Dooley Noted: 7/15/2014
I know about the biopsychosocial components of pain. So, the happenings of a patient’s life matter gravely to the management of discomfort.
Yesterday, a patient voiced her work frustration to me. She noted that her colleague “enabled mediocrity.”
I couldn’t get over the accuracy of her frustration.
An achiever and leader by nature, she was completely intolerant of completing tasks halfway.
After all, it usually takes minimal effort to simply get by.
You live once. You are in it.
Why be mediocre?
You can herd the crowd like one of the cattle. Or you can live and inspire by doing.
Breathe in. Inspire.
Live all the way. Inspire.
I will not live a life of mediocrity. If you hire me for counsel, I won’t let you, either.
You won’t come to me for a pity party and a passive adjustment or a muscle rub attached to a bill for service. That’s disservice.
My counsel involves tenderness with an equal amount of encouragement in your own personal accountability for your condition.
After all, empowerment is the opposite of mediocrity. Empowerment sends you to personal heights you never knew were possible to teach.
It might start with a pain-free work day.
It might progress to a painless squat.
It might evolve to a pull-up or a personal record deadlift.
Consider disabling mediocrity in your surroundings – and yourself.
Or, permit the average, not surprised that you’ll be unfulfilled.
After all, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley