Ethics and medicine

Not sure if these two subjects go together. We pay almost $300 a month for health insurance and they cover very little. A recent biopsy costs $452.27 to be exact and we pay for what? Medical procedures in the US have become a joke as well as the thing called insurance. Insurance is now a promise that you, the consumer, can insure you will pay out the nose for anything related to the medical industry. A friend sells those stainless steel apparatuses used to replace joints, knees, shoulders, etc. the stainless steel is then thrown in the garbage. Nice!

Not only can we replace body parts we can then make more waste and add to the landfills...where do they throw all that stuff used in medicine anyway?

Another concern is if costs continue at this rate where are we going to be in ten years? Will the average person even be able to afford medications and porcedures?

CEO Speaks, Sage Advice During Turbulent Times

Reading a book on leadership and self-deception last evening the thought of stepping out of the box, which is also part of the subtitle, I was thinking back on how often this occured. As a trouble shooter on fiber installations I was always picking up the phone to solve a problem. The client which was a carrier would not answer phone calls. Could not solve the problems on the electronic orders because they were so pushed internally. Plus they had no knowledge base to understand what was wrong and how to fix the problem. Stepping out of the box is one of the most critical components in business and when people project the thought, "we've always done it like this" they enter a very messing way a thinking.

Our world has changed and is changing constantly. Our values need solid footing in the way to build relationships in business with integrity, honesty and trust.

Wow, where does the time go?

Again, the topic of ethics comes up in an inaugural address by the governor. Yes, some of us are Christian but in black and white the Bible says "do not judge". And in his speech he essentially insulted every other type of religion as well as those practicing those religions.

A passing thought; Do we ever question our own beliefs? We are such a composite of what our parents taught, a composite made up of the culture in our home, our social group, our education, our family experience, our travels, our lives. Do we ever examine what and why we believe a certain way? Who said an unexamined life is not worth living? That may be an extreme yet something to think about.

CEO Speaks, Sage Advice During Turbulent Times quote

"Being a squirrel eating Southern is just fine". Don Logan former CEO Time Warner Cable, CEO Seek Publication, owner Baron Baseball Team and still going strong in business.

I find it rather fascinating how people are judged by where they live, are born, choose to develop a career, etc. Some of the nicest people and smartest people I know are here in the Bible Belt and Alabama is part of that belt I am referring too.

We have Huntsville which is unique with the space center. Birmingham is unique in that we have a local government that can not get it's act together. Montgomery has a boat load of lobbyist and Mobile is cut out of the 30's era.

Don's interview was sprinkled with humor, the dry humor that infects intelligent brains in a good way.