MICHELE SZKOLNICKI
M.Ed., BSN, RN, FACHE, FACMPE
Category: Life imitates art
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Be like Water
My daughter purchased “Storyworth” for me for Mother’s Day. Every week, I respond to questions like “how did you get your first job”, or “what is your favorite possession”. I ponder and respond. At the end of a year, these stories will be compiled into “my story”. I have found this exercise of writing my stories to be a…
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We are living in life-changing times – so let’s change it for the better
What is happening to us? I had a car blaring it’s horn at me after the light had barely turned green, another car riding my tail even though I was already 10 miles over the speed limit on a highway – in the right lane, and as I held the door for someone behind me,…
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The Unexpected Gifts of … COVID
I was standing in a supermarket line recently, wearing my mask, and 6 feet away from the people in front and in back of me, when I overheard pieces of a conversation. There were two women nearby having a conversation. In a burst of laughter, one of the women said “Well, I guess that’s one of…
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The Uncanny Wisdom of the Marvel Universe
My son introduced me to Marvel movies and we have shared the experience of watching these together through his childhood and growing up. At the beginning, it was precious time we spent together while watching fights, explosions, and feats that defied the laws of Physics. Then we watched Dr. Strange. As the Ancient One was trying to…
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The power of the curvy line
It is said that the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line. The business inference is about taking the most direct and fastest route. I think about this quote when driving with my husband – I wish he would use a straight line when driving from point A to point B. When we drive…
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Don’t Waste This Chance to be Your Best Self
I have a professional colleague who asked me to be his mentor several years ago. He reached out to me recently: “I have a professional question for you – we are about to go through a reduction in force, furlough coworkers, and cut coworkers hours because of COVID-19. How do you deal with uncertain times…
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Complacency: An unintended consequence of the “everything device”
When I started this blog, I had a goal to add an article a week. I had been toying with establishing a blog for a while and had lots of ideas already accumulated when I decided to do this. As I had ideas, I would dictate them into the notes app on my phone. Besides…
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Light, balance, and tools
In the Spirit of Halloween, let’s discuss a leadership lesson presented by surgery on the eyeball – in an example of how life imitates art! I had a vitrectomy a few years ago due to something called a macular hole in my right eye. It was a scary time and my vision was at risk. …