As a patient, how do you prepare?

As a patient, how do you prepare?

A business leader preparing for a strategic shift begins by gathering resources: preparing for the future, determining and communicating strategy, gathering financial assets, and applying talented teams and workers. But in our personal lives, we rarely think that way. We should. Planning for medical challenges I’m in this situation now. My wife will have shoulder…

A better year in 2023

A better year in 2023

These things all happened to me in 2022: There’s no sugar-coating it, all of that sucked. But I have to say, I learned something important. If you build things well over many years: relationships, reputations, integrity — it pays off. A good life has momentum, even if it hits a few potholes. I have never…

Lessons in empathy: How to respond to someone with cancer
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Lessons in empathy: How to respond to someone with cancer

I posted about my prostate cancer one week ago. (Nothing’s changed — the outlook is still hopeful.) I’m sharing what I learned about empathy from the responses from people: what helped and what didn’t. This was a post for me, which was unusual Most of what I write is for you, my readers. It’s writing…

My cancer

My cancer

I have prostate cancer and will begin treatment in January. I wanted to share my experience for several reasons. First, if you have a prostate, you might benefit from hearing somebody else’s experience — since you may find yourself in the same boat I’m now in. Second, I made my decisions in consultation with my…

A man by numbers
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A man by numbers

What, after nearly nine decades, is the measure of a man? What does he leave behind? 261 assorted cables, coax, RCA, lightning, USB 1.0, 2.0, and up 69.5 dongles 22 power cords 1.68 TB total on 43 thumb drives, 99.1% empty, capacities 32 MB and up 15 sets of earbuds and headphones 5 mice 109…

64 and beyond

64 and beyond

(Apologies if you tried to see this post before, it was inaccessible due to a WordPress bug.) Today I am 64. 64 is the first whole number (after 0 and 1, of course) that is both a perfect square and perfect cube. It is the only age commemorated in a Beatles song that is both…