Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism
Open Access

Abstract

If you have decided that you desperately and passionately commit to transforming yourself no matter how much effort, time and sacrifice that it will take, keep reading, this information is for you. As the well-known expression goes, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expect that you are going to get a different result.” Many of us have never learned this lesson. We hold on to familiar approaches to life issues when deep down inside we know that we will get the same result, although unhealthy, one that we are actually comfortable with. Doing something different takes either a very brave person or a very desperate person. I recommend that you take the bravery route and not wait for you to become desperate, some call it “hit rock bottom.” Being exposed to someone who is brave enough to transform, or is in the process of transforming his or herself, a mentor makes a tremendous difference because you realize that it is possible to succeed, “If they can do it, so can I.” Seek out a mentor, I have broken this down into two parts using an old adage adapted to fit my needs. First, “out with the bad.” Then, “in with the John good.”

Biography

John M. Baumann inspires and helps real people to live their lives to the fullest, and even embrace their life-changing event, with the goal of uncovering their life’s purpose (JohnBaumann.com). He is an internationally-recognized inspiring success speaker. In 2002, at 41 years old, working as the top attorney for a public company, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. From 2005 until 2014, he taught law at the College of Business at the University of Louisville to over 1,000 undergraduates. He was selected the most inspiring professor. He wrote a book entitled, “Decide Success - You Dead Yet. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Cornell Law School after graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, School of Management. As an attorney, he has passed the bar and practiced law in Texas, Louisiana and New Jersey before becoming General Counsel of a NASDAQ listed corporation headquartered in Kentucky.

E-mail: jmbaumann110@gmail.com