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How Gritty Are You?

July 31, 2019 Mary Jo Goolsby

How gritty are you?  There is a great “Grit Scale” that lets you see how you compare to others in…

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Posted in: Persistence, Productivity and Momentum

Getting Started: Mentorship as Powerful Engine

February 4, 2019 Mary Jo Goolsby

Mentorship is powerful—both for the mentor and the person being mentored.  And professional growth is enhanced when a trusted mentor…

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Posted in: mentorship

What’s Stopping You? No. 2

November 20, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

The last post described the need to develop what Collins calls your Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG) and to develop…

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Posted in: Goals, Persistence

What’s Stopping You?

November 13, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

What’s stopping you from achieving your big goal?  Are you even clear about your big goal?  Collins talks about our…

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Posted in: Goals, Persistence

Emerson’s Words to Live and Lead By

August 23, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

  Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all…

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You Might Be a Thought Leader If . . .

August 5, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

A thought leader is someone recognized for knowledge in an area, a go-to person. Their knowledge allows thought leaders to…

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Posted in: Thought Leadership

Nurse-Led Primary Care Outcomes Equal or Possibly Better Than That of Physicians

July 22, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

Last week, an updated Cochrane Review of “nurse-led” primary care as “substitute” for that of physicians was published.  The findings continued…

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Posted in: NP Outcomes

Want to Work on Something Important?

July 16, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

Recently, my inbox delivered the July 2018 Granted message from Adam Grant, Wharton professor of organizational psychology and frequent speaker…

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Posted in: Goals, Leadership

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants . . . Bearing the Weight of Others

April 10, 2018 Mary Jo Goolsby

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants. (Isaac Newton) Lately, I’ve noticed many…

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Cultivate the Bloom of Leadership in Others

October 4, 2017 Mary Jo Goolsby

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Posted in: mentorship

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