This tweet underscores why I write Bala Bites.
And why, you dear reader, are so engaged with it.
You and a thousand others read this newsletter because we want to be ready and educated for the time when all the chips are on the table.
(like in a hospital setting)
Or better yet, take action to prevent ending up in the hospital.
It's about preparation and prevention.
But there's another angle to the tweet that's bigger than those above.
It has to do with developing agency over your health.
Knowing you have the ability to exert control over a health circumstance and influence the outcome is a superpower these days.
Without that kind of agency, you will feel powerless in our current health system. Pushed around. Taken advantage of.
It wasn't always that way.
The shift happened slowly over decades but more people are getting hip to it.
Old way: Defer to the experts. Low-agency thinking is rewarded.
New way: Be a citizen expert. High-agency mentality garners respect.
