{"id":6653,"date":"2018-06-23T17:48:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T22:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scribemedia.com\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2023-08-14T19:46:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T00:46:48","slug":"functional-nutritionist-speaking-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scribemedia.com\/functional-nutritionist-speaking-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Robert Silverman\u2019s Journey from Functional Nutritionist to Speaking at Google"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr. Robert Silverman has never been very concerned with his patients\u2019 symptoms. <\/span><\/p>\n His ultimate goal as a functional nutritionist is to find the <\/span>root cause<\/span><\/i> of his patients\u2019 problems and fix them holistically, rather than fixing their symptoms. In his private practice, he treats musculoskeletal injuries using noninvasive treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n He\u2019s obsessed with finding long-term solutions for people, rather than short-term remedies.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn our country, everyone looks at the doctor as a bandaid for a bullet wound. That\u2019s not good enough; medicine should be preventative. I like to move people out of the way of the gun before it ever fires.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Through years of practice, Dr. Silverman knew that if people didn\u2019t fix their bodies from the inside out, they\u2019d never get the long-lasting outcomes he wanted for them. <\/span><\/p>\n He could convince some patients to fix their health from the inside out, and he could lecture other doctors, but Dr. Silverman saw that as passive knowledge. There was nothing permanent about the knowledge he shared.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSpeaking to patients all the time is great, but everything I say can be quickly forgotten. Maybe I change a few minds, maybe I don\u2019t. The words were great in the exam room or in conferences, but they only reverberated to a small group of\u00a0<\/span>people.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n He needed a more permanent way to preserve his words, as well as the credibility to convince patients who couldn\u2019t understand or internalize his advice. <\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, Dr. Silverman wanted validity in his field. He was getting infrequent speaking gigs, but in order to lecture at most universities and for certain organizations, he needed to be an author.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t want to write a book to get on Dr. Oz or CNBC. I wanted to write a book to exponentially increase my voice. I wanted to get my knowledge out in a way that allowed people to learn from me even if I wasn\u2019t in the room.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Despite his self-imposed mandate to write his book, Dr. Silverman still struggled. He didn\u2019t know how to start a book, let alone finish it. And even if he did write the book he wanted, he had no idea where or how to publish it.<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Silverman is a busy practitioner. He didn\u2019t have time to teach himself how to write a book, edit it, and publish it in a professional format.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEven if by some miracle I found a publisher, I still needed help writing the book. I needed someone to tell me when I was way off base, and when I needed to say more about a topic. I\u2019m a big believer in coaching. How was I going to find a coach to get me through this process?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n One of Dr. Silverman\u2019s patients referred him to <\/span>Scribe<\/span><\/a>, which was exactly what he needed. Scribe did all things related to writing and publishing Dr. Silverman\u2019s ideas in an all-in-one package.<\/span><\/p>\n Scribe would type out the manuscript, design the cover, print it, and bind it. In order to get the best book possible, all Dr. Silverman had to think about was speaking through the material he already knew intimately; Scribe handled all of the other aspects of the book-writing process.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn my practice, I focus on taking a holistic approach with my patients. The fact that I could find a publisher who could take that same approach was perfect for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n After already spending five years waiting to publish his ideas, Dr. Silverman benefited greatly from the accountability and deadlines built into Scribe\u2019s process. Dr. Silverman\u2019s team always communicated their next steps in the process, when his deliverables were due, and who to talk to when he had questions.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMy team was experienced, which was amazing because they always knew what to do. But more importantly, they cared. My success was their success, and that made all the difference in the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n However, having a second opinion often caused troubles in the process for Dr. Silverman. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere were times when my creative team had a different vision than me. In the end, I\u2019m glad I listened to them. That\u2019s what they\u2019re there for: an impartial team to focus everything on my reader\u2019s perspective, and ensure I wrote the best possible book.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n With his team, Dr. Silverman wrote and edited a book that was specifically designed to impart his unique knowledge of functional nutrition to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n People seek out doctors they can trust. For Dr. Silverman, his book has earned him more trust than he ever expected.<\/span><\/p>\n\nDr. Silverman grew frustrated with patients who either refused to take his advice or couldn\u2019t understand it.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Even after he decided he needed a book, Dr. Silverman spent five years waiting to write it.<\/span><\/h2>\n
Scribe gave Dr. Silverman accountability and a second opinion (exactly what he gives his patients). <\/span><\/h2>\n
Dr. Silverman\u2019s book has yielded amazing results, including getting onstage for Talks at Google.<\/span><\/h2>\n