Ep 14: Samuel Shem |Failure, creativity and life as a clinician

Have you read the novel “The House of God” by psychiatrist Samuel Shem? I read it when I was in medical school and it deeply influenced me.

The book tells a captivating story of what it’s like to be a Harvard resident with lots of humor, drama and wisdom.

I’ve had the great pleasure to interview Samuel Shem for you. In this conversation we cover lots of ground like:

• The best advice he ever got
• What his creative process looks like
• How he came up with the idea for The House of God
• How failure has set him up for success
• The quote he lives by
• And much, much more