EPISODE · Jul 20, 2026 · 7 MIN
How To Stop Judging Yourself By Outcomes You Can't Control | Dr. Mark McLaughlin
from The Daily Motivation · host Lewis Howes, Dr. Mark McLaughlin
Leave an Amazon Rating or Review for my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1953DM A young boy comes into the ER with a brain tumor. The surgery is perfect. The outcome is not. Dr. Mark McLaughlin carried that one for sixteen years. He quit pediatric neurosurgery. Moved to a new town just to outrun the guilt. Then he started writing a book, looked at an old photo on his wall, and went looking for the boy's family. Still together. Still running their pizza parlor. Still calling him part of the family. Turns out the story he had been telling himself for sixteen years was wrong. This one will make you rethink what it means to hold yourself to an impossible standard. Sign up for the Greatness newsletter: http://www.greatness.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Neurosurgeon Dr. Mark McLaughlin sits down with Lewis Howes on The Daily Motivation Show to unpack the moment a young patient's tragic outcome sent him into sixteen years of silent guilt. He reveals how tracking down that boy's family years later completely rewrote the story he had been telling himself about failure, control, and what it really means to show up for your work.
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How To Stop Judging Yourself By Outcomes You Can't Control | Dr. Mark McLaughlin
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