PHYSICIANS
STOP the STRUGGLE to RETIRE

NEW BOOK!

LEARN How to Ease into Retirement and

Live Your Finest Chapter in Your Life AFTER Medicine

Stop Feeling Lost, Uprooted, All Washed Up with

a New Roadmap to Stick the Landing on this Life of Purpose.

A NEW road map to STEP AWAY FROM THE WHIRLWIND OF YOUR PRACTICE AND CREATE THE FINEST CHAPTER of this physician life - IN THE YEARS AFTER YOU STOP SEEING PATIENTS.

A.I. played no role in writing this book. I wrote every line of these 160 pages longhand using one of my favorite BIC crystal pens, college ruled paper, 4x6 inch notecards. Old school. Every word was wrangled with purpose from my own lived experience and my work with over 40,000 doctors to help YOU build your Ideal Life After Medicine.

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About the Book

Dr. Dike Drummond MD here, author of
PHYSICIANS UNCHAINED: Retirement Mastery for Doctors

Have you noticed...

The internet is swarming with financial advisors who think physician retirement is just a number.


Hit your number and everyone seems to assume it's an automatic happily ever after. Right?

As doctors, we know in our bones there's something much deeper going on.

~ At the end of decades of successful practice, why does it feel like a piece of us is dying?

~ Why the confusion of, "how will I spend my time if I'm not seeing patients any more?"

All this struggle hides retirement's true nature.

This is a shot at a cosmic do-over and a true second chance.

Retirement is not the end of you.

It is a place you can finally release the ROLE of DOCTOR you have played so well for so long and dust off parts of the real you that have been waiting in the wings since your twenties.

The best way to explain it is this:

You are only at the end of your beginning

After you finish the book...

You will have a new roadmap for a smooth passage from your decades of Practice into your Ideal Life After Medicine.

NOTE: All the tools in the book have been proven in the real world of Dr. Drummond's lived experience and his 15-year career as a coach, trainer and consultant helping over 40,000 doctors recognize, prevent and treat burnout.

A Roadmap to your

Ideal Life After Medicine

(Stick the Landing on this Life of purpose)

Five transformations emerge after reading this book...

You will learn the true definition of "retirement".

Retirement has never been a stage in the life of a doctor. Let me show you the true meaning of the "R" word.

This truth will set you free.

This is only the end of your beginning.

It's a true chance at a cosmic do-over.

This time you can reclaim 100% control of your life. How much freedom do you want? How much can you stand? You've richly earned all of it. Don't let this opportunity pass you by.

You won't worry about how you will spend your time.

You'll discover new ways to explore both old hobbies and new interests. Learn how to gently deconstruct your doctor self. Reassemble your skills, talents and your day-to-day experience of these final decades into whatever configuration your heart desires - just like Lego.

You will have all the tools to design and live the life of your dreams in your Life After Medicine.

You will finally escape the programming of medical education.

Step up and out of the two Prime Directives at last:

— The Patient Comes First

— Never Show Weakness

You will slip the golden handcuffs. Take back your Locus of Control. Recognize this as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pick up the pen to write - and live - your finest chapter here, in your Life After Medicine.

You will recognize and evade the six main causes of retirement struggle for doctors.

Head's Up: four of these causes are invisible to you right now - sitting in blind spots installed in your medical education.

I will show you how to recognize and rise above each one. You will learn new self-defense tactics so they never block you from your true desires again.

You will cross the finish line with a BIG SMILE on your face

The ultimate goal of your Life After Medicine is simple - DIE WITH NO REGRETS !

Ditch the white coat. Explore the edges of who you really are (when you don't have to be a doctor). Play hard. Give it your best, all the way to your ultimate end. So you can die with a Cheshire cat grin on your face.

HEADS UP - the most frequent regret of the dying is, "I should have retired sooner." So maybe the time to get started is NOW.

Here's What it's All About

Why this book, why now, why me?

Who is this Book For?

1) If retirement seems decades away and it's not on your list of things to worry about right now:

There is never a bad time to imagine and begin planning your Life After Medicine; what you will do—and who you will be—after your days of seeing patients for money are complete. Retirement is the natural completion of a physician career, yet our medical education completely ignores the topic. This book is constructed to fill that gap.

2) If you are contemplating retirement and your Financial Freedom is years in the future:

You will learn how to start designing your Life After Medicine now and maintain some healthy separation between you and the role of doctor. This will make releasing patient care and triggering the Retirement Passage much easier when the time comes.

3) If you are actively planning your retirement and stuck, lost, pessimistic or keep getting knocked out in the process:

I will show you six reasons why retirement is so difficult for doctors. These challenges are hard wired into our subconscious during the medical education process. They take advantage of your core makeup; the size of your heart and your intense desire to serve and make a difference. You will learn a toolkit to address each of these blockages and establish momentum towards your ideal Life After Medicine.

4) If you are in the process of retiring, or already consider yourself retired, and you are less than 8 out of 10 satisfied with how things are going:

You will learn common physician retirement mistakes and their remedies. I will also give you a number of tools to wake up old dreams, step into new dreams, create more of an impact, and find deeper meaning in your Life After Medicine.

5) If you are retired and loving it:

CONGRATULATIONS! I know that took a lot of hard work and focus. Understand that your Life After Medicine is a moving target. You will need the tools and life design process in the book to keep you nimble and on track in the years ahead.

The Bottom Line

My mission is to give you the tools for two outcomes:

  • 1. Build a life that is always at least an 80% overlap with your Ideal Life After Medicine.

  • 2. Die with No Regrets.

Why I'm Giving The Book Away at Cost?

(And no, it's not a gimmick.)

I am selling each book at the cost of printing, fulfillment, and shipping, and not a penny more.

Why am I doing this?

My mission is to get this book into the hands of as many doctors as possible.

FOUR simple reasons:

  • The Tools are Tested and Solid
    I have coached and trained over 40,000 doctors to recognize and recover from burnout since 2010. The factors that set doctors up for Burnout and Retirement struggle are closely related. The tools for your breakthrough are very similar. I spent the last 15 years testing and refining them with real doctors in the real world. They are fully baked and ready for any retirement hurdle you may be facing.

  • The Heat of This Moment

    This is a pivotal time for healthcare itself - especially in the USA. We are the last generation of analog doctors and we are retiring in a huge cohort between now and 2030. We have so much still left to give, both to the medical profession and our larger society. This legacy can't happen if we are trapped seeing patients one at a time until we die in the saddle.

  • I Can't Let YOU MISS This Opportunity

    You have sacrificed so much for the sake of your patients and your practice. It would be a tragedy if you missed the miracle of your Life After Medicine just because no one ever showed you the truth about Retirement and the proper tools to get the job done.

  • It's Later Than You Think
    In 2023, the Grim Reaper fired a shot across my bow and everything changed. This is my magnum opus and crucial component of my Ideal Life After Medicine. It is a labor of love I can't not complete. There is no time to waste for either of us!

I know Physicians Unchained will change your life, and I can't wait for you to read it!

About the Author

Meet The Person Smoothing the Passage to Your Ideal Life After Medicine...

Dike Drummond MD

Dike is a 67 year old Mayo-trained Family Practice doctor, writer, trainer, consultant and ICF certified coach.

For the last 15 years, Dr. Drummond's professional life has been devoted to helping doctors recognize and prevent burnout. He has coached hundreds of physician clients and trained over 40,000 doctors in live settings. He is the author of the book Stop Physician Burnout: What to do when working harder isn't working. He has also created an entire lineup of online burnout prevention and job search video trainings for doctors.

In 2023, he had a brain stem stroke. Since then, he has rotated his focus to help doctors with the struggle of physician retirement. Physicians Unchained is his magnum opus on this topic.

He played rugby for 23 years as a younger man and is an avid hiker, gardener, cook, reader, writer, and traveler. He lives with his wife Sherri and Lily the cat in the Pacific Northwest (Top Left) of the USA near Tacoma, WA.

TESTIMONIALS

Real Doctors, Real Results

“I learned that I could break away from my group without feeling guilty or responsible for everybody else. I had the conditioned mentality of a physician, that the patient came first, and I was supposed to keep on going no matter what. I am happily retired now, something I did not see coming before our first call.

— N.D. MD

“Dike guided me to put in my notice and then actually retire. He helped me let go of the guilt that quitting was letting my patients and colleagues down .. all of which was not true. Now my time is my own. I do things because I want to, not because I have to.”

— G.E. MD

"I had been struggling with a decision about when and how to retire. Dike helped me navigate the whole decision process.  He showed me how my own thought processes were blocking my ability to move forward.

The decision is made and I see a clear path forward. I have an incredible feeling of lightness now”

— J.S.H. MD

My 100% Guarantee ...

I'm so confident Physicians Unchained will help you build your Ideal Life After Medicine that if you are unsatisfied, for any reason, simply mail it back to the address at the foot of this page (within one year) and I will personally see to it you are refunded 100%. Every penny. Both the cost of the book and the cost of shipping, within three business days of receiving it - No Questions Asked.

If you're not happy I'm not happy.

Your Most Asked Questions

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For U.S. customers, you can expect the book to arrive in 7-15 business days (could be a lot sooner).

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You will receive a tracking number via email immediately after your order.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact support (listed at the footer of this page).

My 100% Guarantee ...

I'm so confident Physicians Unchained will help you make a clean break from your Practice and build your Ideal Life After Medicine that - if you are unsatisfied for any reason - simply mail it back to the address at the foot of this page within one year and I will personally see to it you are refunded 100% - every penny. Both the cost of the book and the cost of shipping, within three business days of receiving it - No Questions Asked.

If you're not happy I'm not happy.

Here's a look inside the

Table of Contents


1) Who is this book for?................................................................... 16

~~ Match your current situation to the tools
in the book.

2) Don't miss your Exit Ramp...........................................................18

~~ Case study of a Retirement missed.

3) How to get the most out of this book............................................24

~~ How to use this book to change your life and avoid Einstein's Insanity Trap.

4) What is Retirement?....................................................................29

~~ Presenting the NEW 4-3-3 Physician Lifespan Model
and the true definition of Retirement. This Truth will Set You Free!

5) Why his Retirement so difficult for doctors?.......... ......................44

~~ The top six sources of Retirement struggle. How to recognize and dance around each one.

6) Retirement and money...............................................................65

~~ Financial Freedom is not just a number. It is necessary but insufficient for your Ideal Life After Medicine.

7) Navigating the Retirement Passage.............................................75

~~ How to find your path through all three phases of this
important life Transition.

8) Stop spending time....................................................................108

~~ Exactly how to INVEST Time instead, for maximum
happiness, meaning and fulfillment.

9) Build your Ideal Life After Medicine...........................................120

~~ It all starts with giving yourself permission to write down
your hopes and dreams, everything you really want in your finest chapter.

10) Power tools six-pack...............................................................128

~~ Six simple superpowers. The first one eliminates the possibility of failure on this quest.

11) Your Life After Medicine strategy.............................................152

~~ A simple, repeatable action plan to build out your Ideal
Life After Medicine step-by-step.

12) Five retirement scenarios....................................................... 163 

~~ Find your situation and learn your best next
 move with the tools in the book.

13) The Lightworkers Credo for Life After Medicine.......................171

~~ Words to live by for Lightworkers like you and me.

14) Thank you..............................................................................172

Thank you, thank you!

15) Next steps...............................................................................175

~~ How can we continue to support each other?

About the author

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index


1) Who is this book for?.. 16

~~ Match your current situation to the tools
in the book.

2) Don't miss your Exit Ramp..........................18

~~ Case study of a Retirement missed.

3) How to get the most out of this book..........................24

~~ How to use this book to change your life and avoid Einstein's Insanity Trap.

4) What is Retirement?...............29

~~ Presenting the NEW 4-3-3 Physician Lifespan Model
and the true definition of Retirement. This Truth will Set You Free!

5) Why his Retirement so difficult for doctors?....44

~~ The top six sources of Retirement struggle. How to recognize and dance around each one.

6) Retirement and money ...................................65

~~ Financial Freedom is not just a number. It is necessary but insufficient for your Ideal Life After Medicine.

7) Navigating the Retirement Passage........................75

~~ How to find your path through all three phases of this
important life Transition.

8) Stop spending time..........................108

~~ Exactly how to INVEST Time instead, for maximum
happiness, meaning and fulfillment.

9) Build your Ideal Life After Medicine..........120

~~ It all starts with giving yourself permission to write down
your hopes and dreams, everything you really want in your finest chapter.

10) Power tools six-pack.........................128

~~ Six simple superpowers. The first one eliminates the possibility of failure on this quest.

11) Your Life After Medicine strategy.....152

~~ A simple, repeatable action plan to build out your Ideal
Life After Medicine step-by-step.

12) Five retirement scenarios................. 163 

~~ Find your situation and learn your best next
 move with the tools in the book.

13) The Lightworkers Credo for Life After Medicine...................171

~~ Words to live by for Lightworkers like you and me.

14) Thank you............................172

Thank you, thank you!

15) Next steps..........................175

~~ How can we continue to support each other?

About the author

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index