital visiting somebody and had this experience.

I mean, I was out there talking with people of all of these professions saying, hey, why you know, I'm trying to figure out, am I going to be good at that? Am I going to be good at that? Am I going to be good at that? And medicine never once entered that calculation until one day I happened to be in the hospital visiting somebody and had this experience.