Season 1 Chapter 16 – Q3 People – People you serve and care for

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Chapter 16, cue 3. People People youe Serve and Care For. In this next chapter, titled People youe Serve and care for, Dr. Janowit explains to us how our health condition affects our interactions with others. This statement could not be more true. Dr. Jenowitz, talk to us about this inner circle and outer circle that you mention in the book. You say that it's, it includes our significant other, our children, our close friends. What does that mean exactly?

Sure. Well, it's funny, I remember that one movie that talks about the circle of trust, right? That was that Ben Stiller movie, Meet the Fockers, right? So it's a circle of trust. So you have your inner circle, you have of course, your significant other, right? Many listeners of this have families perhaps. So then you have your children and then of course you have your friends. So that's to me is your inner circle. You know, you're maybe like three to five really close friends as well. So, so that's your inner circle. Then of course your outer circle is your people you work with, like your work life. Part of them of course could be your inner circle, but by at large your co workers, your managers, the customers that you have is another part of that. So you have the outer circle and then there's other associates that you hang out with, acquaintances and stuff. And so to me this really creates leverage because when I look at this, I say, okay, not only do I want to be healthy for myself, but I want to be healthy for those that I serve and those who I care for, especially in my inner circle first, right? And so I'm being selfish in regards that I want to be healthy for them. And so, you know, if given the opportunity to work out or not work out or to pick the most nutritionally supportive food or not supportive food, if it's just about me, I'm not always going to do it. When that alarm clock wakes up there at 4:50 in the morning, I'm not really motivated to jump out of bed as much as I would say that I was. The knee jerk response is not going to be that way. But I know that if I have a full day of clients to serve, of patients to take care of, or, you know, I'm an older father, so we had our last child when I was 45, so it's a little bit older in life. Well, I know that I want to be healthy, not just for him as a two year old at the time of this filming, but I want to see him in his wedding, I want to play with his children. So I look at things and say, hey, I want to be healthy, not only for me, but I want to be healthy for my children. So I will do so many different activities when I think about them, as I'm sure most everybody does, but I want us. What I'm encouraging people to do is to become really intentional about taking steps to be healthy, not just for us, but be intentional and knowing your why. It's part of your why about those people that you love and you care for. I mean, when I took an oath to marry my wife, right, when we all took our vows, you know, I want to be the best version of me for her because she deserves that. So I will do all those things, just like I will with my kids. But first and foremost for my wife and then of course, for my friends. I want to be that good support system for my family, for the people who I hang out with, my close friends as well. And you know, it's interesting, I talked about in the last segment to look at areas of your life, say your healthcare team or the people you associate with, or even your friends, and say, okay, put a positive next to them. Are they a positive influence in your life or a negative influence in your life? Right. And then try to work on eliminating the negatives and add more positives into your life and that will increase the quality of your life. Well, this is also a good time to take that question in reverse and then say, so if someone was to put my name on their list, and that's the first question you want to say is like, how many people have your name on their list that you're part of their inner circle as a positive? Well, first, are they. Did you. First, you're right. But first, did you even make the list? Did you make the cut? Like, how many people would say that you're a mentor or you're a leader in their life in some aspect? You know, you're a very spiritually grounded person. And you know, you've. People are inspired by that. And with your modeling career, people are inspired by that. So you would be on a lot of people's list in different ways of who you are as opposed to.

I hope so.

You are, you are. You're on one of my lists. So you're an inspiration to me as well.

Thank you.

You're welcome. But how many people would you be on that list of their inner circle, which is a blessing. Right. And then to the second point of your question, would they put a positive or a negative sign next to your name? And so that really lends to the accountability as well. And how are we managing our inner circle? And how are we managing other people's inner circle that we may be in? Right. So that gives your highest leverage point is your inner circle. And then of course, as you expand out there to your work life or the rest of your world life. Right. Then that's your next level of, hey, how do you show up? And so that will give you that accountability. So when I think about the people group, the first one being our mentors and our leaders and our coaches and all those, that's where we learn a lot of the processes. But then when we think about the people that we care and serve for, that becomes how do we put those things into action when we talk about process? But it's clear to define those groups.

You know, in today's society, everyone's being pulled in so many different directions between family and children and work. And so between the inner and the outer circle, we do have a lot of people who we have to reserve energy for. And as you mentioned, the inner circle will demand the most energy from us at the beginning of the day, at the end of the day.

That's right. That's right.

And so it's important for us to maintain that energy even after we've served our outer circle and had to return to the inner circle, which can be challenging.

That's right.

But you talk about how managing our health and keeping your health at a prime functioning level affects those interactions. How does it affect the those interactions specifically?

Absolutely. So I'll just give you an example. So in my practice, we see patients very early in the morning. So we have a 6:45 patient and then we have a 6:00 clock patient and well over 100 patients in between. And my philosophy with how I approach care in my practice is I always wanted that 645 patient to have great energy, have me fully present, fully engaged in them getting well. And I wanted that same energy to transfer to that 6pm patient at the end of the day. Well, that takes a lot of intention. And so when we talk about process, you have to find ways to rest and recover, to hydrate, to nourish yourself emotionally, physically, chemically, spiritually. You have to fuel those ways to run that marathon. And then after you give it all at a day of work, I mean, I'll work a 13 hour day and then I know when I come home, one of my favorite moments of the day is when my kids run to me to give me that hug and I want to be fully present to them and have more in the tank. Well, you can't do that if you're not managing your health. And that's why, again, the first book I wrote was the Synergy Health Solution. Because you have to manage your health and make that the priority first so that you can create the foundation for everything else, right? Absolutely.

Absolutely. And anyone who's suffered from health issues and then recovered and experienced being healthy again understands the difference between your personal output. I know you and I can relate to that. And my functioning level is completely different when I have felt ill versus feeling healthy.

That's right.

And the outcome of feeling healthy and being able to serve the people around me really encourages me to fight for that continuity. Continued health.

That's right. That's awesome.