In no way am I claiming to be an expert on any subject other than perhaps myself and what I’ve overcome. After all, I was there, lived every minute of it and know more about myself than anyone else ever will. But even that is a huge stretch for being an “Expert”. The more time we all spend in our mind the more questions we will have. I am human, I make and will make mistakes, but that will never EVER be an excuse to not give this life my every thing! The only way to do that is to keep on this quest of wisdom and seek knowledge from everyone, everything.
We know Experts are not always right. Furthermore Experts, who use this title often do not want to be questioned. One would reason to think that… A). Being an expert you should want to keep knowing more about your area with further questions from different perspectives. B). Once the title of “Expert” has been internalized, you’ve allowed a cap to your knowledge. Thus closing yourself off – there is nothing more to learn.
So while I know a lot more than most in my areas of interest and work, I will never cast myself an expert in any area because that essentially stops me from learning and seeking all there is to know. By our very nature we are curious and have an intentional thirst for more knowledge.
To help you quench this thirst here is a refreshing taste of direction from the “Experts”! Experts who we shouldn’t question….Enjoy!
David was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala. His family was very poor, not US poor but 3rd world poor. The Shack his family lived in was wedged between a plastic factor and railroad that was within walking distance of a city landfill. At the age of 5 he arrived in the US and fondly recalls seeing carpet, plubming and the 800 sqft palace that his Mom and Stepfather owned in TX. At the age of 13 he entered into fostercare due to an abusive Mother who had many problems from the life she had lived in Guatemala.
He become a Ward of the State, and excelled in both School and Athletics. He graduated with honers, placed in State Art compititions, All district Football, Regional Track Qualifier 4 years in a row, and State/National Powerlifing champion.
Being in Fostercare wasn't easy as less than 1% of children at the time attended higher education. Despite many suggesting he reconsider his dreams of Attending a large University, he chose to apply to only his dream school since the second grade. He was accepted, and left his mark at his Alma Mater. He worked in the Office of The President, in the Practice football Squad his 1st semester, worked as a recruiter for the College of Arts and Sciences and Athletics department while earning Degrees in Architecture, Psychology, and Business.
In 2008 he found it difficult to find a job and resorted to working at lower qualifying jobs. Lowe's and Kohl's helped him to keep his passion and dream alive just long enough. While it took a serious accident to reawaken him, he has now become more of himself than he ever was.
He has two wonderful healthy children, an avid weightlifter, ultra distance runner qualifying 1st in his age and top 5% or better in each race, owner of 3 businesses, and has helped over 35 others establish a successful and thriving private healthcare practice.
David has been working on an autobiography of his journey. His mission and passion is to help others realize they are much more powerful than they realize. In his words "you do not need to take advantage of others in order to be successful, since we are far more successful together". His personal goal is to live each day aspiring to be better than average as his life has been far from easy. Easy is simply not his style! He lives by the German expression "wennschon, dennschon", if your going to do something than do it! He has often stated that our biggest challenge as people is conformity, we get too comfortable with comfort. We stop growing and challenging our self.
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4 Replies to “Direct from the “Experts”!”
P.S. This blog site is NOT just about this virus but come on!!!! When our kids can’t go to school or see their friends, or play in the playgrounds, or we are being kicked out of places because we choose not to ware a mask, and are being told that we might “kill someone by infecting them”. COME ON!?
Thank you very much for your courage in posting your comment! ICD10, as you know, is used by all healthcare workers, its not made up, only the specific parts were highlighted for the purpose of discussion and questioning. YES!I agree that people die or will die! But from what exactly is the real concern. According to WHO, there’s 0.000064% of the population that has “died from COVID” excluding any misdiagnosis or lack of documentation. Furthermore, here are some incentives that present a conflict of interest, Provider Relief Funds. Gov.,Media, EVERYONE can manipulate wording/statistics but the results are the same. YES I VERY MUCH AGREE PEOPLE DIE, but shouldn’t we be more focus on the cases that have survived (0.046% dead of the “confirmed cases”)? Shouldn’t we be studying this Virus rather than not requesting documentation? Shouldn’t we be eliminating all variables by encouraging full autopsies? MOSTLY, shouldn’t we have these discussions as I have realized that both sides are driven from a true sense of caring for each other. I am making choices to be healthy and helping my kids to make healthy choices as this is the only thing we can control. We cannot control how or when we will die but we can choose how to live our life. Thank you again very kindly for your post!
P.S. This blog site is NOT just about this virus but come on!!!! When our kids can’t go to school or see their friends, or play in the playgrounds, or we are being kicked out of places because we choose not to ware a mask, and are being told that we might “kill someone by infecting them”. COME ON!?
Enough is enough!
Seriously?
Thank you very much for your courage in posting your comment! ICD10, as you know, is used by all healthcare workers, its not made up, only the specific parts were highlighted for the purpose of discussion and questioning. YES!I agree that people die or will die! But from what exactly is the real concern. According to WHO, there’s 0.000064% of the population that has “died from COVID” excluding any misdiagnosis or lack of documentation. Furthermore, here are some incentives that present a conflict of interest, Provider Relief Funds. Gov.,Media, EVERYONE can manipulate wording/statistics but the results are the same. YES I VERY MUCH AGREE PEOPLE DIE, but shouldn’t we be more focus on the cases that have survived (0.046% dead of the “confirmed cases”)? Shouldn’t we be studying this Virus rather than not requesting documentation? Shouldn’t we be eliminating all variables by encouraging full autopsies? MOSTLY, shouldn’t we have these discussions as I have realized that both sides are driven from a true sense of caring for each other. I am making choices to be healthy and helping my kids to make healthy choices as this is the only thing we can control. We cannot control how or when we will die but we can choose how to live our life. Thank you again very kindly for your post!