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Volume 22 No. 32
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August 28, 2015
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The skimm's success comes from these 2 "news nerds"
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Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin started a daily e-mail newsletter known as The Skimm to help readers stay informed about topics in the news. The women, who call themselves "news nerds," launched the newsletter after noticing that their friends weren't knowledgeable about current events. The newsletter had 1.5 million subscribers the last time figures were released, and it raised $7.9 million last year. Business Insider (7/7)
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value-based care trend accelerates
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Value-based health care reimbursement agreements will outnumber fee-for-service agreements by 2020, analysts at McKesson Health Solutions predict based on a survey of executives at 114 payer organizations and 350 hospitals. Ninety percent of payers and 81% of providers already have adopted some level of value-based reimbursements, the survey found. Managed Care magazine (4/2015)
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are you "stuck" and struggling with change?
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Smart women tend to overly plan and prepare for major life changes, have people who rely on them and often put others first, which is why so many get "stuck" at work. Stacy Kim's book "The Lighthouse Method" explains five strategies for finding and following a new path. Business Insider/Ellevate (6/1)
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why can't we let go of hate?
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Reactions to a simple tweet illustrated for Steve Keating how many people are caught up in hate for hatred's sake, with no room for civil disagreement or respect. That's a problem, not least because it isn't healthy. "Can you postpone hatred long enough to give a person different from yourself a chance to prove their life, and viewpoint, matters too?" Keating writes. LeadToday blog (6/11)
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stop moaning about meetings and start making them better
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Meetings should be viewed as a chance to put your leadership beliefs into action, writes Dan McCarthy. Set a clear agenda, treat participants with respect and model the kinds of behavior you hope your team will display, McCarthy advises. "It's your job to plan and run the meeting. If you hate your own meetings, there's no one to blame but yourself," he writes. About.com (6/13)
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"The moment you accept yourself, you become beautiful." -Osho"The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be." -Marcel Pagnol"Fear builds walls to bar the light." -Baal Shem Tov
"We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture. We can drag it behind us untouched, we can pound it to gravel, we can shape it into glory." -Richard Bach"Times of uncertainty can unleash some of the best ideas and most productive work." -Barbara Dyer
"Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." -Eleanore Roosevelt
"I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch." -Ella Maillart
"When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective." -George Marshall
"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them." -John Maxwell
"It is not enough to be industrious; so are ants. What are you industrious about?" -Henry David Thoreau
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." -Charles M. Schultz
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