How to Get Your Doctor to Listen to You – Part 1

“A doctor who cannot take a good history and a patient who cannot give one are in danger of giving and receiving bad treatment.”

– Anonymous

Doctors are not typically known for their listening skills; however, what you might not realize is that patients are considered poor listeners too. A Consumer Reports survey asked 660 primary-care physicians about their patient challenges and found that 37% of doctors believed patients’ not following advice affected their ability to provide optimal care. Continue reading

The #1 Thing You Can Easily Do to Increase Happiness and Improve Relationships

Six years ago…

My girlfriend Amber had an idea. She proposed that we email a daily gratitude list to each other to help keep in touch and to try to stay more positive. I was on board, and two other friends were as well.

Since then, creating and emailing out a gratitude list has remained a daily activity that I enjoy doing. In fact, I enjoyed it so much that

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