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Entries in the Competence category
Quiet Whispers
"Do you hear that noise?" my Uncle Sam asked. I could not hear anything, but when I listened carefully, I heard a faint clicking sound. "Your car is always talking to you... listen…
Some Things Don’t Belong to Me
I love to learn and enjoy a wide array of reading. No matter how much I read, however, I will remain an unlikely participant on Jeopardy, a popular TV quiz show in the United States featuring trivia…
Exercising Thanksgiving Muscles
Developing a skill in any area of life always requires a disciplined repetition. Just as I intentionally work my physical muscles daily in order to stay in shape, I need to intentionally practice…
Spiritual Blind Spots
I want to share with you a book I read during my long flight to Malaysia this month. It is called Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things by Dr. Madeleine Van Hecke. I quickly identified with…
A Formula for Crisis
My life as an emergency physician required action. That action was critical to success in crisis situations. When training emergency medicine residents I instructed them that there were necessary…
Don’t Lose Heart
Discouragement comes so quickly to me. Looking at the sad state of world affairs makes me wonder, “Is there any hope?” Staring daily at the pile on my desk representing important tasks…
Daily-ness
As a paperboy, I began each morning reading the sports page, then the comics, and finally the front page. Only then would I hop on my bike and deliver my papers. Those six years of rising at 5 A.M.…
Improving Effectiveness and Productivity
Effectiveness, efficiency and productivity have always been an issue for me in my work life. As an emergency physician time was always of the essence. Saving time and energy while maintaining…
Warnings Ignored
Lights flashing. Sirens wailing. No one responding. Everything inside of me told me to get out of there. But the person at the airline counter where I was waiting to board a flight nonchalantly…
Not What is Next, but What is Now
"What is important is not what is next but what is now." My friend continued by saying that many times she thinks so far ahead and worries about what might happen in the future that she…