Be Valuable. I was thinking, “What do I consider valuable in my life?” Obviously, family and friends and everyone and everything at Iowa Specialty Hospital and Clinics, and stuff like that … but what from a material perspective do I consider valuable? As I look around my house and think,...
Be Unbreakable When I think about the word for this week, I think about the strong female role models in my life and the lessons they taught me. The first one is my mom. My dad passed away when I was nine years old, and although it was a terrible...
Be unbreakable. I’m done with skiing*. For the most part, I don’t run outside anymore. I’m fairly up on the state of my health. I get vaccinated when possible. I avoid sickness. I get enough sleep, and I meditate daily. Am I unbreakable? Not at all – but I try...
Thanksgiving. I’m trying – really hard – to have a constant flow of gratitude this month. It seems like everyone (from politicians to family members) are really snappy lately. It’s so easy to criticize and judge and add comment to whatever floats by our collective conscious. In this month of...
Be Thankful. I watched this TikTok of this 9-year-old kid giving the prayer at Thanksgiving, and he broke down into sobs. He was moved by being grateful. It was supposed to be funny, but I’ve thought about it for a while. Why aren’t we all emotional when thinking about how...
Be sincere …* They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We have been looking at our mission, vision, values, and culture in strategic planning as of late. One of the words that sticks out to me is “benchmark” in our vision statement. The reason it’s sticking out is...
Be Sincere One of the things I have been working with Maleigha on lately is owning her decisions and taking responsibility for the consequences. She had fallen behind in a class and tried to pretend to both myself and the teacher that she was caught up. We had a discussion...
Be Resilient*. (Definition: the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions.) I tell the new employees in orientation that if we weren’t heavily into Organizational/Service Excellence when the orthopedic surgeons came on board 15 years ago, there would be no way we would have survived bringing orthopedics on...
Be Quirky Maleigha and I occasionally talk about how she has a pretty big personality, and she can be a lot to take in sometimes. She has the biggest heart, and everything she does has a little dramatic flair to it. With that being said, I have had to coach...
Be Quirky. Quirky? I looked it up. One of the synonyms was unconventional (… other words were eccentric and unusual …). I thought “yep, we’re unconventional”. By looking at things differently, in an unconventional manner, we are able to accomplish the impossible. I used to tell people, when I golfed*...
