The Healthy Man Has 100 Desires, The Unhealthy Man Has Only
2024-07-27 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:30 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Health, sleep and habits · mode: Reflection and life update · tags: His medical past
In a Short, Ali cites the saying that the healthy man has 100 desires and the unhealthy man only one, and says working in hospitals, where CEOs and homeless people lie in the same beds, often with preventable illness, made him want to look after his health.
What is said
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00:00:00 — The healthy man has 100 desires; hospitals as the great equaliser
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★★ Ali cites the saying that the healthy man has 100 desires and the unhealthy man has only one. — 00:00:00
“The healthy man has 100 desires. The unhealthy man has only one.”
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★★ Ali calls hospitals the great equaliser: the patients he worked with, from high-flying CEOs to homeless people, all lay in the same beds in the same hospital. — 00:00:00
- ★★★ Seeing many hospital patients whose illness could have been prevented, perhaps by not smoking or by taking diet and exercise seriously, made Ali really want to take care of his health. — 00:00:00
- ★★★ Ali says hospital work makes you appreciate that life is short and that some things about your health are within your control and very useful to control. — 00:00:00
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