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Apple Watch Saves American Healthcare?

If it means reporters asking better healthcare questions, then yes. — In 2018, Good Morning America featured 18-year-old Deanna Recktenwald’s Apple Watch story. While sitting in church, her watch told her to seek immediate medical care because her resting heart rate had spiked to 160 beats-per-minute. Her mother, a registered nurse, took her pulse and confirmed the watch’s reading. She rushed…

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“Did mom reach out to you last night?”

“No. What happened?” — Reading that first sentence from my oldest nephew, I knew the incoming news wasn’t good, hence my reply. I instantly thought something happened to my sister or brother-in-law. Nothing prepared me for Jason’s answer. “Patrick is gone he died thursday night.” That’s how I found out my youngest nephew committed…

Suicide Prevention

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Suicide Prevention

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A James Bond Life Lesson?

Ask and don’t take “no” personally… — With the release of No Time to Die, the 25th Bond movie, and Daniel Craig’s last outing as 007, we’re being bombarded by the usual PR campaign. When a short UK Ministry of Defence YouTube video titled Bond meets Bond caught my eye, I thought, why not have a look?

No Time To Die Movie

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No Time To Die Movie

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Apologies to my brave followers — I’ve been remiss in not publishing. I have a good excuse though. A few notes from doctors, and this little snapshot from an x-ray unit in a Panamanian hospital. Four weeks ago, I fell right on my left shoulder. Hard. As in, I heard a crack sound and knew it…

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Apologies to my brave followers

Author photo. Well, sort of. I paid for it, so I own the global rights.

I’ve been remiss in not publishing. I have a good excuse though. A few notes from doctors, and this little snapshot from an x-ray unit in a Panamanian hospital.

Four weeks ago, I fell right on my left shoulder. Hard. As in, I heard a crack sound and knew it…

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Article List

As they’re published. Thanks for reading! Four Reasons You’ll Keep Your Job. Or? Surviving 2021’s tough personnel decisions requires effectively documenting your value. Here’s how. Oprah’s Four Basic Success Traits We’re born with them, but are you using them? The Cardboard Box and the Business Card Finding your purpose within Connecting Dots and Other Things A simple way to empower imaginations How Can You Develop Winning Ideas?

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Article List

As they’re published. Thanks for reading!

Four Reasons You’ll Keep Your Job. Or?

Surviving 2021’s tough personnel decisions requires effectively documenting your value. Here’s how.

Oprah’s Four Basic Success Traits

We’re born with them, but are you using them?

The Cardboard Box and the Business Card

Finding your purpose within

Connecting Dots and Other Things

A simple way to empower imaginations

How Can You Develop Winning Ideas?

Fire up your creativity with these five questions!

What’s the Actual Value of Your Time?

An aviation tool I learned…

Aug 1, 2022

Getting a Raise in Uncertain Economic Times:

Answering these 6 questions could increase your income — By Hunter N. Schultz, Author: Expat Health Guide In less than 18-minutes, I’m going to unmask a hidden opportunity to get a raise. It may surprise you and your boss, because most people haven’t thought of it. I’ll show you how to ask for and what goes into the decision…

How To Get A Raise

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Getting a Raise in Uncertain Economic Times:

How To Get A Raise

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·Jul 15, 2021

When Something Bad Happens

Ask yourself what’s good about it? — Obviously, I have a perfect reason to ask, what’s good about a fractured left arm? In my dad’s keynote speeches, he usually mentioned flu and recuperating in bed. What’s good about that? The time gave him a chance to catch up on morning and afternoon talk shows he’d not normally…

Positive Thinking

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Positive Thinking

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·May 9, 2021

You Can Sit On A Mountain, But Can You Sit On A Tack?

One life-changing question prevents big mistakes — “Son, you can sit on a mountain, but you can’t sit on a tack. It’s the little things that bother people the most.” My dad had a knack for stating the truth, and with 61 plus years under my belt, I know he was right then, and now. As I…

Expat Advice

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You Can Sit On A Mountain, But Can You Sit On A Tack?

Expat Advice

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·May 5, 2021

Crash Those Video Call Barriers

Lessons learned from our show to up your OVIQ — your Optically and Vocally Inviting Quotient — Welcome to the age of Zoom, Skype, Facetime, and other video call platforms. We use Zoom for our show’s interviews, and its use abounds on YouTube podcasts. Though we think of video calls as a recent invention, it’s not.

Better Video Calls

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Better Video Calls

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·Apr 10, 2021

What’s the Actual Value of Your Time?

An aviation tool I learned will help calculate yours — Medium has plenty of articles about time. Yet, I haven’t found one about calculating the true value of your time. The good news is people far smarter than yours truly figured it out. Aviation inspired the equation. It’s not as easy as taking your total annual earnings divided by the…

What Is Your Time Worth

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What Is Your Time Worth

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