Less is More

For Real Productivity, Less is Truly More – The Conversation – Harvard Business Review

The way we’re working isn’t working — for employees or for their employers. There is a better way to fuel productivity and high performance. The first key to changing the way we work is recognizing that the value of those you manage isn’t generated by the number of hours they work, but rather by how much value they produce during the hours we are working. Working longer hours, juggling more tasks and answering more emails isn’t the solution.

Thought For Today – 5/15/10

I know people have been asking about drinking and being diabetic, and it’s a very honest question,” he blogged. “Here is the honest answer, and this is the truth: when I say ‘party’ and ‘let’s have fun,’ I’m one of those guys that just likes to have a great time. I’m not a belligerent drunk. I don’t need to drink. … For a diabetic … it’s a double whammy because here’s what happens with alcohol: when you’re hung-over then you don’t eat right, you don’t take your insulin right. So it’s best to stay away. But, I pick and choose my times when I’m going to have fun.

Reality star and aging rocker Bret Michaels, just weeks before his cerebral hemorrhage.

NT-proBNP Not Predictive in Healthy Normal People

The Prognostic Value of N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide for Death and Cardiovascular Events in Healthy Normal and Stage A/B Heart Failure Subjects

Conclusions: The investigators concluded that these findings do not support the use of NT-proBNP as a cardiovascular biomarker in healthy normal subjects, and have important implications for NT-proBNP–based strategies for early detection and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease.