Time rules life, how it’s lived and performed. Time and our inner clocks make most of our lives possible. Consider the monarch butterflies that unerringly cross Canada, the United States, and as good citizens of these NAFTA states, direct themselves to the same valley in central Mexico. How do they do navigate so brilliantly? They use […]
Some New Ways to Renew Your Body – the Four Fold Path
Are there really new ways to rebuild and renew your only human body? That’s one question I’m asked habitually every New Year. The short answer – yes. You can renew your body along the lines you like – by combining old ways that work for tens of millions. None of this program is about about “superfoods,” “amazing” herbals and vitamins, […]
The Medical Care Machine
Do you want to be a machine? What happens when your employer wants to treat you like one? What does this do to health care? The digital economy allows you to measure much. What gets measured gets managed. The ideas of “scientific management” achieved their first apotheosis over a century ago with Frederick Taylor. Henry Ford […]
How Drugs Change You Through Time (11/19/13)
Steroids Can a single dose change your body the rest of your life? My patient wasn’t thinking about that. He just wanted to have big muscles. Really big. He had been caught red handed with syringes in his back pack. His parents wanted to know what they were – and why. Nothing much, he told […]
Quick focus – 3 fast ways to relaxed concentration (9/15/11)
Thinking Fast Quick decisions. Sometimes you have to think fast and well. You have no choice but to make the right choice, now. You need to become both relaxed and concentrated – fast. Many jobs require acute decision making, whether it’s air traffic control, piloting a plane, performing surgery, even calming an unhappy parent. Sometimes […]