It can be very refreshing when you find something really special.
Like the polished diamond already sparkling from the mine.
This is to the “True diggers”, you know who you are.
The “I can do” club understand this post.
I now watch the crowd trying to outdo each other on twitter, facebook, etc.
As I have found my rhythm and discovered the key.
I step into a different plane of thinking.
It is called “Having a Focus” club.
Clarity is the foundation.
Knowing what you want to accomplish.
Strategic IQ
The Ratio of Strategy versus Tactics
How strategic is your organization.
Easy to get caught up in the treadmill.
Are you Helping your team become more focused?
Get your vision and focus your efforts.
People should list their main objectives.
Get clear and focused.
Then you can become more productive.
Ex. Nourish your people in your data base.
Strategic Acceleration
Succeed at the speed of life.
Let the games begin.
Kathy Marshall
kathyjmarshall@gmail.com
281 770-4916
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Yesterday was an interesting day in the fact that everyone had about the same illness.
You know the allergies with a slight touch of a sore throat, mixed with a few ear infections.
Several of the patients absolutely felt miserable because of the congestion and sinus pressure.
It is definitely not a comfortable feeling when your normally clear sinus passages are clogged, swollen and tender.
I enjoy seeing the healthy sick.
That is what I call them.
Some come in because their parents brought them and others because they just can’t stand feeling bad anymore.
My sole purpose is to give them treatment without antibiotics and give education when it is viral.
When it is bacterial we treat and stop the infection in it’s tracks.
I had one patient that presented to the clinic that was different from the pack.
Basically he was returning for follow up.
He had self medicated himself with antibiotics.
Different antibiotics over the course of 6-8 weeks because he could not seem to stop the supposedly bacterial infection.
This patient presented with severe intractable diarrhea, up to 20 times per day, to include severe abdominal pain, bloating, lack of appetite and fever.
I knew I would be longer with this patient so I sat down and listened closely.
You know, in any business you do, you must learn to listen.
If people think you are listening, then you get there attention.
This patient had a history of chronic infections, was a smoker, thus I knew the infections this patient was getting were being caused by more resistant bacteria.
The problem was the persistent diarrhea that would not resolve.
Finally, we tested the patient for a particular colitis called C. Difficile Toxin, which was positive for this patient.
We treated the patient with Flagyl, an antibiotic that treats bacteria that do not like the air, called anaerobic bacteria.
The good news was that the patient did slowly recover and had an outstanding outcome.
The reason for this story was to hone in on the issue of patients treating their infections on their own.
I will repeat, never, never, never treat your infections on your own.
Why am I telling you about this?
Well about 5 years ago, I remember being called in for a consult (when I worked for an infectious disease specialist) for a very healthy 23 year old college graduate. The patient had developed C.difficile colitis because he kept taking antibiotics anytime he felt a hint of a sore throat infection. He would only take the antibiotics for a 2-3 day period and then he would stop.
He had been doing this practice for the last 5 years. His mom was an office manager for a large family practice clinic locally, so it was no problem for him to get samples of antibiotics.
This young man required surgery to remove part of his large intestine, because of his past self medicating.
This theory is exactly why your MD requires to see you when you get ill, instead of just calling out a script to your local pharmacy.
It is along these same guidelines often I recommend live culture yogurt to replenish the normal flora in your intestine while you are taking your recommended antibiotics.
This post is really here to help folks that get upset with their medical doctors when they are forced to make an office visit for a simple sore throat.
Your MD/PA/NP are just doing his/her job to provide you the best of medical care.
I have more stories to bring you so stay tuned.
Kathy Marshall PA-C, MS
Category: The Medical Connection
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Bloggers 10 Commandments
Thou shalt leave a valid comment on posts you deem worthy.
- Thow shalt not comment on a blog before reading the entire post
- Thow shalt not click on thine own ads
- Thow shalt not Stumble, or Digg thine own blog more than once per post (But it’s OK to ask a friend to.)
- Thow shalt not take the name of Google in vain more than thrice a day
- Thow shalt not steal content from thy neighbors blog (Borrowing is OK)
- Thow shalt not covet thy neighbor’s new Word Press theme, traffic or CTR
- Thow shalt not bow down at the altar of the A-Lister’s blog to the detriment of thine own blog
- Thow shalt not kill thy blog by leaving it unattended for days on end
- Thow shalt post meaningful articles on a regular basis
- Thow shalt not speed link more than twice a week
- Thou shalt leave a valid comment on posts you deem worthy.
Kathy J. Marshall PA-C, MS
Visit me while I write my book.
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IMAGINE YOUR COMPANY OPERATING IN AN ENTIRELY OPEN SOURCE APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT! THE SAVINGS IS ENORMOUS! YOU DON”T HAVE TO WAIT TILL YOU HAVE SPENT 100’s OF 1000’s OF DOLLARS… GET YOUR COMPANY OFF TO THE RIGHT START AND CREATE OPEN ENVIRONMENT…. Why?
Compliments International is a full service open source consulting firm. Web design, PR, Ad Agencies and Marketing firms have been utilizing our services for the last 10 years. Our behind the scenes support allows them to bring the same exceptional work to their customers that you can access for less by coming direct.
Compliments International has also designed one of the largest custom plugin’s and modifications to open source applications, such as WordPress today.
Compliments can custom develop everything from basic applications such as Google Apps to large scale open source applications such as:
- phone systems,
- email systems,
- tutoring systems,
- school systems,
- training,
- conference call,
- web servers,
- operating systems,
- help desk systems,
- forums
- content management systems such as wordpress, joomla, drupal, and 100’s more
- webinar and video conference centers
- feedback forums
- social networking site replication
- and much much more!
Why is it important to work with a company who has expert and experienced open source developers?
- Relationships: Compliments developers have relationships with the best open source programmers from around the world. These relationships save you time and money!! How, because if we don’t know how to do something, we have volunteered on thousands of open source projects and have amazing support from the open source community.
- Experience: Many company’s just starting want you to pay for them to learn what we already know… think about it… can you afford to be someone else’s experiment and testing field. Your business deserves experience and affordable pricing. Cheap is not always better… and how cheap is it if you have to re-do it after a year.
- Trust: With thousands of projects under our belt, you can trust we can get it done right the first time. We can show save you thousands of dollars just by having a conversation and allowing us to share what questions you should ask and how you can validate what we and our competitors are telling you.
- Saves you TIME and MONEY! Open source applications come with 60% or more of the application already designed. With an expert developer, you can save thousands of dollars and hours customizing the technology to meet your needs vs. starting from scratch.
Kathy J. Marshall PA-C, MS
281 770-4916
Category: Compliments International
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What should a great social media campaigner look like…at bare minimum: Try this go to Google and google, Compliments International or Jennifer Bagley. This of course is just a start. Social Media combined with an effective web (internet) presence can help you play offense and defense creating a dynamic and evolving web. Increase your reach, connect with your customers, increase your touch points frequency, increase brand awareness, reach your referral network faster and much more with an effective website and integrated social media marketing platform and plan. Infrastructure is key!
The beauty of your website design and the slickness of it’s functionality are all pretty useless if nobody can find you in the vastness of the web.
One of the biggest frustrations for a website owner is the lack of traffic to their site, especially when a competitor with an inferior website is attracting much more business!
The reality is that simply publishing your website on the internet will not bring success: you must be committed to its ongoing promotion through continued search engine optimization, social media marketing, submissions and directory listings.
Social Media Integration includes a balance of:
- Strategy - integrating current customers, service providers and partners.
- Follow Me Marketing – The ability for visitors to become loyal followers.
- Push Marketing – the ability for visitors to quickly and easily share your web pages with their favorite social media networks.
- Information Management - an effective value sharing strategy.
Compliments structured social media marketing systems will help your business succeed on the internet by harnessing the power of new media, while integrating with your existing marketing strategy.
The fact is that our websites reside in the social space of web – and all the rules of civics applies to our website too. It is imperative that our website is perceived as a contributor of some value for the web citizens. Social media marketing is umbrella term for all activities which enhance the popularity and interaction of your site with other sites and within the various social networks in the web space.
Social media can relates to any any type of media which is user generated and it is consumed and distributed by the users in turn. Some popular social media tools are – RSS feeds, Bookmarking, Blogging, Video sharing, Photo sharing, article contribution, press release etc..
What do we get out of Social Media Platforms?
Social Media platforms like FaceBook, MySpace, LinkedIn provides your business with a launching pad to start a conversation within the potential customers. Thus, the key to SMM is the conversation which is initiated within the members of the social network – These self sustaining conversations become a catalyst for viral marketing.
The pundits of web strategy have coined another term for websites which are highly optimized from a social angle – Social media Optimization (SMO). Well, SMO is the process behind a good Social media marketing strategy.
Kathy Marshall
281 770-4916
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So are you ready to take the leap of faith.
The decision is not that hard.
It is really all about making a decision.
To not be in debt anymore.
To not believe there is a recession.
Stepping into another economy that has always been there.
Right in front of your face.
Very simple.
You, just have to get to work.
Yes I can show you what to do.
Kathy Marshall
281 770-4916
kathyjmarshall@gmail.com
Then you can just
Fly
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Linkedin is a great social network of over 53 million users.
Wow.
Linkedin is an awesome place to meet with other professionals
and network on projects.
Great connections are being made and
often these connections result in profitable
business adventures.
Here is a Free Ebook on doing successful
business connections on Linkedin.
EBOOK
Stay tuned for more tips to help you grow your business.
Peace to you.
Kathy J. Marshall
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Short Tutorial on how to Get your
FaceBook Profile Ready.
You can begin your list building now.
While you are developing your website.
I would love to help you with your web presence
Contact:
Kathy
281 770-4916
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Focus on your intent on connecting with people naturally.
Use FORM, family, occupation, recreation, money.
Ask more questions.
Let your contact talk about themselves.
Because it really is about them.
Focus on Service and Helping them.
Are you on my list?
globalgrplist@aweber.com
Kathy
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So do you really have a website?
Are you set for expansion, growth and change?
We can help you.
Kathy Marshall
281 770-4916
kathyjmarshall@sbcglobal.net
Enroll for great tips here
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