Advice My Father Gave Me - By: Dr Bill

As many of you know, my father checked out way to early...at the age
of 54. It's one of the reasons I formed this business, because I
wanted to help prevent that from happening to others. Years ago, we
weren't gifted with all the information that's available today and
we didn't have things like fish oil, which is available at a snap of
the fingers.

Back decades ago, I was having a problem speaking in the front of
the room. Just the thought of getting up and having to say something
to a bunch of people terrified me. I would start sweating, shaking
and my mouth would get as dry as sandpaper. The only sounds that
would come out of my mouth were like a moaning dog.

My Dad decided that he was going to solve this problem, which was
something he usually left for my mother. He took me in a room and
made me talk my speech to him, me sitting on one chair and he on
another. Then, he turned my chair around and had me do it again.
Then, he turned his chair around. Then, he made me read it loud,
then louder. Then he made me shout it. Then, he told me to do it
again and as I was doing it he left the room. Over the course of the
next couple of hours, he had me give that speech a hundred times.
The next morning he asked me if I was ready to give the speech. I
said yes and he had me do it at the breakfast table. When I finished
he said, "That's a damn good speech." Since my dad wasn't exactly
big on compliments, this was a big deal.

That afternoon I got called on, and I didn't sweat, shake, or get
dry mouth. I gave my speech and the teacher said it was "just
marvelous."

Later on at home, Dad asked how things went. I told him what my
teacher had said and he nodded.

Then he said, "Whenever something is difficult, you have to find a
way to make it simpler. Last night, I could have stopped you after a
few times, but the more you gave that speech, the better it got...
because you no longer had any fear. If you're going to be a doctor,
you can't have any fear."

That advice got me through many a very difficult surgery. There was
many a time when those around me didn't know what to do and I had to
talk them through their fears.

This weekend, I got an email from someone who criticized my advice,
but didn't actually do what I told them. They got the material but
decided they were the sharpest tool in the shed. They said there
wasn't enough material to get started. (Or they were afraid to use
it.)

Baloney!

One of my partners had 3 major surgeries in 2 years. He started his
rehab with one exercise, after being unable, or forbidden by his
doctors, to do any exercise until everything in his body was healed.
He started with one pushup and because he couldn't do them on the
floor, he did them off the wall.

Today he's knocking out 80-100 regular pushups, as part of one
session. He'll tell you that that first pushup was hard and that the
second was even harder, but after a few weeks, his body was
demanding more. His program isn't complicated, doesn't involve
anything other than a mat, a few old dumbells and some elastic
bands. But he'll be the first to tell you that you won't make one
iota of progress if you don't start. And like he says, it's hard to
be embarrassed if no one can see you.

You can't get fit sitting on the couch, criticizing me. If I could
sell that, I'd be a billionaire. The only way you're going to get
fit is by exercising, eating right and taking the right supplements.
Fear is an excuse and there aren't any excuses here. I learned that
from my Dad... and I'm passing it on to you.

About the Author

Dr. Bill is an orthopaedic surgeon and author. He recommends this pharmaceutical grade fish oil for more energy, reduced joint pain and increased heart health.

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