Aug 5, 2026 · 36 min · 11 segments
What if the way you're recovering from failure is actually keeping you stuck? Tune in to my conversation with Dr. Daniel Eiferman and learn: - How to bounce back from failure using the two…
Daniel EifermanGuest
Natasha BazilevichHostSo this is, this is probably one of the most important skills and, and something a lot of people in any kind of profession, in any field will encounter is, okay, so we fail, or we have this difficulty, or we have something that is so, so challenging, and then how do we bounce back, right?
So, so what was... what were the things that really helped you? What would you say is the crucial thing, the most important thing?
The number one thing is to find somebody who does what you do and have a peer that you can talk to.
And so the example that I always give, you know, at the time of that complication, I'd been married 16 years.
My wife, my, my best friend, partner, not a doctor, not, not in healthcare at all.
But it wasn't until I talked to my former chairman, one of my heroes of surgery, and I told him the story, and he shared with me, uh, a story of his that didn't go so well.
And he goes, "Yeah, it happens to everybody." And that, that's when my healing really began.
Uh, and so the overall, the number one thing that I tell people is there has to be peer support.
... and it's, it's, it's fair to laugh when I tell you this 'cause it comes off as a little corny, okay? But I tell people, "You have to have a nice book." And what a nice book is are when people send me a text or a letter or something like that, I, I got a little crochet thing today from a medical student, which was really nice.
So this is, this is probably one of the most important skills and, and something a lot of people in any kind of profession, in any field will encounter is, okay, so we fail, or we have this difficulty, or we have something that is so, so challenging, and then how do we bounce back, right?
So, so what was... what were the things that really helped you? What would you say is the crucial thing, the most important thing?
The number one thing is to find somebody who does what you do and have a peer that you can talk to.
And so the example that I always give, you know, at the time of that complication, I'd been married 16 years.
My wife, my, my best friend, partner, not a doctor, not, not in healthcare at all.
But it wasn't until I talked to my former chairman, one of my heroes of surgery, and I told him the story, and he shared with me, uh, a story of his that didn't go so well.
And he goes, "Yeah, it happens to everybody." And that, that's when my healing really began.
Uh, and so the overall, the number one thing that I tell people is there has to be peer support.
... and it's, it's, it's fair to laugh when I tell you this 'cause it comes off as a little corny, okay? But I tell people, "You have to have a nice book." And what a nice book is are when people send me a text or a letter or something like that, I, I got a little crochet thing today from a medical student, which was really nice.
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