Tell me how your morning was today.  Did you jump out of bed before dawn raring to go?  Did you have a power shower?  Did you brush your teeth like a champ?  Did you peel rubber out of the driveway because you couldn’t wait to get to work? No?    Well, not many people do.  Many of us in this industry get up feeling like it’s just another day.  Most of us peel rubber out of the driveway because we’re running...

Vince Lombardi is known as one of the most successful football coaches in the history of the game.  He had a habit of creating winners.  His focus, however, was on fine-tuning each player – helping them become the best they could be.  A lesson can be taken from this as we each have our own team that we coach everyday in the nursing home.  Have your staff become complacent, just meeting the minimums?  What are we doing each day to...

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. -Zig Ziglar Share...

“What gets measured gets managed.” Peter Drucker Share this:FacebookShareStumbleUponDiggEmailRedditPrint

I have a picture in my office that I have had for several years.  I bought it back when I was at a particularly stressful facility going through what must have been the world’s worst survey process.  The State just wouldn’t clear this facility and I was out of ideas.  Sometimes, when you are having those moments of desperation, you want to give up. I bought this picture to remind me that other people go through the same...

“Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.” - Vince Lombardi Share this:FacebookShareStumbleUponDiggEmailRedditPrint