Sounds like Gracey is saying that this man uses his honorary degree in order to have the position that he holds at his workplace. That says something about the place where he works and I don't believe that it is good.

I didn't see that Gracey was saying anything about "life experience"..we can all agree that life experience can be much better than a degree. ..

Heck, I don't have a Ph.D and the medical director (psychiatrist) said that I did a better job at the psych hospital than some of the psychiatrists that saw patients there. They were impatient,no empathy, not insightful, rude to their patients and just generally not connected to their craft.

If I misread Miss Gracey's post, I'm sure she'll correct me.

I do pray that no one here takes this as a general indictment of psychiatrists. I have an excellent one now and I believe that most of them really care for their patients.