praise.

it's such a nice feeling when people praise you for something that you've done well/right. even when the fact was that you didn't think you did it the best that could have been done. you try to be humble, but you're beaming inside, because it's not everyday that someone says something nice about/to you. and it makes you want to keep doing what you do, and try to do it better the next time too.

then I think about how mean I was to my 4th years when I was their TI in Surgery. if I went back and repeated that would I have done the same thing? jumping straight in after returning from electives didn't help either. could I have been more helpful, guiding more and praising more? because I recall saying that I would be a better TI to my 4th years when I was a 4th year. what happened there?

I need to learn to give praise more.