Brief Summary:

With a society that values productivity and job titles, sometimes we can get caught up in having our life centered around our careers. In this episode of Man Up, Nick and Tony get in touch with Ricardo Gomez, a husband, a dad, and a doctor specializing in anesthesiology, to talk about pursuing a career in medicine as a Latino, the role that mentorship plays in our lives, the phenomenon of microwave society, comic book flipping, and more. Hear the grown men discuss why time is always more important than money, and how having that perspective can help you Man Up in your family.

The episode touches on the following key topics and ideas:

• Nick and Tony share their biggest takeaway from this conversation (00:00:36)
• Who Dr. Ricardo Gomez is, where he trained to be an anesthesiologist, and his favorite street taco (00:06:12)
• What it’s like to be a Latino medical professional and why Ricardo pursued a career in medicine (00:09:36)
• How to recognize if a particular career is the right choice for you (00:11:20)
• The important role that mentors have in our lives (00:14:29)
• What it’s like to grow up as a Latino in a rural town in California (00:16:15)
• Ricardo shares the culture of gangs and growing up around gang members (00:19:24)
• The right mindset to overcome any obstacle that comes your way (00:22:17)
• How having a quality partner, and being a quality partner, can help you through anything (00:25:02)
• Why it is important to take time off and reevaluate your decisions in life (00:27:31)
• How to choose between equally good choices (00:32:32)
• Ricardo shares how staying true to oneself and to one’s heritage can lead to a more positive and engaged career (00:33:58)
• How being a Latino anesthesiologist puts more patients at ease and adds more trust to the medical field (00:36:36)
• Can you demand more salary based on your bilingual skills? (00:37:44)
• How doctor’s residency works and how to transition from residency to a professional licensed career (00:38:36)
• How pride can get in the way of your medical career (00:40:44)
• Ricardo’s most exciting experience in the operating room (or not!) (00:42:00)
• Why you should not let your profession dictate who you are (00:43:53)
• Living your life and not letting work and titles become the center of everything (00:47:05)
• The benefits of having a ‘fat kid’ personality, according to Ricardo (00:49:45)
• Why role models aren’t necessarily positive ones (00:50:19)
• Time will always be more valuable than money (00:51:40)
• Dabbling in real estate and cryptocurrency, acknowledging you’re bad at finance, and ALWAYS picking the right partner (00:57:30)
• Ricardo’s real money advice: invest in comic books and flip them for good money (01:00:50)
• Nick, Tony, and Ricardo talk about card flipping and the importance of investing in things you like and are interested in (01:01:56)
• Nick shares his golden nugget: get your money right first (01:07:31)
• Good things take time: what a microwave society is and why you should aim for delayed gratification (01:08:20)
• A little Gamma history for all the listeners and Gammas (01:10:23)
• Why Ricardo is grateful for joining a fraternity and the teachings that he took away from his bros (01:12:18)
• Closing statements (01:15:01)