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Mystic Legumes in America
Let’s talk about beans!
Oh, no… not legumes and flatulence, although those are favorite topics of gastroenterologists, but magic beans. Magic beans. You may remember the magic beans from the fairy tale about Jack and the Beanstalk . Poor deluded Jack, being asked by his mother to take the cow to market, trades the cow for a handful of magic beans. Jack is a model of people in today’s society.
We Americans believe in magic beans. Who’s home doesn’t have a THIGHMASTER? Who hasn’t tried the cabbage soup diet, or other unlikely or unhealthy meal plans, hoping that weight loss could be easy or without effort. Who has not bought a piece of exercise equipment, now sitting in the bedroom as a hanger for clothing. And yet another magic bean is on the horizon, that of gastric bypass surgery. We all want the easy way, the quick way to success. We buy the magazines touting an 8lb. per week weight loss. We want to buy the special pill that the pharmaceutical companies are presently developing to fight obesity, but without the side effects of phen fen.
We need to get over the magic bean mentality. We need to know that happily ever afters don’t simply happen, we have to work at them. And we must work hard.
However not everything we learned in nursery rhymes is falsehood. Many fables and fairy tales feature a gift of three wishes. The knowledge that dreams can come true. Instead of magic beans, give yourself three wishes. Sit down a moment, close your eyes, and think about what you would wish for yourself if you could--not a wish to benefit others or the world or our society. What would you wish for if time was no object and money was not a consideration?
Now open your eyes. Likely your non-bean dreams have to do with your own personal health and wellness, your soul, your relationships, your mind. You can have those dreams. You simply can’t have them fast and easy. A noted consultant, Allen Weiss, recommends what he calls “The 1% Solution.” He suggests instead of making everything happen by tomorrow in pursuit of your dreams, resolve to improve by 1% each day. That’s be 1% nicer, read to improve your mind 1% more, eat 1% better, increase your exercise by 1%,; improve yourself as a whole person by 1%.
By the end of the month, if you keep this up, you’ll be 30% better. By the end of two months you may expect a 60% improvement.
Dreams do come true, but should not, must not, expect magic beans. 'Happily ever after' don’t just happen; you need to work at it. Chuck the beans and get to work.
*Bad puppies are still peeing on health care's rugs....*
And we aren't doing a great job employing our rolled up newspapers.
So-called "disruptive physician behavior" persists, and a recent disheartening study by the American College of Physician Executives
(ACPE) indicates that healthcare institutions aren't doing much to stop doctors who yell, throw surgical instruments, and berate staff. The ACPE surveyed over 1,600 physician executives working in hospitals, group practices, health systems, and clinics across the country, and found that only 4.3% of hospital executives (apparently practicing in Shranga-La) reported that they never had to deal with problem docs.
For those embedded in the real world, here's the scoop. 2.3% daily; 14% weekly; 18% monthly, 9% greater than 5 times a year; 24% at 2-3 times per year, and 17% at 1-2 times per year episodes of hospital executives dealing with reported abuses.
What are the activities we're talking about here? Well at least they aren't throwing punches...often. Read the whole article for yourself
http://www.acpenet.org/MembersOnly/pejournal/2004/SeptemberOctober/Articles/WeberDavid.pdf
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