“So . . . what would your plan look like?” he asked. I proposed that he look for help outside himself—just as when people can’t fix their own hearts, they call in an expert. They don’t do it themselves. “Look at it this way. How did you become a great surgeon? By yourself? No. You made yourself vulnerable and you went to others to help you. They imparted their knowledge, their expertise. They modeled it for you. They taught you. They corrected you when you made mistakes. When you felt like you couldn’t do one more week of residency with multiple surgeries around the clock, they
