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9Dr. David M. Barrett: Recovering From a Botched Merger and Cash Crunch at the Lahey Clinic

“The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature. Like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.”

—Voltaire

How did you get to be the person you are? What’s your story?

My value system emerged from my parents’ background. They survived the austerity of a meager Depression-era farm environment in west-central Michigan. My mother’s farm dates back to the turn of the 18th century. She was one of seven children raised by her parents and grandparents. They farmed 80 acres that never harvested a sustainable cash ...