Hoops

I was watching the Boston Celtics championship basketball victory in Boston Garden with 20,000 people going berserk. It occurred to me and my wife that these people are men and women, black and white, native born and immigrant, straight and gay, and a mixture of so much more diversity, spanning four generations or more.

And there they are, embracing each other, exchanging high-fives, and mutually joyous, having watched men race up and down a court throwing a ball around and making hoops. The mere acts of athleticism and teamwork ignited an arena of strangers to become family for a glorious moment in time.

Aren’t there other things we can all rally around that will bring us together instead of ripping us apart? Are there no leaders any more who can do that?

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Are you weather?

The thunderstorm doesn’t know we exist. Rain dances and wishes are ineffective at bringing or preventing a storm, because it isn’t caused by our actions.

Metaphorical weather is tempting to mistake as a response. When someone cuts us off in traffic or doesn’t engage with us the way we might hope for, it’s easy to take it personally.

But the weather would be there with or without you.

There are two useful questions:

The first is whether we’re signing up to be in weather conditions that aren’t safe or helpful.

And second, when the tables are turned, is to ask ourselves, “Am I being someone else’s weather right now?” Because that’s something we do have control over.

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What Is Healthcare Data Analytics? Types and Applications

Can data save lives? It can, and it is saving lives. 

If you are wondering how healthcare data analytics is your answer. Data analytics is the use of analytics software to extract valuable insight from big datasets. 

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“What will I tell my boss?”

If you can’t answer that six-word question, you’re selling a commodity.

Organizations don’t buy things, people do. And people at companies aren’t spending their own money, so this is the only question on the table.

A cogent story, based on affiliation and status, one that sees and respects the dynamics of the organization, is actually what they’re paying for.

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