Tuesday, September 8, 2009
This a quote from a subheading in one of my favorite books of all time, “The Peter Principle“.
But in fact this approach has a long and rich history.
I am just about to head overseas on a 2 month trip with my wife and 3 small kids – and leave my counselling practice unattended for all [...]
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In my original 7 years of training to be a medical doctor there were gaps.
Some of those gaps I have filled. I spent time with Aboriginal people in rural Australia. I assessed elderly and frail people for admission to Aged Care facilities (aka Nursing Homes.) I also spent time working in a hospital Palliative Care [...]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
One of my favorite lines in hypnosis is the idea that you “know much more than you know you know”… at least unconsciously.
There is so much information in the world that it is impossible to take it all in consciously.
You know a part of it, but what do you know without recognizing it.
As I write [...]
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
What the **** does that mean really?
What does it mean to “get over” something?
What about “sort it out”?
And as for “deal with it”, are our lives some variation on Blackjack that we just need the right hand to show up?
It’s one of the questions I pondered when I made the “Self Help Me Over” online [...]
…knowing there is an alternative.
Life is a different sort of exam than we had at school.
There are more answers than you might have originally thought.
Be aware of the answer everyone else is giving, but there are always alternatives, so discover the ones that work for you.
It pays to take a second look.
-Dr Martin Russell
People say that your adult life is shaped by your childhood experiences.
Now I have my own young children I begin to recall all sorts of nursery rhymes, songs and tunes I haven’t heard for ages. What effect did they have on me I wonder?
I’m not sure that my mum singing “The Purple People-Eater” greatly influenced [...]
Have you heard the joke?
When is the time to get empathy from a doctor?
Before they’ve gone to medical school.
Boom. Boom.
Well actually it’s not a joke at all. It’s a researched fact, and not a very funny fact either.
Evidence has been building that shows a steady decline in empathy in doctors as they go through their [...]
Enough passive reading of psychology and self-help ideas.
Let’s get you interactive in your learning.
First to this one…
http://www.dothetest.co.uk
Next, let’s get you even more active. This one has you clicking buttons, not just watching…
http://www.predictablyirrational.com/?page_id=117
Did you know this post will be disappearing soon, so you better hurry and check these out.
Happy learning!
-Dr Martin Russell
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Last year in September I wrote about a 47-year old professor, Randy Pausch, and his inspirational “Last Lecture” following his diagnosis with pancreatic cancer.
If you want to know why death is such an important part of being human, then view the video on my previous post.
Back then he had wide publicity, from Good Morning America [...]