Our surgical training has traditionally instructed us to armor up with education and career milestones, to strategize and plan, to precisely diagnose and treat. With enough gritty diligence, strategic planning, and rigorous training, we aim to minimize disappointment and failure. Ultimately our lives as surgeons, scientists, leaders, partners, and parents are inescapably vulnerable. A surgical case gone wrong. Giving and receiving negative feedback. A rejected key grant proposal. Apologizing to our family for another holiday spent at the hospital. This is the world we all live in. Join Peter Hwang, Al Merati and Maie St. John as we discuss the challenges we sometimes face - and the resilience that can move us through and beyond these difficult moments. Moderated by Brian Nuyen.