Dr. Alok Kanojia

I would go to class.

I would finish my day around between 3 and 5.

I would come home and I was done.

I made a rule that prior to tests, I would study more, especially on the weekends.

But generally speaking in med school, I studied two hours a day.

And I got two awards for academic achievement.

You have to understand the way that you work.

Yeah.

You have to have awareness of how things are affecting you.

As long as my hand is numb, I'll keep touching a hot stove.

You don't need to teach them anything.

The human instrument is designed to learn, but it can only learn if it is aware.

As a counselor, as a therapist, when you work with couples, what causes problems?

They don't understand how their actions are.

They're not aware of the impact of their actions.

Right?

And sometimes we'll run into things like denial with addiction, which is denial is intentional lack of awareness.

We numb ourselves intentionally.

oh, this fire alarm is going on and you're not aware that these are even fires.

I mean, I asked you an hour ago.