Tips for effectively communicating and letting your health care professionals know exactly what you want!
When you are a patient, do ever feel like your health care professional speaks to you like a prison warden, a doting grandparent, science teacher, or summer camp counselor? Do you become frustrated and/or upset when your health care professionals do not understand what you want? The answer is simple. Your health care professional probably…
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Relevant Professional and Personal Life Lessons from Dr. Seuss on His 113th Birthday.
Today, Theodor Seuss Geisel, better know to the world as the children author Dr. Seuss would have been 113 years of age. Dr. Seuss is best known for his 60 children’s books, which have sold over 600 million copies and have been translated into more than 20 languages, when he passed away in 1991. Dr. Seuss…
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Brain Color Tips to Help You Recognize and Relieve Stressful Situations in Your Life!
The internet, social media, newspapers, and radio programs provide us with news, which affects our professional and business lives. For some people, news provides information and entertainment. However, for others, the news can also create stressful situations. How individuals respond to stressful situations differs because of their personality type. Understanding their Brain Color behavior help people decrease…
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Can 4 Brain Colors Personalities and 5 Different Generations Interact Successfully in the Workplace?
Recently, I have been researching how the 4 Brain Colors and the 5 Generations can successfully collaborate, communicate and build rapport in the workplace. Below is a list of the 5 different generations: Traditionalists, War Babies, Silent: Born 1925-1945 Baby Boomers: 1946-1964 Gen X: 1965-1976 Gen Y (Millenials): 1977-1995 Gen Z (iGen, Nexters, linksters): 1996…
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Is Crucial Information Missing from Your Business Card?
This morning, I read a post that Julia Bowers liked on LinkedIn. The post was about business cards and what is essential about them. Most business cards will display an individual’s name, title, job, contact information, which might be your postal address, email address, phones numbers, and in my case, my book covers. Of course, the…
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Sad and Joyful News about Type One Diabetes and Mary Tyler Moore
Yesterday, Wednesday, January 25th, the news that Mary Tyler Moore had died saddened people all over the world. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation international community also lost a courageous advocate for finding a cure for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and our JDRF International Chairwoman, who brought a voluminous awareness to others around the world about the…
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Do You Have A “Street Corner Perspective” When You Manage Yourself and Your Projects?
Not everyone has “street smarts.” However, everyone has a “Street Corner Perspective.” What do I mean by this? Have you ever felt like you were standing on a different corner of an intersection and were not seeing what other people seeing? In your professional and personal life, this can be a reoccurring situation. But, the answer…
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Personal and Professional Lessons from My “Healing Broken Leg!”
Today is the 6 month anniversary of my “Healing Broken Leg.” As I look outside at the snow on the ground, I think about the beautiful sunny day on July 12, 2016, which also was our eldest son’s birthday. I was about to transplant some ornamental grasses that were in my plant nursery at the…
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Discover How Your Brain Will React to Changes in 2017!
Change is one of the most challenging decisions and experiences for many adults and children! You may not know how your brain will react to change in 2017? However, I do! My Orange Brain is excited about the FREE Chapter, #7 Your Romantic Relationship, from my original What Color Is Your Brain?® book, you will receive when you sign up for…
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Want a Grand Gift for your Health Care Professionals to show them your appreciation?
The holiday gift giving season is upon us and it is the perfect time to say “thank you” and show your appreciation to the health care professionals in your life! This month also is the 2nd publishing anniversary of What Color Is Your Brain?® When Caring For Patients: An Easy Approach for Understanding Your Personality…
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Why is your perspective about thankfulness and gratitude different than other people’s? Read the Poem!
At this time of year, Americans take time to focus on what they are thankful and grateful for as we prepare and celebrate our National Thanksgiving Holiday. Germany, Japan, Canada, Grenada, Liberia, the Netherlands, and the Norfolk Islands are 7 countries that also enjoy a Thanksgiving celebration. As different cultures and countries celebrate Thanksgiving, each…
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Everyone Needs a Purr-fect Pal They Can Count On!
Everyone needs a “Purr-fect Pal” they can count on in their lives. That “Purr-fect Pal” may be an adult, child, or a pet who seems to know how you feel and when you need comfort and understanding! A Yellow Brain “Purr-fect Pal” is Always Dependable. A Blue Brain “Purr-fect Pal” is a Sincere Listener. A Green Brain “Purr-fect…
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