Almost weekend

Hello all, its almost weekend. Any plans, any ideas, anybody? Go Witchita!

Strings

Man, string theory is awesome! 26 dimensions, are they kidding, are they making it us, or even scarier, are they telling the truth? When I first heard about string theory, I said to myself, "its probably just like the atom in that they thought it was the smallest particle possible, but in reality it is not, it is composed of many different indescribable neutrons and electrons and has quarks and positrons. Strings are probably the same way, they are MADE of SOMETHING." According to Brian Greene, author of "The Elegant Universe", scientists look at strings like this; a paragraph is made of sentences, sentences are made of words, words are made of letters, but what are letters made of...mu (the eastern term for not yes and not no), it is a irrelevant question because letters are not made of anything, they just are. I think only some scientists think that and others believe they are made of something, the fabric of being. Crazy.
Back to the 26 dimensions...we know 4 dimensions...height, lenght, width, and time. These 4 most likely travel out into the universe forever, or maybe meet their beginning at the end of the universe. The other theoretical dimensions are probably like a calabi yau shape, which is absolutely insane. This thing wraps into itself like an M.C. Esher painting on acid.
Anyway, the Elegant Universe is a great read, makes even the hardest physics understandable with pictures and metaphors. If you want more, go to http://www.superstringtheory.com/

What I did over my weekend vacation

So I spent all weekend at a business seminar. I was pretty useful, but I suppose I won't be able to tell how great it was until I apply some of the things I learned into my practice this week. The main point of the class was learning how to communicate better with your patients. They teach that everyone has a "tone scale" from enthusiasm, which is a 4.0 to death, which is a 0.0. Everybody falls into the scale at some point. Example...0.05 is apathy, meaning that person has no hope and everything sucks...2.0 is conservatism, which is good cause anything over 2.0 is best. When we interact with someone, we first have to pick out their tone, then match their tone. Yes, this is scientology, but I think I heard of this before scientology. If anyone knows what the name of this technique is, let me know. Anyway, apparently people respond better if you talk to them on their tone...example, if someone is a 1.0 (anger), then you wouldn't want to be a 4.0 cause your just going to turn them off. It makes sense I suppose. The teachers said they can pick up on someone's tone immediately and respone accordingly, but only after a lot of practice.
They are now going to try and sell me the entire course for $12,000, yes $12,000. They pretty much guarentee you that you will double your income after 4 weeks and that every client they have had so far is doing great. I met two docs who were making about $50,000 a year, and are now on pace to make $400,000 this year. Anyway, its something to consider down the line cause even if I double my income now, twice of 0 is still 0.

Oh well, I love life and all of you!