Since it is hard to measure success many doctors find additional ways to find meaning or satisfaction, such as focusing on making money, reducing the scope of their practice and finding other outlets outside and inside medicine.

Most folks who go into medicine have some overt and/or covert altruism in their minds and hearts. And they assume that they will do good and well in their careers in a way that they can identify; however, feedback is often irregular and unpredictable.

Various interesting and useful medical and financial information including where health care money goes, business awareness in medical training and changes in the IRS code.

As we get deeper into election year frenzy, Jeff Brown is reminded that not only is all not well in health care, but also that people outside, and especially inside, of medicine are not paying attention.

Because of the arcane nature of the tax code, it's ever changing provisions and our own barely suppressed emotions concerning one of our national civic duties, most of us beyond the simple W-2 and short form turn to a tax expert for advice and solace.

Rather than rehash the year or make foolish predictions about next year, Jeff Brown is cutting to the useful stuff that you can use to start out the new year.

The second part of an interview with the principle of a prominent San Francisco-based private equity firm.

An interview with a principle at a San Francisco private equity investing firm helps to explain what exactly these firms do.

If retirement is really about managing transitions, the most important decision we have to make is what lifestyle will I pursue? People who planned ahead, not just financially, make the transition the easiest and end up the happiest.

This Thanksgiving Americans might need to be reminded that they still have a lot to be thankful for. Here's what Jeff Brown has been contemplating.