Coffee With Dad

The internet is an awesome thing, except when it isn’t. Social media has changed us as a culture in ways that are sometimes not helpful. Today I’ve got a few ideas that should help you realize what social media does to us and how to avoid these pitfalls.

Perhaps one of the most important things I share with my medical students that rotate with me has very little to do with medicine. Instead it has to do with realizing the important things in their lives that support their desire to be successful in the medical field. Life can be a juggling act to try and manage all the things we have to do without "dropping the ball." And what we often don't realize is that those balls we're trying to keep in the air are made of glass, except for one. We'll dive into that today.

I had a thought as I was driving home from work the other night thinking about my patients. And that was how our health-life balance gets out of whack because of a lack of discipline. We don't often think about the positive effects of discipline when in reality discipline is the root of freedom. I will tell you a story about a jiu-jitsu fighter that knows just how this works.

You may remember from your science class the concept of inertia. It's the tendency of an object to remain at rest or remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. Today I want to apply that to your everyday life and look at how inertia can prevent us from having the life we truly desire. Inertia can prevent us from changing in the ways we know we need to change. But it takes an outside force and that's what I want to talk you about today.

It’s often been said that your mind will quit long before your body will meaning that you are physically capable of more than you think. Another way to look at your abilities is to see what you can do physically and let this drive the positive mental energy to take you to the next level.

We make choices everyday that determine what path we take in life. The only way to move down the path is to choose a direction and act on it; no matter what our intentions are, our actions take us where we need to be.

Who we are, what we believe and what defines us are our core values. These values need to be specifically defined and revisited frequently. This takes the guess work out of many of our daily decisions.

We all have to do things that we don’t enjoy but if you find yourself in a situation or occupation that you’re not passionate about, don’t let the fact that you are comfortable or just lazy keep you from making a positive change in your life.