Bill (William K.) Appelgate believes that inspiring improved personal health behaviors is the change-the-world strategy required for the future of healthcare in America. He is the Executive Director of the Iowa Chronic Care Consortium and Founder of the Clinical Health Coach® training. His professional work has included service as a director of a university research center, a college foundation director, a college president, CEO of two comprehensive, innovative healthcare systems as well as vice-president and clinical professor at a leading graduate health sciences university and medical school.Dr. Appelgate also happens to be one of my mentors whom I interviewed for my book, The Art of Health Hacking, and worked with on the Clinical Health Coach Training team or a few years. If you want to understand HOW and WHY people change, and how you might consider approaching behavior change in your life, definitely tune in. You’ll leave feeling more empowered and activated in your own health journey! Show Notes: Links:TJ's book - The Art of Health Hacking - Chapter 1, 6, 13 all chapters that aim to empower people with self-coaching exercisesToby Cosgrove - CEO of Cleveland Clinic… and his interview on Meet The PressBill’s Free E-book on Architect’s for Good HealthBill’s Health Coach Trainings - online and in-person Quotes:“If people just took a little more responsibility for their health that has the greatest potential  of anything to change the healthcare in America.” - “If you are going to take some responsibility for your patients you gotta get to that 98-99% that happens outside your office.” — “Behaviors are pivotal in the business of healthcare.” — “Our job as individuals and the opportunity we have is to become an architect for good health, and we can’t really rely on others to do that.” -