Dr. Alok Kanojia

Like long-term, it's not that we need to structure our environment so that you're like a robot who's like, you know, responding to this environmental stuff and you're not really in control. Long-term, what we want is I want you to be surrounded by potato chips. And I want you to be able to control yourself because you understand yourself.

Like long-term, it's not that we need to structure our environment so that you're like a robot who's like, you know, responding to this environmental stuff and you're not really in control. Long-term, what we want is I want you to be surrounded by potato chips. And I want you to be able to control yourself because you understand yourself.

And in the patients that I work with that are suicidal, you know, we'll get to the point where even when they're happy, they'll have suicidal thoughts, but they're truly centered and like in control. So they'll even tell me, right?

And in the patients that I work with that are suicidal, you know, we'll get to the point where even when they're happy, they'll have suicidal thoughts, but they're truly centered and like in control. So they'll even tell me, right?

And in the patients that I work with that are suicidal, you know, we'll get to the point where even when they're happy, they'll have suicidal thoughts, but they're truly centered and like in control. So they'll even tell me, right?

A lot of times psychiatrists freak out and they'll say like, oh, you know, I'm having suicidal thoughts and I'll just ask them a couple of years and I'll be like, is that something we need to worry about? And they'll be like, no, like it's okay. And so what we're really talking about is what do you want to shape? Do you want to shape the outside to make things easy on yourself?

A lot of times psychiatrists freak out and they'll say like, oh, you know, I'm having suicidal thoughts and I'll just ask them a couple of years and I'll be like, is that something we need to worry about? And they'll be like, no, like it's okay. And so what we're really talking about is what do you want to shape? Do you want to shape the outside to make things easy on yourself?

A lot of times psychiatrists freak out and they'll say like, oh, you know, I'm having suicidal thoughts and I'll just ask them a couple of years and I'll be like, is that something we need to worry about? And they'll be like, no, like it's okay. And so what we're really talking about is what do you want to shape? Do you want to shape the outside to make things easy on yourself?

Or do you want to shape yourself so that like easy and hard is the same difficulty for you?

Or do you want to shape yourself so that like easy and hard is the same difficulty for you?

Or do you want to shape yourself so that like easy and hard is the same difficulty for you?

You know, I grew up the son of Indian immigrants who were both doctors. And so, as I said earlier, I was genetically pre-med. And so I went to college, but I didn't really care about, the only thing I cared about for being a doctor was like the prestige that comes with it. So I was like, I was 18 years old. I went to the University of Texas at Austin.

You know, I grew up the son of Indian immigrants who were both doctors. And so, as I said earlier, I was genetically pre-med. And so I went to college, but I didn't really care about, the only thing I cared about for being a doctor was like the prestige that comes with it. So I was like, I was 18 years old. I went to the University of Texas at Austin.

You know, I grew up the son of Indian immigrants who were both doctors. And so, as I said earlier, I was genetically pre-med. And so I went to college, but I didn't really care about, the only thing I cared about for being a doctor was like the prestige that comes with it. So I was like, I was 18 years old. I went to the University of Texas at Austin.

I was going to be a doctor, not just any doctor, best doctor. I'm going to go to Harvard, right? Because that's what good Indian kids do. So like, that's what my goals were. But like, I had no actual motivational drive. So I played a bunch of video games, started in high school, started to become a problem there. But then I basically failed out of college.

I was going to be a doctor, not just any doctor, best doctor. I'm going to go to Harvard, right? Because that's what good Indian kids do. So like, that's what my goals were. But like, I had no actual motivational drive. So I played a bunch of video games, started in high school, started to become a problem there. But then I basically failed out of college.

I was going to be a doctor, not just any doctor, best doctor. I'm going to go to Harvard, right? Because that's what good Indian kids do. So like, that's what my goals were. But like, I had no actual motivational drive. So I played a bunch of video games, started in high school, started to become a problem there. But then I basically failed out of college.

So my first year in college, I had less than a 2.0 GPA. Half of my transcript was literally Fs. And then so I was on academic probation and barely made it through my second year. So I was on the verge of getting kicked out and like had all I had to do is get higher than a 2.0 GPA. And so I had managed to get like a 2.1 or something.

So my first year in college, I had less than a 2.0 GPA. Half of my transcript was literally Fs. And then so I was on academic probation and barely made it through my second year. So I was on the verge of getting kicked out and like had all I had to do is get higher than a 2.0 GPA. And so I had managed to get like a 2.1 or something.

So my first year in college, I had less than a 2.0 GPA. Half of my transcript was literally Fs. And then so I was on academic probation and barely made it through my second year. So I was on the verge of getting kicked out and like had all I had to do is get higher than a 2.0 GPA. And so I had managed to get like a 2.1 or something.