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Creating More Creativity in Your Life #agriculture #creativity #fun #leader #petindustry #success #veterinary #wagalicious Mar 26, 2024

Today let’s talk about creativity. What it is, why it’s important, and how to create a more creative life for yourself.

First, what the heck is creativity? Merriam-Webster’s definition is “the ability to be creative.” Cambridge Dictionary’s definition goes deeper, making it by far the more creative...

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Do You Believe in Your Dream? #veterinary agriculture believe in yourself imposter syndrome pet industry Jan 16, 2024

To start the new year off on the right foot, I attended a presentation about setting intentions and committing to them. Around the halfway point, when he had walked us through a couple of exercises, the speaker asked us to say aloud, “I am committed to my goals.” Throats opened and the room rang wit...

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Do You Know Who Your Vet Tech Is? #animalindustry #leadership #success #teamwork #veterinary vetlife vettech Oct 17, 2023

What do they do, these vet’s assistants?

They have the best job ever!

All day with kittens and puppies they play

Getting wags and kisses – so clever!

You’d almost pay to have their day

It just sounds so life-giving…

Vet technicians are almost magicians

Turning snuggles into a living!

What yo...

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What Dogs Teach You About Leadership #veterinary dog leader leadership national dog week petindustry succcess team dynamic vetlife Sep 26, 2023

Do you have a dog? Two? More? Are you dogless and get your dog love from friends’ dogs? Or maybe you’re someone who just doesn’t see the appeal of dogs?

If you love dogs, you’ll probably love this article. If not, read on anyway because there’s probably something here for you despite your distaste ...

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Do You Follow or Do You Flaunt? #animalindustry #leadership #veterinary #wellbeing not one more vet rules Aug 29, 2023

Are you a rule-follower or a rule-flaunter? Most of us are firmly in the “it depends” category. Most rules we follow, some of them to the letter, and some we think don’t even apply to us or shouldn’t be rules at all.  So why are there rules and why do we follow them?

A pair of researchers, Sven Ste...

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Your License to Chill is Your License to Fly #leadership #veterinary animal industry invention stress stress relief Aug 15, 2023

Today is National Relaxation Day and this week is National Aviation Week. What do those two have to do with each other and why should you care? This will tie them together, ease your stress, and give you wings, so read on. 

Wilbur and Orville Wright didn’t have pilot’s licenses, and no one needs a ...

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Do Your To-Do's Include You? #animalindustry #leadership #selfcare #success #veterinary happiness petindustry Jul 25, 2023

Caution: cliché alert!!!

  • You can’t pour from an empty vessel.
  • Almost everything will work if you unplug it for a few minutes – even you.
  • We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

Yes, you’re right – this edition of the newsletter is about self-care. July is Self-Care month and ...

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Can You Forgive, and Do You Even Want To? #animalindustry #leadership #success #veterinary mental wellbeing petindustry vetlife Jul 18, 2023

About 120 years ago a phrase came into being: “get out of the doghouse.” If a couple had a fight and one locked the other out of the house, unless there was a barn on the property, the only shelter was likely to be the family dog’s house. Hence, a bid for forgiveness was characterized as a bid to ge...

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Are You Living Up to America's Dream? #animalindustry #independence #leadership #veterinary #wellbeing Jul 04, 2023

In the US, today is the day we celebrate the birth of our nation. It was 247 years ago that the Revolutionary War ended and the Declaration of Independence was signed. The ideals put forth were revolutionary at the time, especially the idea that people should be the architect of their own lives, fre...

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Does Resilience Really Matter? #animalindustry #leadership #veterinary #wellbeing resilience Jun 27, 2023

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Helen Keller, a woman whose life was a portrait of resilience. Even today, 143 years after her birth in a northern Alabama hamlet named after a Chickasaw tribal rainmaker, people share her ideas about happiness and leading a useful, productive life. Schoolchi...

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What do Dads and Great Leaders Have in Common? #leadership #veterinary #wellbeing animal industry communication self-development succcess Jun 13, 2023

This week let’s talk about leaders. Sunday is Father’s Day and it’s a good time to look back over your life and reflect on the first leadership style that influenced you. Whether your father was great, good, bad, abysmal, or absent, you learned lessons from him that can serve you now.

There’s an ol...

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Are You a Use It or Lose It? #leadership #success #veterinary #wellbeing vacation May 16, 2023

Whether there are kids in your home or not, you’re probably thinking about doing something this summer. Because of the rhythm of years in childhood, most of us associate the summer months with vacation time. What are your vacation plans?

Don’t have any? You’re in good company – nearly a third of Am...

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Carving Out Caring Time for You #animalindustry #selfcare #success #veterinary #wellbeing Apr 25, 2023

If April showers bring May flowers, you know it’s time for peek-toes, flip-flops, and bare feet very soon! That’s probably why today is National Mani-Pedi day – gotta get those foot-tootsies summer-ready. Yes, even if you’re a dude, the benefits of carving an hour or so out of your day for pampering...

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