Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

Palliative Care/Cancer Support Physician briangansmd.com Phoenix, AZ Joined January 2014

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

8 months ago

"Enough courage to get started + enough sense to focus on something you’re naturally suited for + enough persistence to stay in the game long enough to catch a few lucky breaks + a lot of hard work. There’s your recipe." -@JamesClear

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

9 months ago

“You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing everything with logic. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.” - Warren Buffet

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

9 months ago

“When you desire something outside your sphere of power, you set yourself up for disappointment. But it is within your power to avoid disappointment, by directing your desires to things that are rightfully yours to obtain and control. If you wish to be free, do not desire…

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

9 months ago

“Whenever distress or displeasure arises in your mind, remind yourself, “This is only my interpretation, not reality itself.” Then ask whether it falls within or outside your sphere of power. And, if it is beyond your power to control, let it go.” — The Manual: A Philosopher's…

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food - Hippocrates

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

"You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. Hospice will do all we can, not only to help you and your family during this sensitive time to be as peaceful as possible but also to live comfortably until you or your loved one passes.” —Cicely Saunders

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“You really don’t need more time before death; what you need is more depth of experience during the time you’re given. That’s the way to live each moment of your life. You let it fill you completely. You let it touch you to the depths of your being.” —Michael A. Singer

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“Committing yourself to unconditional happiness will teach you every single thing there is to learn about yourself, about others, and about the nature of life.” — The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“Yoga attempts to create a state in which we are always present—really present—in every action, in every moment.” — T. K. V. Desikachar

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“Limitations and boundaries only exist at the places where you stop going beyond. If you never stop, then you go beyond boundaries, beyond limitations, beyond the sense of a restricted self.” — The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“Real transformation begins when you embrace your problems as agents for growth.” — The Untethered Soul, Michael A. Singer

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“No matter what happens below you, just turn your eyes upward and relax your heart.” — The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael A. Singer

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

"You cannot remove struggle from life, but you can improve your ability to handle challenge." –@JamesClear

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“In this age of information abundance and overload, those who get ahead will be the folks who figure out what to leave out, so they can concentrate on what’s really important to them.” — Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” —Gustave Flaubert

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“If you have two or three real passions, don’t feel like you have to pick and choose between them. Don’t discard. Keep all your passions in your life. This is something I learned from the playwright Steven Tomlinson.” — Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“I think it’s good to have a lot of projects going at once so you can bounce between them. When you get sick of one project, move over to another, and when you’re sick of that one, move back to the project you left. Practice productive procrastination.” — Austin Kleon

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world . . . plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera.” —Edward Tufte

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Brian Gans, MD @briangansmd

2 years ago

“The manifesto is this: Draw the art you want to see, start the business you want to run, play the music you want to hear, write the books you want to read, build the products you want to use—do the work you want to see done.” — Austin Kleon