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Sarah Palin Is My Muse—And Other Lessons Learned From a Sabbatical

机译：莎拉佩林是我的缪斯和其他经验教训，从休假中吸取

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We were given a gift—a sabbatical. For us (2 clinician-educator types at a big medical center) that meant 50% off our full-time responsibilities for a year. No ward attending duties and limited clinic time. Keep up your administrative and educational duties. Go. Create. Flourish. Publish that moldy essay. Go to that funky conference. But . . . do . . . something “academically useful.” For middling career types with hopes of promotion, taking a 12-month nap was not an option. But what to do? Those who had gone before us looked dreamily into the distance. “Ah, yes, I had a sabbatical once . . . I almost finished that paper . . . And there was that great conference in Copenhagen.” One of us vaguely remembered that study about smoking cessation. Weren't you more likely to quit if you told someone about it? Had a specific quit date? Could a sabbatical and nicotine addiction have something in common? We looked into this a bit more. Apparently, the idea of goal setting is gaining traction. There are goal-setting websites where people hold each other accountable to their goals. Real money is on the line—at 1 website it was $22 million.1 The idea is loss aversion: people work harder to avoid losing $50 than they do to gain $50. The website looked easy enough, but who wants 1 more password or 1 more annoying e-mail? We started the sabbatical as 2 clinician-educators with paltry publications. This was our chance to advance our scholarship. We were friendly colleagues, but not exactly friends, who had worked together on a few committees. We took a chance on each other and committed to meet the third Monday of each month at 1 pm. We also committed to making explicit, concrete goals—distinct yeso-type goals, and we discussed them in detail. “Write more” was amended to “Write 2000 words.” “Work on that presentation” became “Submit that research abstract.” But how to enforce these expectations of our collaboration? Enter not the carrot but the stick: Sarah Palin and the National Rifle Association (NRA). Each month, if we did not reach our goals, we would donate $50 to either Sarah Palin or the NRA. Anonymous donations were not allowed. The image of real and virtual mailboxes filled with solicitations and a lifelong onslaught of e-mails quickened our resolve. One of our wives, nodding her head, quipped, “Oh, honey. . . You shouldn't have. . .” She, too, became invested in our success. Some of our monthly goals were ambitious. “Write 4000 words” (September 2015) was a tall order. Some were more humble: “Actually open the file of that old paper languishing in rejection purgatory and stare at it” (August 2014). Surprisingly, our goals evolved to incorporate more than just academic work. “Go to gym 3 times this week” (February 2015). “Fast on Wednesday and Friday for Lent” (March 2015). We also enjoyed an intellectual renaissance. One of us helped start a monthly discussion group on religion and medicine. Another deepened ties to the palliative care community. Our monthly meetings began with shared accountability, and evolved into collegiality. What began as an exercise to get things done became a renaissance of how to live. At the end of the year, Sarah Palin and the NRA had received zero dollars. We collectively had 7 publications, a handful of abstracts at various meetings, and a few off-campus grand rounds. Oh, yes, and 1 of us did go to a great conference in Copenhagen.
机译：我们得到了礼物 - 一个休假。对于我们（2个临床医学家 - 教育家类型），这意味着我们一年的全职职责50％。没有病房出席职责和有限的诊所时间。保持您的行政和教育职责。去。创建。繁荣。发布那些发霉的文章。去那个时髦的会议。但 。 。 。做 。 。 。 “学术上有用”的东西。对于具有促销期望的中间职业类型，需要12个月的午睡不是一种选择。但该怎么办？那些在我们面前的人梦幻般地看着远方。 “啊，是的，我有一个休假一次。 。 。我几乎完成了那篇论文。 。 。哥本哈根有这次伟大的会议。“我们其中一个模糊地记住了关于戒烟的研究。如果你告诉别人，你不是更有可能退出的吗？有一个特定的戒烟日期吗？休假和尼古丁瘾可能有一些共同点吗？我们更多地看着这一点。显然，目标设置的想法正在获得牵引力。有一个目标设置网站，人们彼此对其目标负责。真钱在线 - 在1个网站上，它是2200万美元的想法是损失厌恶：人们更加努力地避免失去50美元，而不是他们获得50美元。网站看起来很容易，但谁想要1个密码或1个更烦人的电子邮件？我们开始休假作为2名临床医生教育者，具有Paltry出版物。这是我们推进奖学金的机会。我们是友好的同事，但不是完全是朋友，他在几个委员会上努力工作。我们彼此抓住了机会，致力于在下午1点举行每个月的第三个星期一。我们还致力于制定明确的，具体的目标 - 独特的是/禁令的目标，我们详细讨论了它们。 “写得更多”被修改为“写2000字”。 “在这个演讲中的工作”成为“摘要”的摘要。“但如何执行这些期望我们的合作？输入不是胡萝卜但棍子：萨拉佩林和国家步枪协会（NRA）。每月，如果我们没有达到目标，我们将捐赠50美元到莎拉佩林或NRA。不允许匿名捐款。填写征集和终身仓库的真实和虚拟邮箱的形象加快了我们的解决方案。我们的一个妻子，点头，吵架，“哦，亲爱的。 。 。你不应该有。 。 。“她也被投资于我们的成功。我们的一些月度目标雄心勃勃。 “写4000字”（2015年9月）是一个高大的秩序。有些人更加谦虚：“实际上打开了那些旧纸萎缩的档案中的档案萎靡不振，盯着它”（2014年8月）。令人惊讶的是，我们的目标进化到融合了不仅仅是学术作品。 “本周去健身房3次”（2015年2月）。 “2015年3月的星期三和星期五快速吧”。我们还享有智力复兴。我们之一帮助在宗教和医学上开始了每月讨论组。另一个加深了姑息治疗社区的联系。我们的月度会议开始于共同的问责制，并进化为合学合。什么是练习让事情做的事情成为如何生活的复杂。在年底，莎拉佩林和NRA收到了零美元。我们共同拥有7个出版物，各种会议的少量摘要，以及一些校外盛大的大轮。哦，是的，我们1人确实去了哥本哈根的一次愉快的会议。

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