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What Do You Know?

May 20, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

What is your “knowledge niche”?  Clinical content, leadership content, scientific content, etc. I believe most NPs (and other clinicians) have…

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Posted in: Call to Action, Excellence, Leadership, Thought Leadership

After 6 Editions and 25 Years

May 17, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

Yesterday, when I found a non-descript shipping box on the front porch, I expected something I had purchased online.   What…

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Posted in: Call to Action, Leadership, Persistence, Professional Writing

Don’t be the one who . .

May 8, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

This week, I had an interesting, delightful, and disappointing experience. It was interesting to talk with college students who had…

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Posted in: Excellence, Leadership

Test-Drive this Decision Model

May 4, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

  I recently struggled to create a visual model conveying the integration of Collin’s Hedgehog Concept with Covey’s Intersection of…

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Posted in: Excellence, Habits, Persistence, Productivity and Momentum

Pop Quiz: Your Greatest Achievement

May 1, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

Name your greatest achievement.  In the past year or forever. Anything that comes to mind.  Great is relative, but a…

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Posted in: Call to Action, Leadership, Persistence

Your Circle

April 27, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

Each of us has a circle of concern and a circle of control, as Covey describes in “7 Habits of…

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Posted in: Excellence, Goals, Persistence, Productivity and Momentum

A List of 10 Scary Things

April 23, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

Are you ready to do something that scares you today?  Pick from this list of 10: Compare your practice data…

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Posted in: Call to Action, Leadership, Persistence, Uncategorized

Do One Thing Every Day That Scares You

April 20, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

There are so many activities we dread.  Volunteering, raising our hand, trying something new.  These make us uneasy or downright…

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Posted in: Call to Action, Leadership, Persistence

It’s the Legacy (Not the Trophy)

April 15, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

Are you interested in a particular recognition, award, etc.  Many want to achieve these tips of icebergs. Asked to further…

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Posted in: Excellence, Goals, Leadership, NP Outcomes, Persistence, Uncategorized

The Dread of Condemnation

April 13, 2026 Mary Jo Goolsby

“As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation”  Hans Selye, founder of stress theory You have an improvement…

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Posted in: Excellence, Leadership, Persistence

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