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Enjoy these weekly insights from Steve Simonin, President & CEO.

Notes from Steve (Posted February 2, 2026)

Everything is hyper wild right now - politically - so I’m trying to focus my attention elsewhere.  Biking (RAGBRAI route was announced, yay) and music (the band is pivoting “Irish” for St. Paddy’s Day at the Bru).  I texted a friend (a professor in Montana) who was putting up posts that would...
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Notes from Steve (Posted January 19, 2026)

I had a couple of welfare calls and texts after my article from last week.  “Steve, are you all right?”  So, I went back and reread.  I can see how this might have come across.   I’m fine.  Actually, I was thinking today that I’m really good - I haven’t felt this good in a while.*...
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Notes from Steve (Posted January 12, 2026)

Ignorance is never bliss.  I remember cartoons as a kid where ostriches hid their heads in the sand when they didn't want to deal with a situation.  This is a myth - because according to Google, it'd kill them*.  I think we all owe ourselves a dose of reality, and we should/need to...
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Notes from Steve (Posted December 29, 2025)

So, Christmas is over.  Time for resolutions for 2026.  I worry about resolutions that I have no plans on keeping.  Like - I’ll be traveling to the moon or growing a full head of hair in 2026. They just darken the process … I need to focus on what can be accomplished; however,...
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Notes from Steve (Posted December 22, 2025)

Merry Christmas Week!!!  My family is full of nurses (two, but they’re a lot … iykyk), so we do the holiday adjustments based on schedules.  I want to give a huge shoutout to any and all who have to adjust their holidays to accommodate work schedules … whether you work at the...
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Notes from Steve (Posted December 8, 2025)

I have this small table of "Karens" (*) in my head, judging everything, always constantly calling for the manager.  This is probably more information about me than you wanted to know, but I'm working on it.  My goal is to change my inner voices to "nice and kind".   My mentors - Quint...
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