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DOCTOR’S CORNER

SUCCESSFULHABITS

TO START, STOP AND DO QUIETLY

by Allen Weiss, MD, MBA, FACP, FACR
President and CEO, NCH Healthcare System
M uch has been written about how to succeed in fail, e.g., behavior to avoid. And to polish the entire subject of success,
Along with how to be successful, one should understand how not to
life, business, school, and old age; as a couple or
family; and in most every other environment
how can one be successful and remain modest? Really what is most
and situation imaginable.
LET’S START WITH SOME GOOD BEHAVIORS:
Famous authors including Stephen Covey, who admired is success without drama or fanfare.
emulated Dale Carnegie, who in turn revered President
• “Take care of your body. It is the only place you have
Abraham Lincoln, are the modern day experts on success
lessons. To make himself understood, Lincoln was famous to live,” is a quote by Jim Rohn, an American entrepreneur, author,
in employing Old Testament parables, stories, and lessons and motivational speaker. Southwest Florida’s Blue Zones Project
as he rode the circuit court in his early career and later as facilitates caring for yourself by making the healthy choice the easy
President when he met informally with constituents. The choice. Fortunately, we live in the healthiest and happiest metropolitan
Old Testament, in addition to being the core of Judeo- statistical area in America for the past two years, as noted by the
Christian religions, is the origin of many of our current Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index®.
success lessons.

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