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

Notes from Steve (Posted June 2, 2025)

Personally, I think I’m thinking too much.  I have a lot of things on my plate. Instead of lining them up and applying the correct amount of anxiety and stress to each one - I’m clumping them all together and basically freaking out.  A friend asked how planning was going for RAGBRAI,...
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Notes from Steve (Posted May 19, 2025)

Hope you all had a great Hospital Week!  (I’m writing this on the Monday of Hospital Week with high anticipation of an excellent week of celebration.)  I’ve been in healthcare my entire career … a lot of people in healthcare come from a family of people who work in healthcare.  My family was...
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Notes from Steve (Posted May 12, 2025)

I’m writing this on 50525 (May 5, 2025).  I’m beyond excited for this day because it is Clarion’s zip code.  I’m geeking on it because it will never happen again.  I’ve stressed this point to several people, and for the most part, they just nod and change the subject.  I don’t care - things...
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Notes from Steve (Posted May 5, 2025)

Newslines42825 I did a ride on my Peloton stationary bike last night. The instructor, Matt - a great coach - talked about the real definition of a peloton. A peloton is basically a group of riders but in large crowds. A peloton (or group of riders) is a fast group of riders...
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Notes from Steve (Posted April 21, 2025)

I’m in a 5k for the Drake Relays next Saturday morning.  I’m the slowest runner ever.  Like plod.  I’m part of a Facebook support group called “Slow AF Running Club” for slow runners*.  I can usually do my embarrassingly slow jogs in Des Moines on the bike trail (I don’t feel self-conscious because nobody...
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Notes from Steve (Posted April 14, 2025)

Doubt your doubts - a preacher once said.  For me - I fell twice on my bike this year.  Not big time, hurting myself falls, but falls nevertheless.  And it was because I didn’t trust my instinct and doubted my abilities; I fell*.  Same with the rest of my life - my intuition on...
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