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The MIT Neurosurgeon who is now unemployed, and Microsoft & John Deere kill their DEI teams

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Careers, Business, Marketing

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In episode #2792, we talk about the MIT Neurosurgeon who decided to quit his job, focus on his health, and start a YouTube channel. The video he posted about his experience went viral, highlighting the power of authenticity. We also discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the business world. Don’t forget to help us grow by subscribing and liking on YouTube! Check out more of Eric’s content (Leveling UP YT) and Neil’s videos (Neil Patel YT) TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: (00:00) The MIT Neurosurgeon who is now unemployed (10:23) Microsoft and John Deere kill their DEI teams (15:57) That’s it for today! Don’t forget to rate, review, and subscribe!  Go to https://www.marketingschool.io to learn more! Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric’s ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel X @ericosiu

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0:00.0

Did you hear about the MIT neurosurgeon who is now unemployed?

0:03.6

No.

0:04.6

Okay, so this guy, he wrote, he actually wrote something that I shared, but I'm just

0:09.0

gonna share it more on the marketing side to begin.

0:11.3

So this guy over here, so Kevin Espritu shared this this is a

0:15.3

beautiful video example of authentic era the authentic era of YouTube we are in right

0:20.9

now the creator didn't try to make it that way, which is why it's working.

0:24.0

It breaks nearly all the classic rules of YouTube except the most important one making make

0:29.0

something people want to watch. So I was an MIT educated neurosurgeon now I'm unemployed. So a 48 minute video. You can see he's recording this in the mountains. I think he's just walking. I haven't actually seen the video. I actually saw what he wrote instead. But this video posted six days ago 5.5 million views that is

0:45.2

insane right I think I do want to give a little context this guy and then I think we

0:49.3

can look at the YouTube for a moment but said, look, as a neurosurgeon, no matter what I did, if I

0:56.1

operated on someone, I found the same things over and over.

1:00.1

It's basically that people that had a, I actually, I think I have the image saved real quick let me pull it up over here

1:06.3

So I think it's this one

1:10.7

Okay here we go so okay over the nine to ten years that I was a neurosurgeon, I started

1:15.6

to realize that my surgeries were not addressing what was causing people's health problems

1:19.4

in their spine. I could do a perfect surgery and some people would get better, some would stay the same, and some would get worse.

1:25.0

Some people would even get better before I could operate on them.

1:28.0

I started asking patients about everything in their lives, their job, diet, habits, social life, stress levels, and sleep patterns.

1:35.6

What I found was that patients who did certain things would get better and patients who

1:38.6

wouldn't do these things got worse.

1:40.3

Okay, here you go, Neil.

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