Everyone dreaded Morbidity & Mortality Conference when I was a medical student and resident. Usually it consisted of someone presenting a case in which, they the doctors, or the system screwed up.
It was a LONG hour for the person presenting as they were taken to task over their...
In the book Good to Great by Jim Collins, he talks about the concept of the “flywheel.” In that chapter, he speaks about how great companies start by pushing a heavy flywheel. Companies start by struggling to push this flywheel, or the core idea of their business. Then, as...
Being proactive is not just thinking positively. It’s not something we can preach and just not follow through. In my urgent care business, our motto is: You’re either all in, or you’re in the way.
That means we want every single person to own what they do and to be the best at...
Stressful times can have a way of hanging like a cloud over our daily interactions. And despite the best intentions, we are all susceptible to fixating on the cumulative adversity we face every day.
Whether you’re worried about your health, safety, equal opportunity, the...
The number one thing that holds you (and me) back from being ten times more successful and living the life of our dreams is fear. Fear paralyzes us because we feel we have no control. We all have fears and most of them are stupid and made up. The ancient Japanese saying,...
I recently heard Arnold Schwarzenegger talking about sleeping faster. This caught my attention. How can someone sleep faster? He said every person needs about six hours of sleep, he also knows some people say they need eight hours. His answer to that was, “Those people just need to learn to...
Do you stare at the night sky?
Have you gazed longingly at the sun as it breaks the distant horizon?
Do you dream? In a wakened state?
Of things beyond, where limits cease, and we become.
What we were meant to be.
When I was a kid, I used to climb the TV antenna attached to my...
The purpose of your business is to support you and your lifestyle. Go back to why you started the business to begin with. What do you want? Was it to serve the community, you, your team, or some combination? What did you want your business to provide for you and...
Embrace Failure!
We often spend our lives trying to avoid failure. On the surface that makes sense, failure hurts. It can be the source of much pain and frustration. On the other hand, it is also the source of all learning and progress. Think about anything you are good...
One of the biggest challenges facing any business is to decide what you are and what you represent. What do you stand for? How do you distinguish yourself from the competition? What makes your business unique and different?
Deciding on your values and your ...
We all have something we want to achieve in life. You would not be reading this if that were untrue. We see proof of this daily here at Living Every Minute, as we cross paths with so many amazing people, all with different dreams and intentions.
Fascinatingly, regardless of...
In the Lord’s Prayer, the fourth stanza says, “forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.”
Three verses later the Lord says,
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But...
