“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” - Wayne Dyer My theme for this week is change and challenging ourselves to grow. I had a wonderful opportunity last week to present a scholarship at the Belmond-Klemme Community High School awards night. Any...
“The squeaky wheel gets the grease.” I said this to someone yesterday regarding some personal stuff I needed done. It was in reference to me because I had to complain loudly and often to get something done. I remember Quint Studer once talked about patients who are unnecessarily picky. He...
Sail beyond the horizon; fly higher than you ever thought possible; magnify your existence by helping others; be kind to people and animals of all shapes and sizes; be true to what you value most; shine your light on the world; and be the person you were born to be....
This is hospital week. This is the week where you all – for all the incredibly meaningful and difficult work you do on a 24/7, 365 basis – are to be acknowledged and recognized. AWESOME JOB! However, you do incredibly meaningful and difficult work all the time and truly, I...
Someone was complaining somewhere recently about starting a sentence with “So ….” I do this often, and two things come to mind. One, “Complainers, get a life!” This comment came from the “2 Cents Worth” column in the Des Moines Register. People have been putting their 2 cents worth of...
“Give me one good reason why I should never make a change.” This is from that song I wrote about a couple of weeks ago – and also my motto of the moment. And “disruption” is my word of the moment. This kind of scares me, because it feels like...
By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher...
This week my focus is on the little things. When we compare organizations … about 90-95% of the makeup of the organizations are the same – the DNA is similar. Restaurants serve food, hospitals provide care, car dealers sell automobiles, stores sell stuff. The difference between a really awesome and...
No type has everything. The introverts and thinkers, though likely to arrive at the most profound decisions, may have the most difficulty in getting their conclusions accepted. The opposite types are best at communicating, but not as adept at determining the truths to be communicated. ~ Isabel Briggs Myers We...
I have this new favorite song that won’t leave my head. It’s “Budapest” by George Ezra. So I’m singing along, get to the chorus, and sing really loudly … “ah dee-bee doe” … thinking it was a scat phrase. Weeks pass and I’m listening to this song non-stop, singing “ah...
