From the Everett Herald The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143125478/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_M81Q4K17N2RTE3JE8RYA OMG. 6 out of 5 stars. This was intended as a fun summer read. But also, it has catapulted me into the Great Depression, WW2, Leni Riefenstahl and groundbreaking cinematography, the rise … Continue reading The Boys in the Boat (book review)
Tag: Mindfulness
NYTimes Magazine travelogue photos (Shinrin-yoku, and take a breath)
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2019/09/20/mag-voyages-new/assets/images/29mag-airport-07-2000.jpg from NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/24/magazine/adventure-archive-photos.html Is this goofing off, or is this about personal resilience? Like the idea of "forest bathing" (youtube) or shinrin-yoku, I seek out opportunities during the day to pause and reflect, and walk where there are trees. Sometimes this ends up being an online article with lots of nature photos 🙁 . … Continue reading NYTimes Magazine travelogue photos (Shinrin-yoku, and take a breath)
Time management regret? (NYTimes) Work-life (im)balance? Start now.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/smarter-living/overcoming-time-management-regret.html?fallback=0&recId=1KjEgxqEMZ43DlRilKDiGr0pGin&locked=1&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=CO&recAlloc=home&geoCountry=US&blockId=home-living-vi&imp_id=295343041&action=click&module=Smarter%20Living&pgtype=Homepage We can all benefit from reminders. And self-forgiveness. And taking a single step, (or creating the "next action") as David Allen says in his book "Getting things Done (book summarizing video)." Atomic Habits (book summarizing video) is another book with similar suggestions. There are a growing number of books, articles, videos dedicated to this … Continue reading Time management regret? (NYTimes) Work-life (im)balance? Start now.
Happy holidays from the Large PIGs, JIG, and CMIO
Dave Corry arriving late to our group photo, to the CMIO's amusement and dismay I hope that you are making plans to celebrate the season, to connect with friends, colleagues, family, and take time for yourself. I consider myself so fortunate to work with such a great group of informaticists or informaticians (inforMAGICIANs?!), or informatics … Continue reading Happy holidays from the Large PIGs, JIG, and CMIO
Where does creativity come from?*
"Where does creativity come from? We don't know but we are certain that it doesn't come from our laptops" --John Cleese Thank you, Sir Cleese. I have enjoyed your movies, your quips, your oeuvre, and even the way you say "oeuvre." And now, you give talks on creativity. In my readings, I must agree, working … Continue reading Where does creativity come from?*
Wait But Why: the wisdom ladder by Tim Urban
"Religion for the nonreligious" https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/10/religion-for-the-nonreligious.html Okay, don't get put off! I love this kind of writing. WARNING: navel gazing ahead. The idea that we are on a stepladder of consciousness, beginning on the one end, from one-celled, barely alive organisms, rising up through insects and up to chimpanzees and then Einstein-level humans, is interesting. And … Continue reading Wait But Why: the wisdom ladder by Tim Urban
More craziness about food and health (Eating in a 6 hour window?!) NYTimes
I've been fascinated recently (as you may know, reader) with meals, modified fasting, weight management, meditation. I guess I'm turning into one of those hippie, birkenstock-wearing, health-food-pushing, "hey, just use lemon juice for that" doctors from from a too-cool-for-school non-metropolitan back-to-earth backwaters. Not really. I'm always interested in non-traditional ideas that maybe mainstream medicine has … Continue reading More craziness about food and health (Eating in a 6 hour window?!) NYTimes
Complex Adaptive Coalitions (NYTimes), and personal sanity
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/opinion/political-parties-climate.html I just spent some time on the phone with an informatics colleague going through a particularly tough time with an EHR replacement and upgrade. Some bad things had happened at the organization: a major visionary physician leader had quit, a department chair had assumed control and was tightening the control on "physician productivity". Furthermore, … Continue reading Complex Adaptive Coalitions (NYTimes), and personal sanity
Hey, time for JOMO! (NYTimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/12/style/joy-of-missing-out-summer.html Tough thing, about being in on fads. Hate and love it at the same time. Our latest fad, is the idea of Physician, or Clinician, or Professional Burnout, and that maybe 60% of all US physicians are burned out. Terrible, right? Yes. The great thing, though, is the global mental effort dedicated to thinking … Continue reading Hey, time for JOMO! (NYTimes)
Talk to the Hand (11 seconds, seriously?) and 3 tools to FIX THIS PROBLEM.
Our smart colleagues have published in JGIM (Journal of General Internal Medicine) and have updated the classic study: how long does it take for a doctor to interrupt the patient at the beginning of the interview, when patients begin their opening statement about "why I am here today." https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/research-news/all-english-research-news/wait--just-a-second--is-your-doctor-listening-/15963052 In years past, we found that … Continue reading Talk to the Hand (11 seconds, seriously?) and 3 tools to FIX THIS PROBLEM.