Skip has several life underwriting openings he is trying to fill. I spoke with him the week of May 23.
Best of luck to all who are looking for work.
Skip Mills
Consultant
WorldBridge Partners
4885 S. 118th St.
Suite 200
Omaha, NE 68137
(p) 800-825-8620
(f) 402-397-6322
Why We Don’t Take Care of Ourselves
Negative stereotypes about aging lead to the adoption of less healthy lifestyle choices that turn the negative stereotypes into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Take Home Message:
Watch for signs of negative belief systems about aging in medical records.
Especially in the older population.
Get Your Money’s Worth from Consultants – Ron Ashkenas – Harvard Business Review
I have personally worked on engagements in each of these types of consulting.
Are we having fun yet?
Over 60% of the people surveyed believed sea salt was healthier than stable salt.
Over 75% of the people surveyed knew wine was good for the heart but only 30% knew the recommended limits on intake.
Just remember – less is more.
Diabetes Increases Risk of Cancer Death – NYTimes.com
“Researchers from the National Cancer Institute collected diet, lifestyle and health data from 500,000 people ages 50 to 71 and followed the patients for 11 years. They found that having diabetes was associated with an 11 percent increased risk of dying from cancer among women and a 17 percent increased risk of cancer death among men.”
Seth Godin: The New Face Of Publishing « Radio Litopia
One of the most difficult things you ever have to do as a manager, executive or consultant is helping others to change. Follow this link to an interview with Seth Godin. It’s about 30 minutes long but well worth listening to. Godin’s thoughts about the future of the publishing industry are both scary and on target. Could there be another business so entrenched in the past, so tied to doing things the way they have always been done that its leaders are unable to see the changes all around us and that doing nothing becomes the perfect strategy for a slow and painful business death?
Interviews – Clifford Nass | Digital Nation | FRONTLINE | PBS
“It turns out multitaskers are terrible at every aspect of multitasking. They’re terrible at ignoring irrelevant information; they’re terrible at keeping information in their head nicely and neatly organized; and they’re terrible at switching from one task to another.”
This interview is worth reading in its entirety.
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