Dr. Tiffany Moon

They look on YouTube, TikTok, whatever, and they see Mr. Beast is giving away a Lamborghini or this influencer lives in this $10 million mansion. And I'm like, oh my God. We are teaching kids the wrong things. You ask kids what they want to be these days, like 20% of them say an influencer. Back when I was a child, that was not an option. First of all, the only two options were doctor or lawyer.

They look on YouTube, TikTok, whatever, and they see Mr. Beast is giving away a Lamborghini or this influencer lives in this $10 million mansion. And I'm like, oh my God. We are teaching kids the wrong things. You ask kids what they want to be these days, like 20% of them say an influencer. Back when I was a child, that was not an option. First of all, the only two options were doctor or lawyer.

But anyhow, it's just social media gives the perception that if you just get lucky and make a few videos, you can become a multimillionaire. And it's simply not true. Even the successful content creators say, Maybe some of them got lucky, but they've also been consistently putting out content for years and years before they became a household name and other people.

But anyhow, it's just social media gives the perception that if you just get lucky and make a few videos, you can become a multimillionaire. And it's simply not true. Even the successful content creators say, Maybe some of them got lucky, but they've also been consistently putting out content for years and years before they became a household name and other people.

But anyhow, it's just social media gives the perception that if you just get lucky and make a few videos, you can become a multimillionaire. And it's simply not true. Even the successful content creators say, Maybe some of them got lucky, but they've also been consistently putting out content for years and years before they became a household name and other people.

What I noticed about the young people these days is they lack the persistence and the perseverance to become successful. They have very little. ability to handle stressors and what I call frustration tolerance. Something's not working and they just lose it. And this isn't working, mom. This, my iPad's not well, did you charge it last night?

What I noticed about the young people these days is they lack the persistence and the perseverance to become successful. They have very little. ability to handle stressors and what I call frustration tolerance. Something's not working and they just lose it. And this isn't working, mom. This, my iPad's not well, did you charge it last night?

What I noticed about the young people these days is they lack the persistence and the perseverance to become successful. They have very little. ability to handle stressors and what I call frustration tolerance. Something's not working and they just lose it. And this isn't working, mom. This, my iPad's not well, did you charge it last night?

The problem is that we have now given the children and adolescents everything at their fingertips in the form of a smartphone and now AI. And I'm afraid that it's making us more dumb and and more disconnected, which is the opposite of what you would think looking at the surface.

The problem is that we have now given the children and adolescents everything at their fingertips in the form of a smartphone and now AI. And I'm afraid that it's making us more dumb and and more disconnected, which is the opposite of what you would think looking at the surface.

The problem is that we have now given the children and adolescents everything at their fingertips in the form of a smartphone and now AI. And I'm afraid that it's making us more dumb and and more disconnected, which is the opposite of what you would think looking at the surface.

It only gets harder. I love Angela Duckworth. Back when I was our director of resident recruitment, I was responsible for looking at the over 1000 applications we got for our 20 anesthesia residency spots. And I would always grade our applicants on their academics,

It only gets harder. I love Angela Duckworth. Back when I was our director of resident recruitment, I was responsible for looking at the over 1000 applications we got for our 20 anesthesia residency spots. And I would always grade our applicants on their academics,

It only gets harder. I love Angela Duckworth. Back when I was our director of resident recruitment, I was responsible for looking at the over 1000 applications we got for our 20 anesthesia residency spots. And I would always grade our applicants on their academics,

their extracurriculars and research and then i made this thing called grit and i would grade them on it whatever after interviewing them looking at their track record of being involved in activities over time and i would always assign everybody a grit score so maybe their academics was like a six or seven maybe they weren't a great tech test taker.

their extracurriculars and research and then i made this thing called grit and i would grade them on it whatever after interviewing them looking at their track record of being involved in activities over time and i would always assign everybody a grit score so maybe their academics was like a six or seven maybe they weren't a great tech test taker.

their extracurriculars and research and then i made this thing called grit and i would grade them on it whatever after interviewing them looking at their track record of being involved in activities over time and i would always assign everybody a grit score so maybe their academics was like a six or seven maybe they weren't a great tech test taker.

And I'm like, but this guy is going to show up in the OR every single day. He's not going to have excuses. He's not going to take shortcuts. So grit, I'm telling you is everything.

And I'm like, but this guy is going to show up in the OR every single day. He's not going to have excuses. He's not going to take shortcuts. So grit, I'm telling you is everything.

And I'm like, but this guy is going to show up in the OR every single day. He's not going to have excuses. He's not going to take shortcuts. So grit, I'm telling you is everything.