Yesterday I mentored a new Certified Legal Nurse Consultant who pursued an opportunity for an interview with a very large firm with five offices in the U.S. The firm’s objective was to hire an in-house Certified Legal Nurse Consultant for each office. The problem, this CLNC consultant’s objective is to be an independent consultant.
Napoleon Hill once said, “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.” That quote is one that I often think about when asked by registered nurses if they can be successful as Certified Legal Nurse Consultants in their state or city. My answer is always, “Of course you can!”
I aspire to live a life of significance and this quote reminds me that living that life requires intention.
How significant is it to get the highest score in Candy Crush® or be the fastest responder in Words With Friends®? Time is a precious gift, not to be wasted. What will you do today to be significant?
I’m Just Sayin’
P.S. Comment and share what living a life of significance looks like to you.
I was in Kigali, Rwanda talking to a young woman, Darlene, who’d lost her aunts and uncles to the 1994 genocide. As you probably recall, in 100 days more than 1,000,000 Rwandans classified as Tutsi were machine-gunned, hacked and clubbed to death by Rwandan Hutus. Neighbors murdered neighbors. Coworkers killed coworkers. Anyone labeled Tutsi by their identity card was marked for death and many were killed. Visiting the Genocide Memorial is a sobering experience. Photos of the missing victims, children, parents, siblings are hung in a room – taken from the walls of the refugee camps where survivors hoped that against the odds they’d find any other surviving family member.
Darlene attends the Akilah Institute for Women, whose mission is to help young Rwandan women become successful entrepreneurs and leaders in their country. She survived due to a stroke of luck – her parents sought refuge in Burundi during the genocide while the rest of her family had stayed behind in Rwanda to perish. When I asked her about her loss, she said “I cannot change the past, but I can change the future.” Profound and amazingly upbeat – I can’t say that I would feel the same way.
*The opinions and statements made by Vickie Milazzo, the founder of Medical-Legal Consulting Institute, Inc. are based on her experiences and expertise, should not be applied beyond the specific context provided, and do not guaranty or project actual results. Vickie Milazzo is no longer involved in the operations or management of the business, but is involved as an independent education consultant.
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