1. Do get your fitness groove on, even if it means shoveling snow. 2. Don’t think you have to go to a gym to call energy expenditure a “workout.” In the gym locker room, I overheard a lady who had paid a neighbor child to shovel her driveway, so she could make it to the gym. That makes NO sense. Okay, both parties dominated a workout, so I see that as a win-win. And she … Read more
1. Do look for a knight in shining armor. 2. Don’t expect it to be someone else. Be the Knight. Be your own hero. Be everything you want other people to be. If someone wants to come along and walk beside you in this life, then that’s a lovely bonus. Love is incredible – I’m a huge fan. But you are the only person you have to be with every moment of your life. Never … Read more
1. Do not judge people who buy a lottery ticket with a $208 million jackpot. 2. Don’t forget to spend a lifetime betting on yourself. I don’t play the lottery, because I can’t imagine my life getting much better. Why is it good? Because every day I look in the mirror and tell that woman I love her. I bet on her abilities every single day to dominate her life. Every day I win the … Read more
1. Do have follow-through on your ideas. Rally the troops. 2. Don’t sit and dream, wishing you could make it happen. When things are moving like a freight train, you trust the drivers…trust the track…trust the path. You trust the people that would never let you derail. Now, let’s breathe and teach some Ivy Leaguer meds some anatomy – since that, too, was something you were told you’d never do. Do it all.
1. Do study and advance yourself every day of your life. 2. Don’t hide behind the fact you may not be very smart. My IQ is average, but it’s been my greatest gift to not be very smart. My discipline looks like intelligence, and no one can tell the difference in most settings. Stop hiding, and get to work. It’s worth it, because the fun is in the process.
1. Do push yourself and put more weight on the bar. 2. Don’t talk yourself out of lifting it because it looks heavy. If you can do ten pounds less for 3 with relative ease, you can do ONE with more. This applies to most of life’s strength tasks. The mind is where strength must lay!
1. Do lift heavy things. 2. Don’t feel intimidated by the weight. One day it will feel lighter. KBs and coffee in the kitchen while Mamacita and I watch Roseanne reruns: Mamacita: That looks heavy! Dooley: It’s only 20 kilos. 44 lbs, Ma. Mamacita: Heavy! Dooley: Huh. You know you’re right…it used to feel heavier.
1. Do befriend people who share your interests, motivation, and character traits. 2. Don’t expect a love match to occur based on logic. “She’s everything you want. She’s everything you need. She’s everything inside of you that you wish you could be. She says all the right things at exactly the right time, But she means nothing to you, and you don’t know why.” – Vertical Horizon Dooley knows why. Rational thought has little to … Read more
1. Don’t think you are a “healer.” 2. Do recognize the body does the healing, and you help facilitate it. A patient said this to me today: “You gave me my life back.” I said, “Nah, you TOOK your life back.” Be the catalyst. Dooley Noted.
1. Do take your bowel habits as seriously as you take all aspects of health. It provides IMMENSE info about your health status. 2. Don’t be embarrassed to discuss this with your healthcare practitioner.