Ask not what your community can do for you, ask what you can do for your community! I’m sure many of you will recognize the spin on that famous line from a John F. Kennedy speech. For me, this version is really resonating right now. And the timing is pretty good too. I have spent the last few months meeting people that I would call Social Catalysts. I didn’t know or appreciate that term until one of my colleagues brought it up and it really...

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I just got off the phone with a colleague in Guernsey. I was connected to him through a colleague Dr. Lissa Rankin after hearing that he has initiated a project “to make Guernsey the best place to live on earth by 2020”. I have written several blogs, Facebook posts, and tweets on twitter sharing my “big audacious dream” to make our community the “World’s Healthiest Community”. I originally wrote about this on January 25, 2013 and...

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I was at a local screening of the movie “Vanishing of the Bees” last night, and two weeks ago saw a screening of the movie “Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives”. The message that is incredibly clear to me is that, because very (make that VERY) large companies are focused on bottom line and shareholder value, there is little or no thought to the consequences of their actions. But the Side Effects of their actions...

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It's not about whether we become famous or wealthy, it's not about whether we're given the recognition of changing the world, it's not about any of that. Those are all side effects that may or may not happen. I believe it's simply about living life to the fullest, giving it all we've got, and being happy with our efforts.

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The current approach to dis-ease management is at best "incomplete" and at worst "flawed". .... My belief is that the act of empowering the patient to understand and deal with root causes of conditions is not only good for the patient, it will have a "side effect" of healing the healthcare system.

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This thought, or should I say question, crossed my mind as I was standing in the shower this morning and I spent the whole time while I was in the shower mulling over the answer. Before you proceed, what would your answer be to this question “right now”. As a plot spoiler, you may find that your thoughts change by the end of the post. We all have struggles at times in our lives. Sometimes they’re pretty insignificant and other...

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