Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Paul Arden
There is no past. It’s over. There is no guarantee of a future. There’s only now. That’s why one of my favorite quotes is a book title by Paul Arden, “It’s not how good you are, it’s how good you want to be.”
Category: Inspirational
Thoughts for Success: To Be Touched by a Nurse Is to Behold Humanity at Its Best
My love story with nurses started decades ago and I’ve been inspiring nurses with my mantra “We Are Nurses and We Can Do Anything!®” ever since. It’s true, registered nurses can do anything – after all we save lives by making split second decisions that often mean the difference between life and death.
Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Antoine de St. Exupery
One of my favorite quotes from the author of “The Little Prince” is He who would travel happily must travel light. I travel like the old African explorers, Stanley and Livingston with teapot, table and tent. I’ve never mastered St. Exupery’s principle when I travel…
Thoughts for Success: The Only Goals Worth Having Are Those With a Possibility of Failure
I finally caved this year and bought an Apple® Watch. It wasn’t that I coveted one and quite frankly I was sort of annoyed by my Fitbit® friends who walk around, count every step and then post on Facebook® about hitting 10,000 steps in a day. Try telling an RN that 10,000 steps is an achievement!
Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Unknown
With an iPhone®, Apple® watch, iPad® and a spiffy touch-screen laptop computer, you could say I’m extremely connected and there’s a high probability that you are too. All of these devices are tools helping me to manage my legal nurse consulting business. Whether I’m in my office, waiting at the departure gate or standing in line at Walmart®, I’m on the job.
Thoughts for Success: The Smartest People Know What They Don’t Know
I mentor a lot of RNs interested in legal nurse consulting who fret about whether they practice in the right specialties or have enough nursing experience to be successful.
Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Epicurus
Tom’s birthday is in January and mine is in February. We don’t celebrate each other getting older by buying stuff. It’s not that we don’t have enough stuff – it’s just that neither one of us care very much about stuff.
Thoughts for Success: When You Get a Super Bad Call Throw Yourself a Party
Growing up in New Orleans taught me that you can have a party anywhere and for just about any reason. Tom learned this firsthand at a funeral in New Orleans where even death is worthy of celebration.
Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: William Jennings Bryan
I’ve always believed that everything that’s happened in my life (both good and bad) has propelled me to the course of events I’ve been blessed to experience with Certified Legal Nurse Consultants. You could say legal nurse consulting and mentoring Certified Legal Nurse Consultants is my destiny.
Thoughts for Success: The Intention You Set, Decisions You Make and Actions You Implement Subsidize Your Success
You probably know at least one person whose parents “set them up in business.” But let’s face it, most of us are not so lucky to have crazy rich parents and are on our own to subsidize our success.
