CASH-Based Practice Blog
CBP 084: Biz Lessons from the ICU – Part 2
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 was teaching me. I wrote down many of those lessons and found that most of them applied to not just my life and my family’s, but…
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...
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 make sure...
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...
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...
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 months. During this time I practically lived at the hospital. Now that Gray has returned home…
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 get so...
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,...
