Inspirational Archives - Page 6 of 47

25Oct2019

Thoughts for Success: “Look at Me and My Awesomeness” Is More of a Strategy for Instagram than for Your Success

When I take the stage, whether it’s for 1,200 Certified Legal Nurse Consultants at a conference or to introduce a legend like Oprah (as I did at a past Consultant 2.0 reception for a workshop I was conducting with Stedman Graham), my secret to success is to focus on the audience, not on how I’m performing. I simply focus on being present, real and relevant to the CLNC® consultants I’m there for, and it works.

11Oct2019

Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Maori Proverb

There’s a Maori proverb that says “Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.” Yesterday I met a guy, Joshua, who has multiple sclerosis and lives this proverb.

27Sep2019

Thoughts for Success: To Be a Good Teacher You Have to First Be a Good Student

I’ve always thought of myself as a good teacher. I hope that having trained thousands of Certified Legal Nurse Consultants is proof that I’m good at what I do (Did I mention I’m modest too? LOL). To become a good teacher I had to first become a good student.

13Sep2019

Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is the time of year to make a change in your nursing career or grow your legal nurse consulting business to more success.

30Aug2019

Thoughts for Success: Never Let Another Person Be Your Excuse for Not Doing What You Need to Do

I have a friend I admire because she’s always had a lot of commitments outside of her executive position. Her day rarely ends at 5:00pm, somehow her outside commitments encompass everything from family to friends to volunteer work for her favorite causes.

16Aug2019

Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Leigh Owen

People often compliment me and tell me what a great memory I have. While my memory’s respectable, what’s even better is my note-taking prowess. That’s my real secret. I am a voracious note taker in every business situation.

2Aug2019

Thoughts for Success: Today’s Failure Is Tomorrow’s Opportunity

I was recently advising a 32-year-old woman (NOT a legal nurse consultant) regarding a failure in her business venture. This woman who is usually vibrant and spunky had turned negative and pessimistic overnight

19Jul2019

Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: The Temptations

It’s summer here in Houston and summer in this part of the world translates to scorching heat (100+ degrees) combined with unrelenting humidity (100+%). We cope with sweating through our clothes just walking to the car, sunglasses that fog over the minute we jump out of the car and cars that don’t seem to cool off until after we’ve arrived at our destination.

5Jul2019

Thoughts for Success: Buck Up – You’re Not on a Ventilator

Registered nurses are a tough breed. Not surprising because we deal with tough workloads, tough working conditions and tough consequences if we don’t do our job right. What other professional can claim that a spit second decision can be the difference between life and death?

21Jun2019

Vickie’s Favorite Quotes: Amelie Laurent

Tom and I celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary this week. It’s true, that during those 29 years I’ve had no time off for good behavior, but then again neither has Tom. LOL Along the way Tom has logged a lot of miles with me on behalf of RNs, Certified Legal Nurse Consultants and LegalNurse.com.

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