Once in awhile I come across stories of exemplary courage. Stories I like to share with the hope it will make us think, make us question and encourage, or at least make us consider how we can take part in motivating change capable of eliminating suffering.
I know there's never any straight or simple answers. I know we all have a bias of one kind or another, but I also know that arrogance can be humanities most dangerous trait. It can change or end lives. It can cause unnecessary suffering and it can all too often add insult to injury.
I'm thrilled to share this TedTalk with you, just like it was shared with me by another compassionate rare disease patient.
I hope this talk encourages your to step back and question your own bias and assumptions. I hope it motivates you, just like its motivated me to step back and reconsider my own beliefs that keep me bound in a box while I point fingers and lay blame.
The following quote comes from this amazing TedTalk. It's the words that hit me the hardest, but also reminded me that we're all capable if making changes that could indeed change our own worlds, and the worlds of others now, and in future.
I know there's never any straight or simple answers. I know we all have a bias of one kind or another, but I also know that arrogance can be humanities most dangerous trait. It can change or end lives. It can cause unnecessary suffering and it can all too often add insult to injury.
I'm thrilled to share this TedTalk with you, just like it was shared with me by another compassionate rare disease patient.
I hope this talk encourages your to step back and question your own bias and assumptions. I hope it motivates you, just like its motivated me to step back and reconsider my own beliefs that keep me bound in a box while I point fingers and lay blame.
The following quote comes from this amazing TedTalk. It's the words that hit me the hardest, but also reminded me that we're all capable if making changes that could indeed change our own worlds, and the worlds of others now, and in future.
“go back to our original ideals; open mind, the courage to
throw out yesterdays ideals when they don’t appear to be working, and
understanding that scientific truth isn’t final, but constantly evolving. Staying true to that path will be better for
our patients, and better for science.”
~~ Doctor Peter Attia
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