Solicit advice
People love to give advice. However, unsolicited advice is often considered a faux pax in today’s society—probably to everyone’s impoverishment, but that is the subject…
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Practice deliberate calm
The patient was crashing. His airway was managed by the anesthesiologist--but there was no pulse. I was shaking. And I'm sure everyone in the room…
Generous frugality
Frugality: noun the quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness This is a high value. Sometimes we call it "stewardship." Beware that it might be…
Trajectories
"Averageness, with time and discipline, will give a person influence by age sixty. Straight A's and brains don't do it--usually those have to be gotten…
Cost of business
Back in Jr. High or High School, I was helping Dad on a job. After we left the job site, several miles down the road.…
Generous listening
The dictionary defines rapport as "a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well" Daniel Goleman…
See one, do one, teach one
When I used to work as a surgical nurse, people would ask me, "So, you've seen a lot of surgeries. Do you think you could…
Get down
If you're trying to connect with a young child, you'd be amazed what a difference it makes if you kneel down so you can speak…
Process or product
I was helping my brother smoke some ribs a few weeks ago. When we were pulling them off and getting them ready to serve he…
How to eat an elephant
She said, "You don't eat an elephant in a day." My first thought was, "Who eats elephants?" My second thought was--"She's right, of course." Rhonda,…