Meditations
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How Chaos Helps – Days 35-39
Great performers do what others avoid. They practice chaos thinking to create solutions status quo thinkers cannot imagine. Continue reading
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“…a few words” Days 28-32
If someone at my funeral described me as “Driven,” and someone else added “fool” that’s fine. Just so they speak reverently. Continue reading
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#1 Attention-Getting Word? “Naked” – Days 15-19
Leaders asking caregivers “How they give loving care” signals love matters and can initiate a culture change: to Radical Loving Care. Continue reading
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Turnaround Leaders – Days 8-12
Hospices do not cure, they heal. Right now, Alive Hospice needs both to turnaround, just as Nashville’s Baptist Hospital did. Continue reading
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The Enormous Power of “Mood Music” – Days 1-5
If you are a leader, I offer a New Years’s Invitation: If you raised your upbeat energy even higher how would it affect the mood music of thousands? Continue reading
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Are Holiday Cards Dead? – Days 353-357
NEWS: “‘U.S. Copyright Office rejects Semi-AI generated artwork as lacking “human authorship.'” Who will protect us from the risk that AI generated holiday greetings will diminish our rituals of loving care? Continue reading
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The Golden Thread to Unearthly Peace – Days 346-350
Our senses can report chaos. May Stafford’s words help you find your golden thread and experience a new peace as you care for those in need. Continue reading
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The Important Path To Grace – Days 339-343
Grief to Gratitude to a Grace that draws from the deepest well of courage. The refusal to be defeated by pain. The insistence on transcending it to precious, indefinable peace. Continue reading
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The Strange Way Grief Enriches Gratitude – Day 332-336
Grief, makes gratitude possible. Honoring what once was creates meaning.The discovery that without meaningful grief there is no meaningful gratitude exposed more of love’s colors. I hope it does the same for you. Continue reading
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Does Healthcare Need a Female President? Days 323-325
If you care about leadership in general, healthcare in particular and feel discouraged, I offer you hope: There are good alternatives out there. Two of the best are women. Continue reading
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