Stretch Your Tastebuds Beyond Mental Junkfood to Improve Your Legal Nurse Consulting Business
This morning, while having my cup of healthy green tea, I looked over and found Tom reading a hardback copy of Next of Kin by Joanna Trollope. After the double-take, I asked him where he’d found it and he told me “on your bookshelf.” Then I remembered, all the books on the bookshelf I’ve talked about in my earlier blog are ones that we’ve read and, for whatever reason, have decided to keep. They’re paperbacks, hardbacks, a few legacy books, novels, biographies, travel books, fiction, science fiction (Tom), history, one on gardening that must have been a gift and my book Inside Every Woman published in English, Vietnamese, Polish, Indonesian and Chinese (Soon to be joined by the Korean version!).
The book Tom was reading came from another set of bookshelves, one in the closet of my home office where I keep a different array of books. The closet contains my law books, my published works on legal nurse consulting, medical references and most importantly, all the books that we haven’t yet read. You know, the ones you get for birthdays, Christmas or just buy and put up to read later. We’re voracious readers and even more voracious book buyers.
I asked Tom what he thought about the Trollope book and he told me it was pretty good – he’d read half the book and he was enjoying it even without a single terrorist being blown up. That made me think, what sort of books are you reading? Do you ever read books outside your own favorite genre? Or do you get stuck in the rut of reading one type of book just like you do with your morning cereal – rarely a change in variety, just different portion sizes.
As Certified Legal Nurse Consultants we’re busy. I know one CLNC® consultant who reads nothing but murder mysteries and another who rarely reads for fun at all. I believe that it’s essential for Certified Legal Nurse Consultants to read a rich and varied diet. Just as you can’t feed a thoroughbred horse a diet of potato chips and expect him to win the Kentucky Derby, you can’t feed your mind a steady diet of nothing but trash novels or People magazine and expect to perform to your best ability. The books we read influence not just our thoughts but our way of thinking, the things we concern ourselves with and where we apply our ultimate energy and efforts.
I have three books on my night stand. One is for my emotional and spiritual development and two are for pure relaxation. My business books are banned from the bedroom and live only in my office.
Take a moment to look at your own bookshelves or your bed stand. What books are in your personal library? Was the last book you read something that enriched your legal nurse consulting business or you personally, something that challenged your mind or just a fun read?
Is it time to stretch your tastebuds?
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P.S. Please comment and tell me what you’re reading right now. I’d love to hear from you and get some good ideas for new books!
3 thoughts on “Stretch Your Tastebuds Beyond Mental Junkfood to Improve Your Legal Nurse Consulting Business”
This article hit a cord with me as reading is my #1 source of relaxation, especially after a difficult day. Putting myself in another realm opens my mind and lets the stress I’ve experienced diffuse, not unlike letting the air in a balloon out. Currently, I am reading two books: 1)Glenn Beck’s Common Sense and 2) The Governor by Rod Blagojevich and make an attempt at reading all view points even when I think I already have my mind made up as this reminds me to keep my mind open and let new ideas filter in. Reading diverse views can only help my practice as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. Yes, I do like light reading too.
Ah! I can’t say enough about the joys of reading! I even listen to books on CD while I commute. Of course, some of the time, I am listening to the CDs from previous NACLNC® Conferences!
I finished The Shack a couple months ago and felt profoundly affected by its message(s). I have also read (listened to) The Fountainhead and The Count of Monte Cristo, two favorites that warrented repeated reading. I also enjoyed The Lost Symbol, the typical Dan Brown scavenger hunt/mystery/history/art lesson.
Reading not only transports me to places and times that are unfamiliar, but expands my vocabulary, feeds my soul and adds different perspectives to my own views. All these make for a better Certified Legal Nurse Consultant.
Stepping outside my usual comfort zone is something that I have been doing a lot since I have been a CLNC® consultant. I had the opportunity to attend a conference this summer about writing children’s books. It was suggested by the facilitator of the writer’s group that I attend. She said that I would learn skills that could enhance my marketing materials. One of the components of the conference featured poetry. We read poetry aloud and participated in an exercise focusing on Haiku. Not only was this fun, but I gained an appreciation for other writing styles and came away with some ideas to enhance my marketing mailers.
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This article hit a cord with me as reading is my #1 source of relaxation, especially after a difficult day. Putting myself in another realm opens my mind and lets the stress I’ve experienced diffuse, not unlike letting the air in a balloon out. Currently, I am reading two books: 1)Glenn Beck’s Common Sense and 2) The Governor by Rod Blagojevich and make an attempt at reading all view points even when I think I already have my mind made up as this reminds me to keep my mind open and let new ideas filter in. Reading diverse views can only help my practice as a Certified Legal Nurse Consultant. Yes, I do like light reading too.
Ah! I can’t say enough about the joys of reading! I even listen to books on CD while I commute. Of course, some of the time, I am listening to the CDs from previous NACLNC® Conferences!
I finished The Shack a couple months ago and felt profoundly affected by its message(s). I have also read (listened to) The Fountainhead and The Count of Monte Cristo, two favorites that warrented repeated reading. I also enjoyed The Lost Symbol, the typical Dan Brown scavenger hunt/mystery/history/art lesson.
Reading not only transports me to places and times that are unfamiliar, but expands my vocabulary, feeds my soul and adds different perspectives to my own views. All these make for a better Certified Legal Nurse Consultant.
Stepping outside my usual comfort zone is something that I have been doing a lot since I have been a CLNC® consultant. I had the opportunity to attend a conference this summer about writing children’s books. It was suggested by the facilitator of the writer’s group that I attend. She said that I would learn skills that could enhance my marketing materials. One of the components of the conference featured poetry. We read poetry aloud and participated in an exercise focusing on Haiku. Not only was this fun, but I gained an appreciation for other writing styles and came away with some ideas to enhance my marketing mailers.