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Dreams to success | Dr Lavina Sinha | TEDxNHLMMC

Dr. Davidson Medicine, transitioning from medicine to police service, argues that every field helps develop empathy, leading him to pursue civil services to address social determinants of health, citing his own difficult transition from medicine to the rigorous police academy as evidence. He advises aspiring candidates to maintain a dream, apply the "three P's"—Perseverance, Persistence, and Patience—and never let external doubts derail their pursuit.

## Speakers & Context
- **Dr. Davidson Medicine:** Degrees in Medicine, serving as an IPS officer by profession, and a writer/dreamer by passion.
- Delivered presentation from the institution where he was previously a patient in the OPD and is now a Deputy Commissioner of Police of the city.
- Shared experience of transitioning from medicine to civil services and police work.

## Theses & Positions
- Medicine provided significant insight into human emotions, societal mechanics, and the "psychic of people," fostering empathy.
- Health issues are often impacted by social determinants, including "social compulsion, the hierarchy mindsets, economic constraints, financial issues, religious beliefs, [and] regional biases."
- Medicine and policing are not diametrically opposite; both fields encounter people at their "most vulnerable," making both professions worthwhile.
- The ability to dream is the foremost requirement for any success; the dream need not be limited by age, background, or circumstance.
- The path to success requires the "three P's": Perseverance (putting in 100% effort), Persistence (pushing despite limitations), and Patience (waiting for results).
- No one is born a genius; every success story requires a struggle.

## Concepts & Definitions
- **Social Determinants of Health:** Factors outside the immediate medical context impacting health, such as "social compulsion," "hierarchy mindsets," "economic constraints," and "religious beliefs."
- **The "Three P's":** The required elements for success—Perseverance, Persistence, and Patience.

## Mechanisms & Processes
- **Medical Insight:** Observation of patients' struggles provided insight into how people manage "difficult circumstances" and develop empathy.
- **Career Transition Catalyst:** Witnessing instances of patients abandoning vital treatment (e.g., the 27-year-old snake bite mother's father abandoning care) motivated him to pursue a wider platform beyond medicine.
- **Police Academy Foundation:** The academy instills foundational institutional values, emphasizing that rigorous training and mental fortitude are as crucial as physical fitness.

## Timeline & Sequence
- **Past:** Practiced medicine; interacted with familiar faces at the institution.
- **Catalyst Experience:** Encountered cases where the father of a 27-year-old snake bite patient abandoned critical treatment.
- **Decision Point:** Felt the need to address societal issues beyond medicine.
- **Preparation:** Switched focus to appearing for UPSC, realizing the process takes an average of **two and a half years** to attempt once.
- **Commitment:** Had to regain "12 to 14 hours of study every day for a good two years" with a rigorous discipline schedule.
- **Goal Achieved:** Cleared the UPSC exam and qualified for the service in **2017**.
- **Training:** Underwent National Police Academy training, starting with reporting at **5:00 am** daily for **six to seven hours** of physical exercise.

## Named Entities
- **National Police Academy (NPA)** — The institution where he underwent rigorous initial training.
- **UPSC** — The Civil Services Examination he prepared for.

## Numbers & Data
- Age of the snake bite mother's father: **27** years old (at the time of the incident).
- Time required to attempt UPSC exam: Average of **two and a half years**.
- UPSC exam staging: Three stages, each separated by **three months**, completing the exam process in one year.
- Minimum daily study hours required after the break: **12 to 14 hours**.
- Academy reporting time: **5:00 am**.
- Daily physical exercise duration: **six to seven hours**.
- Distance of final march: **40 kilometers**.
- Load carried during final exam: **5 kg rifle load and a 10 kg bag**.

## Examples & Cases
- **The Snake Bite Patient:** A 27-year-old female mother fighting for two months on a ventilator, whose doting father eventually withdrew consent and abandoned the treatment.
- **Comparison of Services:** Medicine addresses "ill health from the body," while policing aims to "weed out the evil from the society."
- **Academy Activities:** Included long distance running, **16 kilometer running**, weapon training, fire training, combat exercises, obstacle exercises, jungle warfare training, cliff diving, and rock climbing.
- **Injury Example:** In one month of training, developing shin fractures and multiplication factors in both legs, while still reporting daily despite excruciating pain.
- **Final Physical Challenge:** Successfully completing the **40 kilometer route march** while carrying a **5 kg rifle load and a 10 kg bag**.

## Tools, Tech & Products
- **Ventilator** — Medical device used in the case study.
- **Camera/Writing Tools:** Implied tools for the writing and reflecting process.

## References Cited
- **Quote (Motivational):** *"If the mind can conceive it and if your hearts can believe it then you can achieve it."*
- **Quote (Self-made):** *"no one is worth giving up your dreams for and if he or she is he wouldn't ever want you to give up if the person and you're the person could be anybody..."*

## Trade-offs & Alternatives
- **Career Paths After Medicine:** Three common tracks mentioned: pursuing a super specialty, taking a good job, or starting a private clinic.
- **Police vs. Medicine Comparison:** Acknowledged that both fields have unpredictable working hours and that family life/holidays are "pretty alien to us."

## Counterarguments & Caveats
- Initial self-doubt concerning the UPSC path, criticized by peers who saw it as "wasting time" and foolish.
- The physical challenges of police training (e.g., constant pain leading to fractures) are presented as extreme but necessary.

## Methodology
- **Self-Reflection/Experience Sharing:** Structuring the narrative around professional transition points (Doctor $\rightarrow$ Civil Servant).
- **Qualitative Analysis:** Drawing connections between emotional insights gained in medicine and the societal need for order provided by civil services.
- **Discipline Imposition:** Adopting a rigorous study schedule for two years.

## Conclusions & Recommendations
- **Primary Recommendation:** "Dare to dream always."
- **Success Formula:** Requires the "three P's": Perseverance, Persistence, and Patience.
- **Cautionary Note:** Beware of seeking "instant results and instant gratification."
- **Final Directive:** Build upon the dream; "believe in your dreams."

## Implications & Consequences
- The ability to see the inherent dignity and struggle in everyday life, whether medical or societal, fuels the desire for large-scale systemic impact through services.
- The true challenge in life, both professional and personal, is mastering the self-imposed mental limitations: "The only walls that we make are the walls that we build ourselves."

## Verbatim Moments
- *"Namaste I'm Dr Davidson Medicine by degree a serving IPS officer by profession and the dreamer and writer by Passion."*
- *"From the Whiteboard to khaki."*
- *"If the profession gave me a lot of insight the minds of society how people deal with their emotions how they managed despite difficult circumstances and also it helped me understand the psychic of people."*
- *"I felt that there was something I wanted to do Beyond medicine to be able to address to these issues issues like social compulsion the hierarchy mindsets economic constraints Financial issues religious beliefs Regional biases some tradition some customs all these that form a major part of the society and impact health and life of the people."*
- *"The fight was as much to the contrary belief that people feel that medicine and policing are two diametrically opposite professions for me I felt quite similar more than professionals because one we do not have we have very unpredictable low working hours in both holidays and vacations are pretty alien to us."*
- *"If the mind can conceive it and if your hearts can believe it then you can achieve it."*
- *"I have been a person of academics where Hobbies have been towards me outside reading writing poetry drawing painting occasionally badminton table tennis."*
- *"the only walls that we make are the walls that we build ourselves what we can achieve as a person is Limitless what we find ourselves achieving is about the limits that we have created around us and it is not the physical challenge which was the challenge it is more a mental Challenge."*
- *"The three P's: perseverance that is hard work that is incessantly put in your hundred percent hold that Midnight Oil and give it all that you have to your country then it is persistence that is despite the challenges despite your own limitations you keep pushing yourself and never flip never give up and thirdly and most important is have the patience to wait for your results."*
- *"my own quote that no one is worth giving up your dreams for and if he or she is he wouldn't ever want you to give up if the person and you're the person could be anybody it could be your friends family your relationship partner your peers your faculties your teachers gurus but if anybody means to you as much worth giving up your dreams then that person will value his teams just as much and sooner or later he or she will fall into place and support your dreams."*
- *"each day believe in your dreams and as part of my journey is there are Promises to Keep and Minds to go before I see and miles to work."*