1: How do we take charge of our health and maneuver effectively through the oftentimes byzantine healthcare system?

First, we must know and improve the “Seven Numbers” Dr. Scott Conard outlined in yesterday’s RiseWithDrew.  

These seven numbers can save our lives.

These seven numbers tell us how healthy we currently are and what we can do to improve.

2: Second, we must find a Primary Care Physician (PCP).

Having … continue reading

The entire healthcare system is working against us.

“We are getting exactly what the system is designed to create,” Dr. Scott Conard and Vince Poscente write in their book Which Door? 

“We’re incentivizing hospitals and providers to produce more volume, not better health,” they write.

“In fact, if the system actually did help a person become healthier, it would be shooting itself in the foot and reducing future revenue,” they … continue reading

1: Preventing or delaying disease is a fundamentally better approach than treating disease.

What’s in the way? 

Only our entire healthcare system.

Disease prevention “doesn’t really fit into the business model of our current healthcare system,” Dr. Peter Attia writes in Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.

“Health insurance companies won’t pay a doctor very much to tell a patient to change the way he eats,” he observes, … continue reading

1: That’s one of the questions Dr. Scott Conard and Vince Vince Poscente pose in their book Which Door?

The answer: Typically, we’d feel fine.

“As a young doctor, in practice for 7 years, I got a phone call one evening while eating dinner at home,” Scott recalls. “A shaking voice on the other end of the phone said, ‘Doctor, I just found John on the floor and he was … continue reading

1: The answer: Yes.

It’s what scientists call “flow” or the flow state.

Flow is defined as “an optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best,” Steven Kotler writes in his powerful book The Art of the Impossible.  

“More specifically, the term refers to those moments of rapt attention and total absorption when we get so focused on the task at hand that everything … continue reading

1: Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi discovered something fascinating.

The people who score the highest for overall well-being and life satisfaction are those with the most “flow” in their lives.

So, what exactly is flow?

Mihaly began studying high performance in the 1970s. He traveled “around the world asking tens of thousands of people about the times in their life when they felt their best and performed their best,” Steven Kotler writes … continue reading

1: Author Steven Kotler was on a quest. 

As a self-described “science guy,” he wanted to understand the “semi-mystical” experiences he was having while surfing.

Experiences that were literally bringing him back to life. At age 30, he contracted Lyme disease and was barely able to function for one hour a day.

Yesterday, we looked at the incredible recovery he experienced after he started surfing.

Steven wanted to decode … continue reading

1: Steven Kotler was ill. It was the end of the road.

“All I would be from this point forward was a burden to my family and friends,” he writes in The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer. 

“I had a sizable collection of barbiturates in the bathroom, a couple of bottles of whiskey in the kitchen. Suicide became a very real possibility. It was no longer a … continue reading

1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.

Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.

Death comes at two speeds, fast and slow, Peter Attia writes in his book Outlive.

Peter chose Johns Hopkins for his medical residency because of its top-notch reputation … continue reading

1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.

Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.

We are living longer. That’s a fact.

Lifespans have nearly doubled since the late 1800s, Dr. Peter Attia writes in his compelling book Outlive.

But when we look at the … continue reading