How I Hacked My Mind To Get Accepted Into Medical School These are the six mental frameworks that helped me get into my dream medical school — and how you can apply them to your own life. From a young age, I knew I wanted to become a doctor. But somewhere in college, I daouted I would acheive my dreams. I started listening to the wrong voices. People I trusted, advisors, who sounded like they knew better, kept telling me the same thing in different ways: You're not competitive enough. Your...

Finding Clarity Amidst The Noise I've been thinking a lot lately about attention. Specifically, about who owns mine. Lately, I've caught myself opening Instagram for no good reason at all. Every time it happens, I end up wasting time on content that doesn't resonate with me, from people I don't know, about things I don't care about. The worst part? Every time I doom scroll, I feel drained and overwhelmed with negative emotions. The real issue isn't the phone When we blame social media for our...

Building a Life of Purpose Hi , Most people think purpose is something you eventually discover. Like one day you wake up, everything clicks, and suddenly your life makes perfect sense. But that’s not how purpose actually works. Purpose isn’t something you stumble into. It’s something you build. Recently I recorded a video about this idea, and today I want to share three principles from it that might help you start moving in the right direction. You Don't Need More Clarity. You Need Movement...

Hazel Ticas March 6, 2026 Why I'm Grateful for Hardwork: Lessons From My Father Growing up, my dad taught me that work was the solution to life’s most common problems. Work, he believed, provided not only a means to survive: it provided belonging, purpose, and a way to rise above difficult situations. For my dad, work was deeply personal: it helped him rise above poverty and protect his family from civil war and gang violence. Work was his shield against the world: he worked tirelessly and...