My Values
Bias for action
I value action over ideas. The former leads to results, while the latter is a dime a dozen. Partially influenced by Amazon's leadership principles.
Universally accessible
As stated in the Constitution of the World Health Organization, "The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition". Especially when it comes to finances, everyone should be able to learn anything and everything regardless of how affluent they may be. My experience at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's MPH program has deeply cemented this into my values and it will stick with me forever.
Extreme ownership
Influenced heavily by Jocko Willink's book: Extreme Ownership, I think we should take accountability and ownership over every decision. Leadership and management isn't just a top-down approach, but bottom-up as well.
Lifelong learning
If being a student was a career, it'd be the easiest decision for me to make. I strongly value the pursuit of continuous learning and being open-minded to new ideas. Einstein once said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results". We probably need new solutions to tackle the issues that we have today and you can't do that by remaining status quo.
Think big
"...crazy people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do" - Steve Jobs. I think I may be too idealistic at times, but I've come to embrace it. Besides, if we were being too realistic, we may never have had airplanes.
Give more, take less
As healthcare professionals, we aim to serve the public. I believe that we should prioritize decisions that add value to the lives of others. Can't go wrong with creating more of this in the world.
Empathize cross-functionally
From the perspective of a healthcare professional, I understood this all throughout pharmacy school at the University of Florida because of this amazing video from Cleveland Clinic. However, it probably wasn't until I interned at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) / Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and started working at Verily that I began to truly empathize with the difficulties of healthcare policy and technical challenges faced by our politicians and software engineers. I think empathy is what allows us to work cross-functionally the best.