Bipolar? Lesson from Old Photographs
Published: Thu, 06/18/09
Hi ,
I hope you're doing well
today.
You know I have a lot of
people that work for me, right?
Well, I have some that have
worked for me for a long time...
And some that don't work for
me any more.
Do you want to know the
difference?
The people who don't work for
me any more stopped learning.
They just kept working off the
knowledge they had learned before,
and it was outdated.
I run a company that is always
changing, always growing.
And you just have to keep up with it.
If you don't keep up with the growth,
and learn new things, you just can't
improve in your job.
But the people who have stayed,
have done just the opposite.
They don't keep going on old knowledge.
They keep up with current trends.
They keep learning new skills.
They keep improving, so they keep
getting better at their job.
That's why they are so valuable to me.
You have to learn and progress.
It's one of the things that I teach
in my courses/systems. That you
have to keep learning more and
more about bipolar disorder. You
can't just keep going on the knowledge
you learned when your loved one
was first diagnosed.
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Here's an example:
We all have old photographs, right?
If you are a parent, every year they
get pictures from school.
Well, you don't keep every picture
every year and display them (or else
you'd run out of room, wouldn't you?).
Each year, you probably replace the
old one with the new one.
It's like replacing old knowledge with
new knowledge.
It's not like you throw the old
photographs away, you still keep them.
You never forget them.
You just may put them away in favor
of the new ones.
Because there's always growth, you see?
Here's another example:
Say you have a garden.
You can't keep growing new flowers
or vegetables off old soil.
You have to keep tilling that soil each year.
You don't get rid of the old ground,
you just till the old ground, making
room for new ground.
Again, like new knowledge on top
of old knowledge.
So here's how it relates to bipolar disorder.
(You knew I'd get there eventually, right?)
The point of all this is that you need
to keep learning and progressing.
If you have a doctor who doesn't do this,
then they may not be the best doctor
for your loved one.
If they are like the employees I talked
about in the beginning, are they really
doing a good job?
The best doctors I know continue learning.
They keep researching.
They read journals all the time.
They check the Internet for new
information all the time.
They attend seminars.
They go to lectures.
They go to symposiums.
Sometimes they're even the guest
speakers!
They attend bipolar support groups
and even learn from supporters
what their problems are with their
loved ones and learn that way.
They sometimes discuss difficult
cases or problems with other doctors
or specialists so that they can learn.
If your doctor isn't doing these things,
and just keeps doing what they learned
years ago, then you might have a problem.
Because new things are being learned
about bipolar disorder every day.
Check up on them.
Ask them questions. If they hesitate, or
if you think you know more than them,
then there might be a problem, just like
there was with my employees.
You have a right to the best treatment
for your loved one.
And you need a doctor who is always
learning new things about bipolar disorder.
What about your loved one's doctor?
Is he/she the type that still works off old
knowledge?
Or the type that keeps on learning
new things?
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Well, I have to go!
Your Friend,
Dave
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