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Swim with Current or Stand Like Rock?

March 12, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock” Thomas Jefferson Source: Pexels,…

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Posted in: Excellence, Leadership, Persistence

Standing Like a Rock

March 9, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

10 years or so ago, I set my computer news to pull anything with “nurse practitioner” in the content.  Generally…

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Posted in: Excellence, Leadership

What is Excellence?

February 16, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

Institute for NP Excellence??  What is meant by “Excellence”? What does excellence mean to you? And how does excellence differ…

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Posted in: Excellence, Leadership

Chance Favors the Prepared Mind

February 13, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

The quote, “Chance favors the prepared mind” is attributed to Louis Pasteur.  I often talk about seizing the “golden moment”…

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Posted in: Call to Action, Leadership

The Flow: Important to Leaders

February 11, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

Photo by Ian Turnell, Pexels I’ve often talked about my experience of “being in the flow” when talking about situations…

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Posted in: Leadership, Persistence

Synonyms for “Leader” – Not What You Expect

February 8, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

I recently was thinking about how difficult it can be for people to understand the term “leader” as I intend…

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Posted in: Call to Action, Leadership

What’s Your Sparketype?

July 22, 2022 Mary Jo Goolsby

Jonathan Field is an entrepreneur, host of the Good Life Project podcast, and creator of the Sparketype approach, which helps…

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Posted in: Leadership, Persistence, Productivity and Momentum, Uncategorized

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

How Was Your Day?

September 15, 2017 Mary Jo Goolsby

How was your day? What a seemingly innocuous question. Yet so powerful. Seth Godin poses this question at least five times…

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Posted in: Goals, Leadership

CAPE of Leadership

September 11, 2017 Mary Jo Goolsby

This handsome superhero is my grandson, wearing an outfit I made him about 20 years ago. As soon as the…

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Posted in: Leadership

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