Joe Tye

Books that Inspire Me #2 - The Mind and the Brain I read The Mind and the Brain about 15 years ago. It was one of the first books to explain the science of brain plasticity in a way that the average layperson could begin to understand it.

The Out-of-Body Experiences Behind Emotional Pain Published: June 28, 2021. All emotional pain is caused by mini out-of-body experiences. Your conscious awareness is in a time zone and/or a zip code that is different than that of your physical, corporeal body.

Happy Nurses Day! We remember Florence as having been founder of nursing as a true profession, but should also recognize her many other pioneering roles. Among other things, she was the first modern hospital administrator and created the org structure still in use today; was the original architect of the hospital as we know it; and was a ferocious advocate for the healthcare of soldiers, veterans and their families. Learn more by downloading the afterword to the 10th Anniversary edition of my book The Florence Prescription here: https://bit.ly/10thAnnivAfterword

The book and new audiobook are available on Amazon or: https://www.TheFlorenceChallenge.com

For all the tragedy and sadness of the coronavirus pandemic, the tragedy will be compounded if we waste the crisis by not making some good come from it.

I fervently hope that one good thing will be the eradication of the word Justa from the English language. When applied to a human being, by others or by individuals themselves, Justa is one of the most unjust words conceivable.

I hope that we will remember that:

Justa Housekeeper was the first one on the beach making it safe for others to follow.

Justa Lab Tech was double and triple checking results, knowing that if they didn't get it right everything else will go wrong.

Justa UPS Driver was going door-to-door delivering all the stuff that the rest of us didn't or couldn't leave the house to go buy.

Justa First Responder was running toward the emergencies that the rest of us watched on television.

Justa Nurse was celebrating the International Year of the Nurse by working longer hours with sicker patients at greater personal risk then could reasonably have been expected.

After years of being underpaid and underappreciated, all of the Justas are finally being recognized for being the heroes they always have been.

When things get back to normal, whatever the new normal proves to be, will we remember that in the darkest hours of the coronavirus pandemic, all of the Justas were there doing what they always had done?

I recorded this 3-minute video several years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7eFiecAY5c but the message has never been more relevant, never been more urgent, than it is today. Please share it with your team and ask your colleagues what they will do to make sure we don't forget the people we're calling heroes today will still be heroes when the crisis has passed. Thank you.