Recently, I was at a conference and two different people introduced themselves to me as a reader of the newsletter and the parent of a vet professional. Apparently, there is a not-insignificant percentage of you who get this email not because you are in practice, but because you wish to understand the world that someone… Read More
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How Are You Labeling Yourself?
A note for anyone trying to figure out who they are or who they want to be. The world tells us we should label ourselves. We should self-identify. It’s not good enough or useful enough to simply show up as a “human being”, or even as a “veterinarian.” We should let people know we are… Read More
Happy Hour at the Nursing Home
This is a note for anyone who has recently been informed that they are no longer young. It has recently been brought to my attention that I am no longer young. Apparently, calling people on the phone without texting them first is a thing that only old people do now. And, well, that’s how I… Read More
I Was Wrong About What Matters
A note for those who are trying to figure out what matters in life Last year, I was wrong about what matters in life. Over the last ten years or so, it has become more and more clear to me that success is driven not by the grand gestures that we make, but by the… Read More
Valentine’s Day is like the frozen chicken aisle
A note for anyone who feels like the world is spinning out of control These are hard times for people who don’t like change or uncertainty. In the last four weeks there have been radical changes happening to our government, talk of tariffs with Canada and Mexico, a war on anything DEI related, and even… Read More
Your Team is Never Finished
This is a letter for anyone who has made a scary career change Last week I wrote about how I think it’s misguided to put a lot of value in the job titles we hold. Since then, I’ve been thinking a lot about what job retention actually means to both the people being retained and… Read More