Phineas Gage was a railroad worker who, at age 25, in the year 1848, had a metal rod shoot through his skull in an explosion accident. This rod went through his cheek, behind his eye socket, and out the top of his skull. He not only lived, but showed no physical problems other than being…
1. Controversial topic this week that I felt the need to weigh in on… So… does Tylenol cause autism? Like just about EVERYTHING these days, facts get clouded by emotions, misinformation, and political positions. A video was the easiest way for me to share my thoughts, so click below to watch… 2. Uplifting story I…
As I drove through the city, making turn after turn, working my way to my destination, I had a thought, a thought that I have quite often… how in the world would I have gotten here without GPS? All I had to do is punch in the address, hit a button, and viola… a map…
1. Daily email I signed up for… You may have seen billboards along highways with inspirational quotes that are posted by Pass It On. I’ve always enjoyed them. Turns out that they have a website where you can find all of them. I also signed up to get daily emails from them with one of…
We are all striving to be more successful. We usually are working on one area of our life or another at any given time. In our quest to succeed, we seek out information that helps us get what we want or where we would like to be. We listen to friends, read magazines, go to…
1. Something I reflected on this week… The events of September 11th, 2001, rocked everyone. We all remember exactly where we were that day. This week, I found myself thinking about the 2,977 people who died on that day… the 2,753 at the World Trade Center, the 184 that died in the crash at the…
In the mid-1800s, women in maternity wards were dying at a high rate of puerperal fever, also known as childbed fever. A physician named Ignaz Semmelweis, while working at a hospital in Vienna, Austria, noticed that women in the maternity ward staffed by male physicians died at a rate three times that of the ward…
1. Funny post I saw this week… I see lots of funny posts each week (which is one of the reasons I scroll more than I should). I thought you’d enjoy this one… 2. Great podcast I listened to this week… I’m finding the Diary of a CEO podcast to be one of my favorites.…
It’s often the first steps that are the most difficult when taking on big challenges. Have you ever stood before a closet that needed cleaning, but were not sure where to even begin? Or a messy garage? We can let that feeling of being overwhelmed paralyze us. The solution is to do something. There may…