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You Don’t Have to be Slow to Be a Mindful Legal Nurse Consultant

You Don’t Have to be Slow to Be a Mindful Legal Nurse Consultant

My husband, Tom jokes with me that I have two speeds – fast and off. It’s true that I work fast and that I have an innate way of grasping a concept and moving forward with it. I can also switch back and forth between complex issues with a speed and mindfulness that baffles others. At the end of the day though, that speed catches up with me and I switch to off, usually right after a glass of healthy red wine. During the day, I move like quicksilver – the legal nurse consulting world moves rapidly and we need to stay ahead of it.

I never cared for those self-help books that claim you must act slowly to be mindful. After all, most of us can’t and don’t live a Buddhist monk’s life in this fast-paced world. During a trip to an ancient Buddhist Monastery in Kyoto, Japan it was the monks themselves who shattered the “mindfulness” myth perpetuated by many self-help authors. Buddhist monks are the epitome of mindfulness and on this trip I observed them mindfully walking the grounds, ringing the prayer bell, meditating, sweeping or gardening, all in the slow and deliberate manner we associate with mindfulness.

But to get to that mindful state, they must first wake and eat. That’s where the myth was shattered and where speed came in. Well before dawn when the waking bell rings, the otherwise peaceful monks become a beehive of frenzied activity. They rapidly roll off their pallets, “thump,” fold and store their bedding and stream down the hall to the meal room, rice bowls in hand. There they pass wordlessly through the line, receive their food and shovel it into their mouths with a speed and intensity that makes a nursing lunch look leisurely. The monks accomplish all of these tasks quickly, but at the same time, in a fully-present and mindful state – despite the speed.

That day reinforced for me that doing something quickly doesn’t mean that you have to abandon mindfulness when you do so. You can be fully present in every state and at every speed – so long as you have the intention to do or be so. In your legal nurse consulting business you’ll need to be fully present in all your tasks and you’ll expect the same from your CLNC® subcontractors. This doesn’t mean that you’ll be expected to work slowly – you can be fast and mindful. To be a successful Certified Legal Nurse Consultant you must practice mindfulness at whatever speed you’re working and sometimes your attorney-clients will need you to work at the speed of light. Start practicing speedy mindfulness today.

Success Is Yours,

P.S. Comment and share how you practice speedy mindfulness in your legal nurse consulting business.

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*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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