Leadership Reverie

Life is all about metaphors and personal stories. I wanted a place to collect random thoughts, musings, and stories about leadership in general and more specifically on leadership and management in health care.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

"I play not my eleven best, but my best eleven"

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It's a long story (so I won't bore you with it), but my wife and I will be finishing up a move to a more permanent residence today. ...

Saturday, June 25, 2022

The view from above

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I read another great piece in Ryan Holiday 's daily devotional text, The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the...

Thursday, June 23, 2022

"Eat that frog!"

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What in the world did frogs ever do to us to deserve our contempt? Consider just one of our leadership metaphors - have you ever heard the ...

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

"Something that could never, ever possibly destroy us..."

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I came across an interesting fact the other day. Apparently, the city of Ligonier, Indiana (a small town in the Northeastern corner of Ind...

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Find your "yes" burning inside

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Last time I talked about the fact that "working hard" is not the same as "working productively." I mentioned Ryan Holid...

Thursday, June 16, 2022

"Never mistake motion for action"

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One of my New Year's Resolutions this year was to read a small passage from Ryan Holiday 's daily devotional text, The Daily Stoic:...

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Lessons from Gross Anatomy

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The 1989 film Gross Anatomy starring Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, and Christine Lahti came out right before I started medical school. Mo...

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