What really counts?

What I have found particularly frustrating about this whole “what to do about healthcare” imbroglio is not so much the answers that the politicians are coming up with. Those actually make sense when you consider the questions they’re asking. What has me talking back to the radio and the TV set like a crazy person isn’t their answers, it’s their total failure to ask the right question.

For what it’s worth, here’s what I think the right question is. The personal computer and the MRI machine were invented around the same time. WHY does a Personal Computer cost so little and work so well that it has become completely ubiquitous, and the MRI remains the same rare and expensive commodity it was 30 years ago? Answer that question, and you can solve the health care “crisis” pretty darn quickly and without a lot of pain.

But, I digress. The title of this post is “what really counts.”

In order to lead the best life possible, we should spend more time asking questions than looking to offer answers.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and make a bold assertion. The most important of all the questions you could ask is this: “What really counts?”

Lately I’ve found that question to be pretty helpful in planning my day and beyond. When I fail to ask it, I usually wind up having a bad day.

Asking what really counts is a good way to keep your turkey off the floor.