by Art Dykstra | Jun 13, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Welcome to Our OOL It’s interesting the way our minds work and the things that catch our attention. The reasons are many, among them different sights, sounds or smells, and each of us is unique in how we react to or experience them. Sirens, for...
by Art Dykstra | May 1, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Unexpected Moments of Joy Recently my wife and I were in New Orleans to attend the national conference for the Developmental Disability Nurses’ Association. While I am not a nurse, I was a speaker, and the engagement had offered us the opportunity to...
by Art Dykstra | Apr 1, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Encouraging Others Today, the importance of lifting up another person, renewing their spirits and acting with kindness seems more important than ever. Depression is on the rise, and loneliness is reaching the level of a pandemic. Anxiety seems to be at...
by Art Dykstra | Mar 1, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: What’s Our Focus? I was talking with a friend recently who is a high-level executive working in the healthcare field. We were getting caught up on things, and I asked her what she was working on. I would not characterize her as a pessimist, but...
by Art Dykstra | Feb 1, 2023 | Art Dykstra, Blog, Curious Leader, Leadership
LEARN A LITTLE: Grocery Cart Connections The truth of the matter is that I very rarely go grocery shopping, but on this particular day I accepted my wife’s invitation and accompanied her to buy a couple of weeks’ groceries. We were on vacation in southern...