Posted in Daily Life, Happiness, Vision, tagged Daily Life, goals, Happiness, inspirational, life, motivation, Optimism, outlook, proverb, proverbs, quotes, sayings, stories, wisdom on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
–Carl Brad
I like Brad’s perspective for several reasons. First, looking backward rarely helps us. When we concentrate on our past, we miss current opportunities, sometimes with disastrous results. The TV show America’s Funniest [...]
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Posted in Leadership, Management, Vision, Work, tagged clarity, Direction, Efficiency, inspirational, life, life lessons, Management, medical field, Operations, Organization, Person Experience, proverbs, Purpose, quotes, Real Life, sayings, stories, Tales, wisdom, workplace on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Several years ago, I had occasion to visit emergency rooms throughout a large geographical area as part of my job responsibilities. It wasn’t long before I became fairly familiar with their operation and culture. Interestingly, these medical units often took on the personality of their leader.
For instance, on one afternoon in a southern Illinois emergency [...]
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Posted in Leadership, Vision, Work, relationships, tagged apology, Chicago, clear vision, confrontation, dirt, error, faults, forgiveness, journey, looking ahead, mistakes, moving forward, mud, navigation, obscurity, obstruction, offence, path, people, relationships, roadway, shortcomings, view, weather, Work on December 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the rain, sleet and snow season here in Chicago. As I drive, I notice a lot of dirty mud and slush being thrown on my windshield, but, I know what to do about it. I simply hit the window washer button, which sprays cleaning fluid on the filth and activates the wipers’ blades, sweeping [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, Happiness, Vision, tagged Change, Daily Life, ebb and flow, fall, flowers, gardening, highs and lows, hope, impermanence, inspiration, life, life lessons, outlook, Positivity, preserverance, proverbs, quotes, sayings, seasonal, seasons, stories, survivor pansies, temporary, Vision, winter on November 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have just finished one of my annual fall chores, the planting of Winter Survivor Pansies. The eighteen yellow and eighteen purple flowering plants have added great color to the front of my house. As their name suggests, these bright flowers last past fall and into the early days of winter. Then, they simply go [...]
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