Enjoyed an intriguing interview with cardiologist and nephrologist Dr. Olurotimi Badero on my radio show this morning. Dr. Badero, a native from Nigeria, was named the top student in Nigeria. He has studied at NYU, Emory and Yale. He is an accomplished oil painter, too. But he told me something his father told him that really stuck with me. He’d bring home 98’s from school and his dad said, “Don’t go by the standards of your school. They may not be good enough. You need to create your own higher standards.”
Wow.
Create your own higher standards. Don’t just play by the rules. Make better rules. And the strive to top them.
Obviously he has. I caught my reflection in the studio glass and I thought, “What about my own standards? What can I do better.”
Thank you Dr. Badero for being on the show today. Thank you for your medical service to Mississippi. And thank you for giving me a little bit in our interview that made me be a better than I am today.
I’ll post a link to the interview as soon as it is online.