Success Tips
Newsletter
March 11, 2008
In this issue: The rest of the story
by Eric Albertson
Time to read: 1 minute or less
Things often don't make sense
Following your gut instincts, combined with doing your homework, can be a powerful way to live life. Add to that the power of conviction that can come from learning to trust yourself, and you have a good life, in my book.
The checklist story
Late last year, I wrote a newsletter about the amazing power of a checklist in hospital Intensive Care Units (ICU) to practically eliminate a type of infection that occurred in four percent of ICU patients. Some of those infected died. Others just wished they had. Here is the link to the story:
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande
Alas, no good deed goes unpunished
A little while ago, a reader sent me another link about "the rest of the story" on the checklist. Sadly, some government bureaucracy forced the discontinuation of the checklist. Reading the story made me momentarily very sad. You can read it here:
Conviction
This week, I just want to encourage you be smart, be real, think 80/20, do your homework, and then proceed with conviction, no matter what anyone else says or does. I'll bet many of the good doctors who were told to quit using the checklist in the story above, followed their convictions and did the right thing. At least I hope they did.
Sorry this week's newsletter is so short
I fell and injured my right arm (temporarily, I hope). Each key stroke on the computer hurts. With luck, sleep and some Advil, I'll be back in action next week.
To your success,
