Total Failure

A quotation commonly attributed to Albert Einstein defines insanity as repeating the same thing multiple times while expecting a different outcome. Milton Friedman observed that, every so often, we should examine the results of policies, regardless of the good...

Outcome vs Intention

There is a great quote by the late economist Milton Freriedman. In fact, quite a lot of good quotes from him. I think the man was a um, a genius. But that's beside the point. One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than...

Money Talks

A wise senior colleague told me in the 1990s, when I was involved in some medical committees, “Never stand between your colleagues and a barrel of money.” Maybe that’s a little harsh. I think Paul Keating, when he was Prime Minister, made similar observations about...
Midlife Crisis Comes Early

Midlife Crisis Comes Early

The midlife crisis used to be associated with reaching our fifties. These days, many adults profess to be struggling with the same symptoms regardless of age. So why is this happening?

Overdosing On Medical Tests

Overdosing On Medical Tests

Nothing in medicine is a straight line. If a little is good more may be better, but a lot more is NOT necessarily better and can be worse. Collectively we are overdosing on tests.

People Management on the Mothership

People Management on the Mothership

It’s getting harder to tell the normal from the nut-bag these days, especially in the workplace. Just think about it – how many of your own co-workers are rowing with only one oar, psychologically speaking?

Waging The War (On Drugs) And Losing The Fight

Statistics are so commonplace that it is rare these days to be taken aback by them but this one was startling. The number of babies born with symptoms of opiate withdrawal has trebled between 2000 and 2009 in the USA.

Supplementing With Vitamin K (Kindness)

Supplementing With Vitamin K (Kindness)

Current news about vitamin K is everywhere. In the health and wellness world, vitamin K is the new vitamin D3.
What I’d like to share today, however, isn’t about the vitamin K that can be bottled.

To Make Real Decisions We Need Need Real Information

To Make Real Decisions We Need Need Real Information

Political correctness has sought to neutralize the meaning of wordsWhen the same problem starts to affect numbers we are in serious troubleTo achieve what we want in life we need honest information not just stuff we want to hear!

The Key To The Fountain of Youth

The Key To The Fountain of Youth

You have all seen the ad where the woman scrapes her nail over her skin and it’s so dry, it leaves a trail of flaky skin. It looks ugly, but even worse; it can be itchy and extra sensitive. But don’t stress too much, there is a solution…

Wellbeing Requires Action Not Meaningless Words

Wellbeing Requires Action Not Meaningless Words

We all know the importance of exercise including those who choose not to. Lack of awareness is not the problem. Our health is a consequence of our actions. Meaningless words do not play a role!

Kids, Labels And Drugs

Kids, Labels And Drugs

Labeling children is bad at the best of times. Labeling them so that self appointed “experts” can save them from all sorts of future problems by intervention at age two would be laughable except there is a risk it may be taken seriously.