April 2011
1 post
If you haven’t read it - David Platt’s book “Radical: Taking back your faith from the American dream” is well worthwhile!
February 2011
4 posts
When vices are renamed virtues; it is the beginning of the end for a society.
For all interested in vaccines - a new society has started www.edwardjennersociety.org
Someone said it best: We are drowning in data and thirsty for knowledge!
Back from medical missions trip lecturing in Ecuador - outstanding experience and an audience hungry for information!
November 2010
1 post
Happy Thanksgiving to all! I am gratefully aware of the blessings me, my family, and nearly all of us share. Also aware of the men and women who are away from their families and loved ones serving our country in dangerous places - we had best remember them and the need for eternal vigilance if we are to continue to enjoy our hard won freedoms. God bless our Airmen, Marines, Sailors, and...
April 2010
1 post
Innovation
Just returned from giving a keynote address to the US Air Force Space Command medical folks on innovation in healthcare. Wonderful professionals who are engaged and passionate about doing everything they can to insure the health and well-being of our troops.
March 2010
5 posts
Team, Or Not?
One of the most effective ways to leverage your effectiveness is to learn how to effectively work with and led your team. Simple advice - make clear the team goals and vision, and reinforce it every day. Insure the tools your team needs are readily available, and move non-contributing members off the team as rapidly as possible. Listen, be involved and available, and make team members a part of...
Interview with Dr. Kiki Sanford's Science Hour
Had a great time being interviewed on Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour at live.twit.tv on flu and flu vaccines, as well as vaccine development and use. Look for it in the archives!
What's The Hurry?
It’s clear many of us suffer a new disease - “hurry sickness”. We rush through our activities anxious to get to the next one. Soon our lives become an endless stream of activities - none of which produces any lasting happiness or peace. What’s the hurry? is a question worth asking - and worth thinking about. Why not make it a goal, schedule it if need be, to spend 5...
START TODAY
You know you should - what’s holding you back? START TODAY! Is it a healthier diet? Exercise program? That project you’ve talked about? That dream you’ve dreamed? Here’s 4 steps to success: 1) Write it down. Be explicit about what it is you want to do and why. Put it on an index card and carry it with you. 2) Share it with someone close to you. Someone who can...
Getting From Here to There
How do you get where you want to go without a map or a compass? While that’s obvious to most people with physical directions, it’s less obvious with success in work and life in general. Maybe spend some time this weekend creating a physical “map” of where you want to go in life and with your work. Just the explicit act of framing in written terms has benefits. Pin it up...
February 2010
9 posts
Doing What's Hardest Is Success
Wanting to be more successful - and happier? Try a new strategy. Instead of avoiding those issues that are the most challenging and difficult for you - move toward them! This may be especially important for those things you fear. Facing those fears - even just being explicit about them - may be one of the most important strategy you have in your journey toward success! Do it - be fearless in...
Being Your Best
Some say you have to beat the best, in order to be the best. Maybe it’s true in sports and other areas, but I propose it is not a healthy ideal for life. Being the best really means doing the best with the gifts (and limitations) you have - and challenging yourself to achieve higher goals. It is an inner focus, and not an outward focus of simply trying to out do or out perform others. ...
You Better Own It!
Like the song says you only get one shot - how are you going to play it? Your life is for real and I am daily impressed how few have any real plan for success! And they suffer because of it. My motto is Purpose, Passion, Plan, Performance. Think deeply about what those mean for you and to operationalize them in your life. The truth is no one can really tell you how to do it - we can only give...
Healthy Eating, Food Rules, and Weight Loss
Ten percent of 2010 is already over. Here are 3 rules to improve your health and weight - starting today! 1. If it wasn’t food a hundred years ago it isn’t food today - don’t eat it! 2. Only shop from the periphery of the grocery store - fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats and seafood, fresh grains and bread. 3. Only eat on the days you exercise - with one day grace per...
Nutrition in a Bar
Hard to find all natural, high protein (soy), good tasting nutrition? I really appreciate CLIF Builder’s bars. 20 g of protein, no diry, no preservatives, and 270 calories…keeps me going all work day!
MMR Vaccine and Autism
Earlier today The Lancet retracted a paper published by Wakefield claiming that MMR vaccine causes autism. There is NO evidence that any vaccine causes autism spectrum disorder!
“And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on earth.” With that simple poem, Ray Carver in his “Late Fragment” expresses what I believe is a universal longing - to feel we are loved. Knowing that, what shall we do next?
Give the grace you desire to everyone around you. Remember that everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Grace
Give the grace you want to those around you. Remember that everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
January 2010
13 posts
4 Tips To Using TIme Wisely
Using Time Wisely - 4 Tips To Do Better We have plenty of time - we just choose to use it unwisely and fill it with distractions. Here are 4 healthy tips to using time: 1. The Power of Meta-Narrative. Be explicit in determining what you want to achieve or do with time. 2. Control Your Schedule. Schedules are tools. Set limits. 3. Use the 80/20 Rule. Look for and eliminate what is...
You are the captain of your own ship - but if you are wise you’ll use instruments that get you to the destination you desire.
The Evil of Ego - 5 Steps In The Journey
Been thinking about ego and all the damage it does. I suppose it stems from an awful mix of narcissism, cowardice (at its root), and lack of true self-awareness. Obvious consequences include goal/task failure, hurting others, and the inability to make progress that benefits the people in religion, politics, the work place - and, I suppose, nearly every human activity. The antidote is manifold...
Just returned from a visiting professorship at LSU in New Orleans. Wonderful Vaccine Research Center they are building!
Your Work
The work you do is a self-portrait - autograph it with excellence. (adapted from Peter G. James Sinclair
Wisdom first - then health, wealth, and success
Wisdom first - then Health, Wealth and Success!
Health, wealth and success are admirable goals – but start with wisdom – and the others may follow. And don’t be fooled, wisdom is much more than just knowledge. In fact, absent wisdom, I doubt it is possible to thoughtfully develop and execute a long-term plan for achieving any of the goals you most desire over the long run. So what is it you...
Yoda was right about goal success “do or do not - there is no try.”
The power of thank-you. As a faculty member, I attended the Mayo Clinic’s All-Staff Winter Party last night. It was a powerful way to say “thank-you” to the staff and faculty who devote so much to making the Clinic successful. “Thank-you” is an investment in those you lead and work with - are you saying thank-you? Two very powerful words…
“If you could get rid of just one thing that would change your life forever, it...”
See my tips for successful New Year’s resolutions at http://ping.fm/21pu7
It is more often fear, rather than courage, that dominates our decision-making. What are you afraid of?
Quick leadership lesson: Give others the grace and respect you want for yourself!
What’s important should never be at the mercy of the unimportant but urgent - Goethe