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Why your identity as a veterinarian should not define you

"Here’s when we have to learn—the hard way—that who we are and what we do are not synonymous ... It made our mistakes more intensely personal, our feelings of failure more acute, and our successes less believable, less satisfying.""

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**By CASTILLO, THERESE** | Veterinary Practice News

"Here’s when we have to learn—the hard way—that who we are and what we do are not synonymous ... It made our mistakes more intensely personal, our feelings of failure more acute, and our successes less believable, less satisfying.""

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