71. Pressure Is a Privilege

About this episode

Tiana Gonzalez reflects on the personal impact of pressure and her early experiences in a high-stakes medical environment.

Pressure has a way of getting personal fast. Not the everyday stress of traffic or deadlines, but the kind that makes you wonder if you’re really cut out for the thing you want. I go back to a moment that still blows my mind: at 15 years old, I worked inside the oncology department at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, helping in a cancer research lab and sitting at round tables with doctors. It matured me, stretched me, and also introduced me to high-stakes environments way earlier ...

People in this episode

Host: Tiana Gonzalez

Topics covered

• pressure
• self-discovery
• high-stakes environments
• personal growth
• cancer research

Keywords

• pressure
• self improvement
• oncology
• cancer research
• personal growth
• high-stakes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Montefiore Medical Center

Places: New York City

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