DocRussisms: Truisms from Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

“Memorable quotes from a book are like cliff notes we memorize for the test.”

- Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

"The key to finding truth is continual learning. The key to continual learning is to make everyone and everything your teacher" - Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

“For the child; Intention to mature into the adult: Accomplishment, It must first travel through the awkward adolescence of Action.” Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

“The value of the steps you take are not determined by their size, it is determined by their direction. A step, in the direction of your goal is never wasted” – Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

Your beliefs define your reality, if you believe it, your body, mind and soul will make it happen. If you start out with “I can't” end up with “I didn't” – Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

When you say you are “trying” what you mean is that you are not “doing.” If you think that “trying” leads to accomplishment; you are “lying” to yourself: It is a serious case of a misplaced constant. – Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

“A child breathes the lifestyle of their parents, we parents decide whether that is going to be as vital as a breath of fresh air or as toxic as second hand smoke” – Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

“Nothing improves your outlook on life as much as the feeling that you are in its control. The simple formulation of a plan is the best way to begin to gain that control” - Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

“Being a vegetarian is never having to explain your farts.” – Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

To merely accumulate wealth, you need only seize it like a prize - To experience the value of wealth, you must accept it as a responsibility" - Dr. Russ L'HommeDieu, DPT

Mentorisms: Truisms from the mentors of Dr. Russ

The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behavior affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually.” Greg Anderson

“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.” - Buddha quotes (Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

How we live determines how healthy we are – Patch Adams, MD

The design of the human organism is such that it can become remarkably well.  It begins to repair itself as soon as we can to alter just one unhealthy habit. – Patch Adams, MD

The best diet is the one you do not even know you are on – Brian Wansink, mindless eating

Eat food, not too much, mostly plants - Michael Pullen, the omnivore’s dilemma

Nothing gets better until you admit something is wrong - Anthony Robbins

Prevention is better than healing, because it saves the labor of being sick - Thomas Adams

You miss every shot you do not take - Wayne Gretzky

"The last of the human freedoms is to choose ones attitudes." - Viktor E. Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian-born American Psychologist, Writer

If we could give every individual with the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we will have found the safest way to health-" Hippocrates 400 B.C. 

Every diet ever tested, including Atkins, results in weight lost for the first year with resultant weight gain, by the second year - David Eisenberg, MD

The same things that mindlessly cause us to gain weight can also help us mindlessly lose weight.-  Brian, Wansank mindless eating

“Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.”

 William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

“Belief creates the actual fact”

William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

“Individuals by changing the inner attitudes of their minds can change the outer aspects of their lives”

William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

“If you believe yourself to be limited in some way, whether or not it is true, It becomes true for you.” Brian Tracy, GOALS!

“Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.”

 William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

"To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly."

William James (American philosopher and psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

“Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.”

 William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

“It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome.”

 William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

“When you have to make a choice and don't make it, that is in itself a choice.”

 William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.”

 William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.”

 Brian Tracy

“Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.”

Brian Tracy

"Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be."

-          William Hazlitt

“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.”

 Tony Robbins quote

“The most important quality of leadership is the ability to see the world the way it is; not the way you wish it were.” Jack Welsh, Former CEO of General Electric

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.” – Unknown

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” -  Ambrose Redmoon, Beatnik, hippie, and former manager of rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service.

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear” -  Mark Twain (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910)

“Every success in life is a triumph of persistence” Brian Tracy; GOALS!

“The future belongs to the risk takers, not the security seekers” Brian Tracy: GOALS!

 “Persistence is a true measure of a human’s character” Brian Tracy; GOALS!

“Our greatest glory comes not from never falling but from rising every time we fall.” Confucius

“Adversity is the test you must pass on the path to accomplishment” Brian Tracy

“There is a direct correlation between the number of things you attempt and your success” Brian Tracy

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. - Tony Robbins

Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives. - Tony Robbins

For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent. - Tony Robbins

I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration was actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. - Tony Robbins

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. - Tony Robbins

If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results. - Tony Robbins

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. - Tony Robbins

It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. - Tony Robbins

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them. - Tony Robbins

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. - Tony Robbins

There is no such thing as failure. There are only results.  - Tony Robbins

Want to learn to eat a lot? Here it is: Eat a little. That way, you will be around long enough to eat a lot. - Tony Robbins

We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future. - Tony Robbins

We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not. - Tony Robbins

What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.  - Tony Robbins

In life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action. - Tony Robbins

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.

Alan Alda

I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn't know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen.

Alan Alda

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Alan Alda