Not every Life of Flow story is about medicine… sometimes it’s about Miguel’s wine operation in Texas 🤦🏻♂️🍷 This episode with Dr. Mike Watts has it all: sketchy garages, $248k cellars, and what it takes to understand wine like a sommelier. Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #87.
In this week’s episode, our guest takes us far beyond the OR and into the vineyards 🍇 Dr. Mike Watts, physician, collector, and certified sommelier, shares how a honeymoon in Napa became a $248k wine cellar, 1,000+ hours of training, and a second life studying vintages with the same intensity as medicine. A story of discipline, precision, and why the right bottle matters more than its price tag (and how to spot it 😉). Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #87.
New CEO every year. New “vision” every year. Same chaos. That revolving door is why fighting for scraps inside the system will never work. The only way forward is taking control of the pieces you can own. Your marketing, your growth, your leverage, and building a division that outworks everyone else no matter who’s in charge. Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #86.
If you don’t know how the business side works, someone else decides what your work is worth. Hospitals bleed money every day, and most physicians never see where it goes. Bad coding. Denials. Claims left on the table. Value lost. Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #86.
Congrats, you matched into radiology… enjoy your 15-year countdown 🥶 Lucas didn’t hold back: AI already reads PEs faster than humans, and if your job is just diagnosis, robots are coming for it. In 50 years, the only surgeons left might be trauma… and plastics, because nobody wants the Amazon Prime Nose Job™ that makes you and your whole neighborhood look the same. Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #86.
Medicine trains you to grind. Staying miserable doesn’t make you a hero. It wrecks you and everyone around you. This week, we sat down with Dr. Kumar Madassery, MD, who fought through the politics and economics of interventional radiology to build one of the few independent IR departments in the country. His takeaway: protect your happiness like your career depends on it, because it DOES.
The next level for you isn’t more consulting, but building something you can own. Here’s why 👇 Consulting can open doors, but it rarely creates lasting wealth. Equity alone is risky since most startups don’t survive. The real leverage comes when you combine equity with consulting fees, or take a role where your expertise directly shapes outcomes. That balance lets you protect your time while building real influence. Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #85.
Brilliance in the lab doesn’t automatically translate to running a successful company. The physicians who thrive are the ones who know when to step back, bring in seasoned operators, and focus on where their expertise actually moves the needle. Trying to lead every role often kills innovation before it has a chance to scale. In this week’s episode with Dr. Jay Mathews, you’ll hear why understanding your limits is just as critical as having a breakthrough idea. Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #85.
Game-changing tech won’t save a weak team. A brilliant device in the wrong hands almost never makes it to market. What actually drives success is the caliber of the founders, their track record, and whether they can rally the right people around the idea. The story, the leadership, and the ability to execute matter more than the invention itself. In this week’s episode, Dr. Jay Mathews shares how he evaluates companies and why physicians should pay closer attention to who’s behind the product before getting involved. Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #85.
Would you risk your retirement savings on a MedTech startup? 👀 Many physicians are doing it right now without realizing the odds are stacked against them. In this week’s episode with Dr. Jay Mathews, Miguel shares what he’s learned after decades of managing equity deals, crowdfunding traps, and consulting trade-offs. Go to the Life of Flow podcast channel and watch the full episode #85.