When I became CEO of a hospital in the same area where I had been a school band director, the question that I heard most often was 鈥淗ow can a band director run a hospital?鈥� Sometimes that question was from genuine curiosity, other times it felt like a mixture of horror and disbelief. I ...
Let鈥檚 start with a cold, hard fact. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average life expectancy of a white male in the United States as of 2021 was about 76.4 years, Fast forward to 2022, and for men of all races, that number dropped to 74.8 years. That ...
Have you ever looked at the beach and wondered how many grains of sand there are? That can be mind-boggling to think about. Scientists estimate that, depending on the grain size and density, a single cubic yard of sand might have billions of grains. That鈥檚 a lot of sand鈥攁nd that鈥檚 ...
If I could give my younger self advice, what would I say? This question often comes up when we reflect on our lives. As a parent and grandparent, I have thought a lot about the advice I would give to make things easier for the next generation. But even as I share my insights, I realize that ...
Before transitioning from music to health care, as a student, we learned about the works of composers like Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Bela Bartok. These men contributed uniquely to the evolving musical landscape with their creative works. Schoenberg, for example, revolutionized ...
It is a new year, and with that comes every level of challenge, every range of consternation, and absolutely all types of what-ifs. We all know what it is like to get on that scale on Jan. 1, when we hear that little voice emitting from our amygdala that says, 鈥淲ill one of you please step ...