“The PRIME of Your Life” with Kenneth Ro, MD (GWTW889)

What got you interested in the work you do? Maybe you experienced a work of art that drove you to an easel or a grandparent put a camera in your hands and you couldn’t stop taking pictures. For today’s guest, it was watching a TV show about a doctor at a young age that led him to medicine. Dr. Kenneth Ro is a physician, creator of the RECLAIM Method, and author of PRIME: How to Win the Second Half of Life. In our conversation, we talk about his journey to become an ER doctor with zero backup plans. He also shares how asking deep questions and becoming a patient himself, led him in a new direction to not just help people get better, but become healthier. We touch on a lot including why we should focus on strengths not inadequacies, learning to assert calm and collectedness in chaotic situations, why he focuses on the convergence of science, story, and soul, the difference between stress and stress response, the distraction epidemic, and the power of presence, especially when it comes to leadership.

Show Links

Kenneth Ro, MD

PRIME: How to Win the Second Half of Life • by Kenneth Ro, MD

Byron’s Babbles: Ontological Humility

Marcus Welby, M.D.

ER (TV Series 1994-2009)

Scrubs (TV Series 2001-2010)

The Pitt (TV Series 2025-)

Erik Erikson’s Stages Of Psychosocial Development

Your Inner Broadcast (GWTW881)

The Obstacle is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph • by Ryan Holiday

Amor fati

Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error • by Kathryn Schulz

Ryan Holiday

Through the Fog and Fire (GWTW886)

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…And Others Don’t • by Jim Collins

Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies • by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras

What to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire and the Self-Knowledge Imperative • by Jim Collins

• Episode photo from Envato Elements: Person standing on a snow covered cliff over the breathtaking view of mountains under the sunset