Just when it seems no one wants to hear the value of long term thinking, One headline hits and people shift into LTT in droves.
Larry Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz, recently had both legs amputated below the knees due to complications of his diabetes. Suddenly, podiatrists are being flooded with new patients concerned about the progression of foot problems related to diabetes.
By its very nature, prevention requires looking down the road to ramifications of today's actions (or lack of action). Americans avoid thinking long term whenever possible and it often takes a life or death scare or hit up along side the head to take off the blinders and look around at what needs done. For once, we seem to be learning from someone else's mistake.
"If a wealthy American with unlimited access to the best medical care can lose both legs to diabetes, I'd better start paying attention and make sure that doesn't happen to me!" Hmmmm, thinking long term might save us all a bundle of money, time and heartache. Interesting concept.
