CASH-Based Practice Blog
CBP 084: Biz Lessons from the ICU – Part 2
*NOTE: This is part 2 of my Biz Lessons from the ICU series. You can listen to part one HERE.* Last year my son, Gray, was hospitalized for more than three months. While I was more or less living at the hospital, I spent many hours reflecting on what the experience...
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A Customer Experience Lesson from Mediocre Tacos – Biz Lessons from the ICU, Part 7
There’s a taco franchise in Austin that has a location close to the children’s hospital, and I found myself there more often than most other nearby places to eat, but here’s a little secret: Their tacos aren’t that good! So why do I keep going back when there are...
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The Whip and the Carrot – Biz Lessons from the ICU, Part 6
Lesson Six: The Whip and The Carrot In the email I sent last weekend, I made the statement: “When you make your customer experience about human connection and pay close attention to their entire experience, you win.” Let’s take that idea one step further and...
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The Human Connection Business – Biz Lessons from the ICU, Part 5
This week was one of the most profound and monumental of my life … both my children received the rare gene therapy I wrote about a few weeks ago AND Gray came home from the hospital!! We’re settling into a very different life at home; but just like in business, we’ll...
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Percentages vs. Net Numbers – Biz Lessons from the ICU, Part 4
Since many are setting goals for 2019 and trying to make them “measurable”, I felt like it would be a good time to pass along a ‘biz lesson from the ICU’ that has to do with a vital concept about numbers. The lesson in a nutshell: Don’t just think in terms of net...
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It Always Seems Impossible… – Biz Lessons from the ICU, Part 3
Lesson Three - It Always Seems Impossible Until it is Done There’s a quote I love from Nelson Mandela - “It always seems impossible until it’s done” A few months ago when we received the news of our children’s diagnosis, and that there was only one treatment that...
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CBP 083: Business Lessons from the Intensive Care Unit
Shortly after publishing episode 82 back in October, my son, Gray, was hospitalized. What I expected to be a few days in the intensive care unit turned out to be a much longer, more grueling experience than I could have ever imagined. Gray was admitted for over three...
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A Perspective Shift to Avoid – Biz Lessons from the ICU, Part 2
Lesson Two - Perspective Perspective can change so quickly. What we used to be overjoyed about can become routine and “no big deal” quite quickly. Sometimes we even become disappointed. I remember when I was in my first few months of private practice, I used to...
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Find a Way to Smile – Biz Lessons from the ICU, Part 1
Lesson One Though I’d certainly prefer to learn my lessons in a different way, spending the last 2 months in the pediatric intensive care unit with my son has taught me a lot. Just as I've spent the past 8 years sharing what I've learned in private practice with you,...
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