Another great post from Seth Godin. How does your doctor and stroke hospital justify even less than mediocre work? Or complete failure like the following?
Full recovery using tPA is only 12%.
Full recovery after stroke rehab is only 10%.
1. 30% get spasticity NOTHING THAT WILL CURE IT.
2. At least half of all stroke survivors experience fatigue Or is it 70%?
Or is it 40%?
NOTHING THAT WILL CURE IT.
3. Over half of stroke patients have attention problems.
NOTHING THAT WILL CURE IT.
4. The incidence of constipation was 48%.
NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL CURE IT.
5. No EXACT stroke protocols that address any of your muscle limitations.
6. Poststroke depression(33% chance)
NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT.
7. Poststroke anxiety(20% chance) NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT.
8. Posttraumatic stress disorder(23% chance) NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT.
9. 12% tPA efficacy for full recovery NO ONE IS WORKING ON SOMETHING BETTER.
10. 10% seizures post stroke NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT.
11. 21% of patients had developed cachexia NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT.
12. You lost 5 cognitive years from your stroke NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT.
13. 33% dementia chance post-stroke from an Australian study?
Or is it 17-66%?
Or is it 20% chance in this research?
NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS THIS
Justifying mediocre work
The list of reasons is nearly endless.
We need all of them to explain the shortcuts, phone-ins and half-work that we’re surrounded by.
All of them are pretty good reasons too. We’re in a hurry, the system is unfair, the market demands it, no one will notice, it’s not my job, I was handed a lousy spec, the materials are second-rate, the market won’t pay for quality, competition is cutthroat, my boss is a jerk, it’s actually pretty good, no one appreciates the good stuff anyway…
On the other hand, there’s only one way to justify work that’s better than it needs to be: Because you cared enough. Obviously our stroke associations don't care enough to solve stroke.
We need all of them to explain the shortcuts, phone-ins and half-work that we’re surrounded by.
All of them are pretty good reasons too. We’re in a hurry, the system is unfair, the market demands it, no one will notice, it’s not my job, I was handed a lousy spec, the materials are second-rate, the market won’t pay for quality, competition is cutthroat, my boss is a jerk, it’s actually pretty good, no one appreciates the good stuff anyway…
On the other hand, there’s only one way to justify work that’s better than it needs to be: Because you cared enough. Obviously our stroke associations don't care enough to solve stroke.
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