If you only have two minutes
Copy exactly two lines. That is the whole route.
My most important point today is: …
The question I need answered before I leave is: …
Those two lines are a complete route. They are not a failed version of the full card. You may stop here.
What this lesson is for
Fifteen minutes and a whole life do not fit. That is the entire problem this chapter solves. Most appointments end with the important thing unsaid, not because anybody handled it badly, but because a person who is unwell, nervous and under time pressure cannot rank their own concerns in real time.
So rank them beforehand: three, in order. Three is not a limit imposed for tidiness. It is roughly what survives an appointment, and choosing which three is work you can only do calmly — which means now, not in the waiting room.
You leave with three ranked priorities, the smallest useful set of things to bring, one question you will definitely ask, and a place to write down what you were told.
Only in the video
Three things stay in the video.
- The moment outside the door, which is where this card is actually used and where most preparation falls apart.
- Marco's card, and what changes when the three priorities get ranked rather than listed.
- The four questions to ask around any choice, taken slowly enough to remember one of them.
This Program does not recommend a medicine, compare doses, select a treatment, or tell you to start, stop, restart, taper, change or combine anything. If you're considering a change, contact the professional who knows your situation before you act — and if it's urgent, use an urgent route.