Receiving a Doctorate Degree is a Long and Arduous Process.
Upon receiving your Degree, you get to Legally add some Letters to the beginning and/or end of your name.
Dr. So and So.
So and So, PhD.
So and So, MD.
That is only a Tiny Sample of the Many Letters that can be Added.
Many People Spend Years Working on Projects and Work to Receive their Doctorate Degrees.
Now, have "I" gone through this Process?
No.
So you may be wondering Why this Article is called...
Did I Become a Doctor?
Legally, the answer is No.
I Have Not.
I Have Not gone through the Process of Receiving these Letters with my name.
I Have Thought About It...
Absolutely.
However, at this point, the Value Proposition does not make Sense to Me.
I Chose a Different Path for My Career.
Learn from Individuals who are at the Cutting Edges of Science and Psychophysiology in Different Domains of Expertise.
The kind of Knowledge that, Legally, Universities are Unable to Teach due to their own Processes for Creating Curriculum.
The kind of Knowledge that many University Researchers are Unable to Pursue due to "How" their Processes Work and "Who" is Funding them.
I've gone about Understanding the Work of those Types of Individuals, Connecting their Work, and Seeing how these Different Domains Work Together...
Then I Focused on my Application of these in the Domains of Attaining Peak Performance, Sageship, and Leadership.
Today's Science, Research, and Technology have Increased the Speed of Innovation Significantly Faster than Universities can Keep Up With.
This is part of the "Value Proposition" of Why I have Not Pursued a Doctorate Degree.
Why would I spend the Time and Money to be a Decade Behind the Science that Exists Today?
So, No, I am Not A Doctor...
But...
I did Receive a Fascinating Message the other day that was Interesting...
A Magazine, Best In Texas, is in the Process of creating their "Doctor's Edition" for 2025.
They feature Doctors and Practitioners they have Found within Texas who stand at the Heights of their Industries.
One of those Recognitions of Esteem that Exists in our World, or at least in Texas.
The kind of Award that I would be Honored to Receive "If" I were a Doctor.
Which is what made the Message to Me Surprising...
"We are excited to include you in Best in Texas Magazine as a Featured Doctor..."
Wait...
When Did I Become a Doctor?
Again, Legally I am Not a Doctor, I have Never Claimed to be One, and the couple of times people have Mistaken me for one I have Corrected Them.
So, you can Imagine how I was Confused when I Read the Message.
But...
I'm also Curious by Nature.
If they made a Mistake, No Harm No Foul.
I've been Mistaken for Many things in My Life, and have been Offered Opportunities based on those Mistakes that I Couldn't Accept.
But if they Intentionally Reached Out...
Knowing I Held No Doctorates...
Well, I had to Know Why.
So I Reached Out.
I had a Wonderful Conversation with their Team.
I Discovered that they "Did" Reach Out Intentionally.
They Decided that my Work Qualified Me as a Practitioner within their Magazine, and I can Legally say I have Received Multiple Certifications as a Practitioner of Different Modalities within Psychophysiology.
But due to the Extent of My Work...
They could Not Easily Place it Into their Normal Categories...
So, They are Creating a New Category for Me and the Work I Do.
I Am Not A Doctor.
But I am going to be Recognized in the Best In Texas Magazine - Doctors Edition for the work I do with Psychophysiology as a Qualified Practitioner.
It is Interesting How you can Begin to Design a Career when you Dedicate Yourself Deeply to Something.
Be Recognized Next to Individuals that You Would Never Expect.
All because You Decided to Go Further than Most are Willing to Go.
Is that kind of a Career Path Difficult and Painful?
Yes, I Assure You there are Many Challenges.
But is it Worth It?
I Believe So.
Completely.
I know that I have been able to Do More Good in the World by Designing My Career Like This.
Help More People.
Raise People's Potentials.
Begin to Design a Better Future.
What is Exciting is that this is Only the Beginning.
Are You Ready to Go Beyond Leadership?
Tired of Broken Algorithms and AI Slop?
Excited to Dive Deeper into Psychophysiological Mastery?
Want to Change The World?