DGTL Voices | Patrick McGill | Somebody to Be Honest With You

19 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this short DGTL Voices segment, Patrick McGill shares a personal leadership mantra: surround yourself with great people and then step aside to let them thrive. He emphasizes the importance of having a single trusted individual—whether a spouse, friend, colleague, or family member—who consistently believes in your potential and can lift you up on tough days. This confidant not only provides encouragement and focus when you doubt yourself, but also offers honest feedback when you stray from the right path. McGill illustrates how even professionals like a family doctor experience rough days, and having such a supportive yet candid presence is essential for staying grounded, resilient, and focused on one’s goals.

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One of my kind of leadership mantras is like, surround yourself with great people and get out of the way. I mean, the one person that's always believed that I could do anything I put my mind to was my wife. And I think that when you need to have that person in your life that when you have a bad day, when you're thinking, why am I doing this? Or should I even be doing this? They can kind of prop you up and say, you're doing the right thing. Stay strong, stay focused. You can do this. You've got this. Whether it's your spouse, whether it's a colleague, whether it's a friend, whether it's a family member, Doesn't matter who it is, but everybody needs that person that can help them stay grounded, but also stay focused because you've got some bad days. Even if you're just a practicing family doctor, there's days you go home and you think, man, today was rough. But also somebody to be honest with you when you're not doing the right thing. I think that's the other part of it.