1. Something cool I saw last weekend…
While pulling into a large shopping plaza last weekend I heard, and then saw, two gentlemen playing music in an open corner in the parking lot. The one was playing the violin, the other playing a keyboard. There was a large speaker projecting the music loud enough that most of the plaza could hear it. There were four or five people that had parked their cars and were standing there listening. They obviously had a container there and were accepting tips, but brilliantly had a hand-written sign up with a link to a mobile payment service, allowing people to tip them without cash, from their phones. This was such a refreshing break from the person just standing at a corner with a sign asking for money. These guys were hustling, sharing their gifts, and providing value. I loved it! Brilliant! Sure beat the young, fit guy standing there the week before, with a sign saying that he lost his job and needed money, in front of dozens of stores with “Help Wanted” signs in the windows ready to hire on the spot. (I’m finishing next week’s blog post on creating value that was inspired by these observations. That will be posted on this site next Tuesday.)
2. Word I love…
I love the word truth. With today’s news being so manipulated, with social media being so orchestrated and controlling (watch The Social Dilemma on Netflix), with so many variations of what is right or wrong, and with so many reputable people and sources being censored, it has become very hard to get the truth. All I want is the truth! Phrases like the truth will prevail sound kind of silly, but after seeking the truth most of my life, I do believe that truth ultimately prevails… eventually. It’s easy to stick to our ideologies, hang on to lifelong beliefs, and cling to falsities because the truth would jeopardize our faith, our income, or our very lives, but the truth is the truth. Let’s keep striving for truth in our lives. No matter what!
3. Graph worth looking at…
Ask any good doctor (actually ask any doctor at all), and they’ll tell you that the “business” of medicine interferes with their ability to practice medicine properly. This graph highlights one part of the problem (and there are MANY!)… it shows the growth of administrators in healthcare compared to physicians over the past forty years. (Thanks for sharing, Connor B.!) It’s eye opening and upsetting. Ask yourself three questions… (1.) Has the health care you’ve been receiving appeared to have gotten better or worse? (2.) Does it seem like health care has become more personal or more business-like? And (3.) Have we gotten healthier or sicker over the past forty years? Health care is crumbling! You MUST see it for what it is. Take charge of your own health, and avoid the false idea that our healthcare system is there to get and keep you well and living optimally.
