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Whether speaking to corporations or students, Eiman Jahangir is a dynamic and engaging thought-leader. His message inspires and activates his audience to face rejection and be resilient.
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“As U.S.-Iran tensions dominate headlines, a Nashville physician and astronaut reminds readers the real story is about people whose talent and resilience shape America.
As tensions between the United States and Iran continue to make headlines, Americans are hearing familiar words: nuclear negotiations, military threats and regional instability.”
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“A spring break trip to the Kennedy Space Center 20 years ago set University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine alumnus Eiman Jahangir, MD, on a trajectory that eventually launched him into space.
“I always had two passions,” says Dr. Jahangir, 45, now a professor of medicine and radiology and the director of the sections of general cardiology and cardio-oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. “It was medicine and it was space, and I was able to pursue the second passion once I became a doctor.”
A 2005 graduate, he says the College of Medicine was the launchpad for both.”
“The biggest lesson I learned is that success is rarely linear. We often imagine achievement as talent plus hard work equals success. In reality, resilience matters just as much.
Resilience has been described as the ability to withstand adversity and bounce back from difficult life events. Times are not easy now. How do we develop greater resilience to withstand the challenges that keep being thrown at us? In this interview series, we are talking to mental health experts, authors, resilience experts, coaches, and business leaders who can talk about how we can develop greater resilience to improve our lives.
