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Sometimes we just need to be better

   

Garth McLennan
Editor in Chief

few weeks ago I began

studying paramedicine

ough the Justice Institute.

Now, it’s been about as hard as I
figured it would be when I entered
into the program, but what has been
really cool about the field as whole
hasn’t just been learning which drugs
to administer or which techniques to
use in whatever situation.

No, the really neat aspect of
studying medicine has been the
realization that you have to be good at
what you do. Really good. There just
isn’t a ‘good enough’, and adequate
doesn’t cut it. Now, that obviously
means that things are much more
intense then most jobs or courses
you’d take, but I have to say, it’s a
good feeling.

Even after just a few weeks of
study, I’ve realized that I need to be
better. I’ve reached a point in this
course where I simply can’t accept
less than excellence if I ever have a
hope of continuing on in medicine.

I think that that is a feeling that can
correlate to things that I do outside
of school though; it’s something that
we, all of us, should try and apply to
everything we do in our lives.

Yes, having the will to try
harder across the board, to just be
better, takes a lot of work, and the
vast majority of the time that means
pushing ourselves outside of our

regular comfort zones. But maybe
that isn’t such a bad thing. After all,

it isn’t difficult to see that there’s

no shortage of people out there that
aren’t satisfied with their lot in life.
There are plenty of unhappy people in
the world, just average people, who
hate their jobs and struggle to find
things that they truly enjoy.

Well, maybe we need to find
fault in ourselves when we reach that
point in our lives. Sure, it’s easy to
blame others for our mistakes and it
certainly isn’t hard to make excuses
for why things don’t go well, but you
know what, I think that we all need
to come to the realization at some
point that that just isn’t good enough.
Take today in practice for instance.
Working on spinal roles, while
leading the call I must have ‘killed’
my patient five or six times. At first, it
was easy to just blame my partner, but
the fact is, I was the lead attendant on
the call. It was my fault, and I need to
be better.

Sure, everyone has different
situation in their lives and things are
absolutely easier for some then they
are for others. But there’s nothing
wrong with taking responsibility for
your actions and using that as a tool
to improve yourself.

So start today. Don’t settle for
“good enough’. Force yourself to just
“be better’, regardless of which aspect
of your life you want to work harder
in. You'll be surprised at how good it
feels.

 

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