The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

We crave experiences that will make us be present, but the cravings themselves take us from the present moment.

A patient’s autonomy increases ownership of the joint plan, enhances the therapeutic alliance between patient and doctor, and makes adherence to and engagement with the treatment more likely.

more than 25 percent of a patient’s encounter with us is spent on paperwork as opposed to direct patient care.

and news. Avoid tribal identification. Put truth above social approval. [11]

Whenever you can in life, optimize for independence rather than pay.

Impatience with actions, patience with results.

Another study showed that three out of four doctors failed to give clear instructions to patients on how to take their medicines.12 And yet another study demonstrated that when asked to state their medication instructions, half of patients couldn’t do it.13 A 2011 Markle Foundation survey found that both patients and doctors agree that approximatel

Nothing like a health problem to turn up the contrast dial for the rest of life.

Changing habits: