So here is what happened... So after a 40 year friendship we decided to spend a week together to celebrate life with our incredible spouses (Diane & Barb) in August of 2019 in Taos, New Mexico with an elevated sense of importance as we both underwent significant surgeries this year to correct issues from our
I received it in the mail this week and it made me realize what one can accomplish when in the midst of wicked adversity. It was quite emotional to see the finished product and it took close to 20 revisions with lots of great insights from talented friends to complete it. The book is called
When I fill up at a Philips 66 gas station the number 66 always reminds me of how many radiation treatments I've had over the past 3 years: 33 Photon Radiation treatments at Froedtert in WI and 33 Proton Beam at MGH in MA. Radiation is a great thing and I'm truly grateful for it
Throughout my medical journey the one thing that never stopped expanding was my thinking about how to help others fulfill their ambitions. In addition to my fist book coming out called FOUR LOOP LEARNING, I also created the 4th revision Leadership Reflection Journal and a kit that contains a 70 page instruction guidebook on how
I've always thought that an elegant way to describe what you are doing and how you are doing it can be categorized by the 3 H's of Head- how you think, Hand- what you do and Heart- how you inspire others. My last blog stated that I have some good news that I would like
Greetings to the Members of my valuable network! I have some big news to share, but like all the TV shows that break into a commercial just before they announce something big...sorry I'm doing the same thing and will share the big news in my next blog. This gives me a bit more reflective time
It's funny how things seem to aggregate in our lives. Here are some inspirational acronyms I came across in the past week: BIBLE- Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth FAITH- Forwarding All Issues to Heaven FAMILY- Father And Mother I Love You GRIT- Gumption, Resilience, Integrity & Tenacity HAND- Have A Nice Day HATE- Having Anger
Greetings Friends! I came across this quote and wanted to share it with you as it's quite apropos to all of the learnings on my medical journey - it's from Diamond Dallas Page. "In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no
It's been such a touching week so far as so many people are reaching out to say hello and see how Barb and I are doing and I'm happy to say we are doing well! I'm feeling better and Barb is the perpetual ROCK! From day one it has always been in our collective headset
Greetings friends!! I'm so happy to share that I had all of the stitches removed this week from the Supraclavicular surgery on May 15th in Boston. In it's simplest explanation my right shoulder was surgically moved, tucked under my neck and the shoulder skin, tissues & nerves were used to patch the open wound behind
