MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'busy!'. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:59:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688952&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-12%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips…  Communicate like a human being, not a marketer. If your email looks even remotely like spam, expect that busy people will treat it as such. If an email looks impersonal at all or seems like it’s being sent to more than one person, busy people will often delete it without reading it. Busy people get enough personal communication that they don’t want to bother with anything that isn’t personal. Sometimes I get messages sent through my online contact form that start with salutations like "Hi Marc…" I actually prefer these copy/paste blunders, since it saves me from having to read them before hitting delete. If you�... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688952 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:17:00 +0100 2688952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2685391&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-11%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Don’t apologize for reaching out. Never begin your first contact with an apology. Every week people send me emails that begin with phrases like, "Sorry to bother you, but…" What does this tell me about the other person’s expectations for connecting with me? It tells me they expect to bother me. Who am I to argue with them? Delete… next. If you hint that you’re about to irritate or annoy someone, they’ll assume you’re right. Why should they do otherwise? You might think that you’re just being polite and respectful. Are you really? Or would it be more accurate to say that deep down, yo... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2685391 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0100 2685391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2678906&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-10%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Meet in person. It’s hard to create much of a connection with someone via email. Email just isn’t expressive enough. Email is communication stripped of its emotional context. Instant messaging is a step up from email because it’s real-time instead of asynchronous, but it’s still a very thin channel. Consequently, I virtually never use IM. It feels like trying to communicate underwater. Text messaging is a close cousin of instant messaging and email, depending on how it’s used and how quickly people respond. Phone calls are a big step up because now you can pick up some emotional context from tone of voice. You can build a half... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2678906 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:27:00 +0100 2678906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2674535&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-9%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Offer genuine friendship, not neediness. This idea is more about attitude than actions. Busy people are so accustomed to being approached by people who want to vamp their energy in some way, so their shields often go up when they meet new people. In the back of their mind, they’re thinking, “What does this person want from me?” You’ll get much better results if you approach busy people from a place of giving, kindness, generosity, friendship, and equality – as opposed to coming from a place of neediness, wanting something from them, seeing them as a potential client or prospect or valued contact, etc. I meet a lot of busy and ... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2674535 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:33:00 +0100 2674535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2671133&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-8%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Don’t misinterpret short replies. Busy people often send very curt replies to emails they receive. Don’t misinterpret one-line replies like "Fine, let’s do it," "No thanks," "Not interested," or "Thanks. " as being a sign of rudeness or lack of caring. Minimalist replies are common in the business world. Consider them a sign of efficiency, not disrespect. Your message may be one of dozens being batch-processed. The fact that you got a reply at all means the other person considered your message worthy of a response. If you write back to complain, you become an annoyance. Don’t r... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2671133 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:20:00 +0100 2671133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2670757&cid=t_219375_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2009%2F08%2F05%2Fliving-on-the-edge%2F Taking a break from the mass hysteria that is swine flu to write yet another blog post - my third for the month. Already on track to be my best blogging month for 2009! Things are super busy at the moment - work is busy, home is getting busy, out 4/7 nights this week with church related stuff, trying to fit in study for my new course in Diving medicine as well as get started on an assignment for my other unit, and of course fit in all the other things I want to get done - family time, get through some of my mountain of unread books, play my guitar etc etc. Oh and Owen seems to have come down with flu today quite badly  So my plan now is to try and do a little bit of every thing every day so I don’t get to the end of the week and look back at all the things left undone. Part of that... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2670757 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:15:14 +0100 2670757 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2667770&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-7%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Forgive the blow-off. Busy people are constantly being approached by those who are coming from a place of neediness. This is why busy people often seem a bit aloof when you first talk to them. Their shields are up. I admit that when I enter new social situations with people who may know me, but I don’t know much about them, I tend to have my shields up. I get approached so often by people who want to vamp something from me that I’ve become pretty resistant to people who approach me on the basis of neediness. I’ve also gotten pretty good at detecting Trojan horse approaches, where the person acts like they’re offering genuine fri... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2667770 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:00:00 +0100 2667770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2664138&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-6%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Be discerning. Don’t try to network with someone just because they seem like a high-value target. When I started my computer games business in 1994, my networking strategy was pretty inane. I would network with everyone and anyone who was willing – especially anyone who seemed to be more successful or experienced than I was. My networking strategy was, “If someone wants to network with me, that’s good enough.” Of course that was a desperation strategy. I wasted a lot of time doing this. If I had done even a little bit of homework on some of the people I tried to network with, I’d have realized there were glaring incompatibili... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2664138 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:15:00 +0100 2664138 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2662681&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-5%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Use a backdoor. Busy people often have backdoor channels where they automatically pay more attention to incoming communication. In order to use these channels effectively, it helps if you have genuine shared interests that are somewhat uncommon. For example, if the busy person eats an uncommon diet, and you eat a similar diet, that can be a powerful in. Suppose someone emails me to say, “I’m coming to Vegas next week. Can I take you to lunch?” Now suppose someone says, “I’ve been a vegan for X years, and lately I’ve been experimenting with raw foods. Would you be interesting in sharing lunch at the Go Raw Cafe in Vegas next w... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2662681 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:30:00 +0100 2662681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657949&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F07%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-3%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Avoid making threats. An example of a threat is, "I really need a response from you, so I’m going to keep calling/emailing you every day until you respond." In my experience most people have the good sense not to use threats, but it does happen now and then – enough that I can call it out as a pattern. Threats are almost always counter-productive. If you behave with such gross immaturity, you’ll simply paint yourself as a psycho, and the busy person will want nothing to do with you. I know it can be frustrating when you don’t get the reply you’re hoping for, but don’t make matters worse by threatenin... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657949 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:15:00 +0100 2657949 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2657950&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F07%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people-part-2%2F This is a continuation of the “How to Network With Busy People” series. The first post in the series can be found here. Continuing on with our tips… Don’t trigger a pattern match. Don’t send a busy person any communication that fits the pattern of what they’ve seen hundreds of times before, or your message will simply be processed as routine and unimportant. I understand that your message is very important to you. I know you may be reaching out in a heartfelt way. But you should know that your message probably isn’t being received the way you intended. When you never get a “thank you” and someone sends you one, it’s a treat… a nice gift. But when it happens a dozen times a day, 365 days a year, for years on end, well… can you see that your attitude might shi... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2657950 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:35:18 +0100 2657950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2654079&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38613&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stevepavlina.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F07%2Fhow-to-network-with-busy-people%2F This article is the start of that series. Often the people we’d most like to network with are also the least accessible. Busy people are bombarded with endless emails, phone calls, social media connections, and more. Making contact with such people can be difficult because so many others are trying to do the same thing. Nevertheless, busy people can make very valuable contacts. They’re usually busy for a reason – lots of people want to connect with them, either for business or personal reasons. I believe I have some solid, practical advice to share on this topic for two reasons. First, I’ve dealt with hundreds of busy people during my 15+ years as an entrepreneur. I’ve had to learn what works and what doesn’t in the real world of business. I also know how busy peopl... Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2654079 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:45:08 +0100 2654079 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2517470&cid=t_219375_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fit-isnt-how-much-your-do%2F156%2F It is very easy to confuse motion with accomplishment, but simply being busy doesn’t do anything toward reaching our goals.  Being busy can be addictive.  Look around and you will hear a lot of people complaining about how busy they are, but when you look deeper, it is clear that they like being busy. I’m not sure why this is.  I think being busy makes us feel important. It is possible that we feel important because we assume that important people are busy or that people who accomplish a lot are busy.  While neither of these things is necessarily true, there is something about being busy that people like. The people who are really productive are usually the the least busy. In fact, sometimes it doesn’t seem like they do very much, but it is quality of the little they... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2517470 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +0100 2517470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2458184&cid=t_219375_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FLT5O-HCiI9A%2F Doctors seem to be notorious for making people wait, and a new survey confirms what we already suspected: we’re being kept waiting a lot longer. Merritt Hawkins, which is a consulting firm that specializes in health care, surveyed over 1,100 doctor’s offices on the length of time people wait to get an appointment. I always thought it was just the specialists that were hard to get into, but now I’ve noticed it with my regular physician as well. The survey “measured average appointment wait times in family practices as well as four specialties: cardiology, dermatology, obstetrics/gynecology and orthopedic surgery.” They found that the average wait time HAS INCREASED by 8.6 days per city. So if it took you a week to see your doctor, chances are now it’s cl... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2458184 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 11:51:44 +0100 2458184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441852&cid=t_219375_112_f&fid=34728&url=http%3A%2F%2Fobgynkenobi.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F05%2Frun-run-run.html I'm coming off of another 18 day stretch of call, and has it been a wild ride. Most of the time, even with the unpredictable schedule I've come to expect, it isn't very often that I have a true, chaotic dash to the hospital to tend to an emergency. I know about most labors when they are early in the process, and can mentally prepare to leave for the hospital at the appropriate time. By the same token, most surgeries are planned well in advance. Of course, babies have a way of surprising even the most prepared, and they seem to have conspired against me in the past few weeks.Emergency Dash #1 - Sunday afternoon, approximately 4 pm. I was out with CindyLou, Bean, and Mr. Whoo at the park, enjoying the weather. I answered an outside page from a husband, worrying that his term pregnant wife (O... Ob/Gyn Kenobi blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441852 Sat, 23 May 2009 15:08:00 +0100 2441852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2349413&cid=t_219375_134_f&fid=35187&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDiabetesDaily%2F%7E3%2FHEUbXUjU51k%2Fjust-a-quick-update---vlog-style.php (Source: Diabetes Daily) Diabetes Daily blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2349413 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:19:57 +0100 2349413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348727&cid=t_219375_112_f&fid=34728&url=http%3A%2F%2Fobgynkenobi.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Frevenge-of-pregnant-women.html Oooooweeeeeeooooo. Scary, huh? Well, to a poor, unsuspecting, newly-recovered from the flu Ob/Gyn, it is the scariest prospect around. You see, for the first time (and I do mean, the very first time) in 4 years, I was oh-so-fortunate to have an entire 3 weekends off...in a ROW! The audacity! The outrage! Ohhhhh, and the payback. You see, 2 of those weekends were included on my vacation, which was less vacation, and more "how much activity can you cram into 10 days?" This was spent in the southerly regions and in Newville, the site of our pending relocation. The third weekend was Easter weekend, by some stroke of luck, I was able to convince OMFH to grant me the holiday off, to visit with Mr. Whoo's family in the Great White North. Easter weekend marked the beginning of the the Whoo Family'... Ob/Gyn Kenobi blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348727 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:55:00 +0100 2348727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2149608&cid=t_219375_82_f&fid=34667&url=http%3A%2F%2Flaryngoscope.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fare-you-busy.html I'm standing the preop area in the morning talking to some of the residents before cases get started for the day. One of the preop nurses comes over... "Are you busy?" Fateful last words "Are you covering the recovery room?"No cases have come out into recovery room yet, "I'm not covering, but you need help with something?""Can you come over and look at one of our perioperative techs? She's having some chest pain? We're going to hook her up to the monitors... could you look at her EKG?"They bring her over to a recovery slot, hook her up to monitors, everything looks okay, vital signs stable.... I take one of the residents over with me... we start getting some history.Family history of vascular disease... pain started this morning while she was moving things around in the OR... yes I've had ... i'm so sleepy blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2149608 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:45:00 +0100 2149608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1963935&cid=t_219375_112_f&fid=34728&url=http%3A%2F%2Fobgynkenobi.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fdont-you-forget-about-me.html Although, I wouldn't blame you if you did. I know it has been over a month. I have a lot of great excuses that you probably don't want to hear right now. The long and the short of it is that I've been studying for oral boards, a lot, and working, a lot. When I'm not doing either of those things, I am lying upon my couch like a slug, it is my only defense (name that classic movie). In the meantime, I will post a link to my most recent post at Mothers in Medicine, and promise to be more present in the blogosphere in the coming weeks. Hope everyone is having a wonderful fall weekend! (Source: Ob/Gyn Kenobi) Ob/Gyn Kenobi blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1963935 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:59:00 +0100 1963935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1811688&cid=t_219375_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F09%2F21%2Fa-busy-day-for-life-and-death%2F Jeff McCallum is the author of Somebody’s Bright Balloon, a collection of poems about and for cancer patients, caregivers and health professionals. McCallum lives in Minneapolis, where he works as a commercial building contractor. In his free time he’s involved in theater, activism and writing as therapy. Ed. Note: Not to hijack my own post, but regarding writing as therapy, I just gotta add: About a year ago I was approached by the founder of a new arts organization about teaching writing. Basically a volunteer position, but that alone didn’t stop me. I told the woman I’d be interested in teaching a class in cancer poetry or cancer memoir. She turned me down. She said cancer is so “negative” and her organization was new and she wanted to start things ... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1811688 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:32:57 +0100 1811688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1270588&cid=t_219375_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fwomankind-idleness-is-devils-work.html It’s great to be a woman in today’s world because we are always busy and never bored. I’m so busy right now I hardly have a minute to write, but no matter, because most of my writing is already written a week ahead of time, which means I just have to push the ‘publish’ button. I rarely do ‘real time.’Meanwhile I do laundry, wash, dry, fold and put away. When I’m not doing that I fill in with childcare, homework, band aides and kisses goodnight. I have friends that I can call for a chat, people I can meet and always the never ending shopping. I am just like every other busy mum and stay at home parent. I’m so busy that many things back up, so that instead of darning a sock I’ll throw it away and buy a new pair. I must be a strange spectacle, beetling about my house dress... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1270588 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:50:00 +0100 1270588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=880348&cid=t_219375_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F158085737%2Fbusy_works_against_business.html It’s quite simple when you stop to think about it. The problem is that today’s rip roaring business pace … fails to let people stop and think. What’s the result? Check out how some of the busiest people you know are least successful than people who play, rest, laugh or exercise. It’s a brain thing. A person’s working memory holds a very tiny bit of new information at any time, and most of the contents spill out as the day progresses. People who dash from one encounter to another in a day – lose most of their best ideas – before the brain processes them. How so? Before the brain can process and rewire itself based on your new idea – you have to act on it, sing, it dance it, build it or share it. Can you see why the busiest people often ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=880348 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:19:54 +0100 880348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=629136&cid=t_219375_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F21%2Fworking-while-you-exercise-a-good-idea%2F Filed under: Exercise, StressFinding a balance between work and working out is one of the great American struggles these days. We have so much going on, it's nearly impossible to fit in activity. So here's a solution I never thought I would see ... the work-while-you-workout exercise station. Really, I guess it was only a matter of time before they developed something like this, but I think it's ridiculous. How can you type and run? Or make a conference call while you're trying to catch your breath? And even if you could, why would you want to? My time on the treadmill is the precious break I get from my computer, which I seem to be on all the time now thanks for facebook. And exercise is supposed to be stress relieving, not stress inducing. Seriously folks, if you feel like you need to wo... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=629136 Mon, 21 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 629136 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=777632&cid=t_219375_140_f&fid=34838&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarmale.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fshit.html (Source: Bipolar Mo) Bipolar Mo blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=777632 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:58:00 +0100 777632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=516396&cid=t_219375_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F02%2Fthought-for-the-day-im-too-young-for-this%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Young Adult Cancers, Blogs, Services, Cancer Survivors, Thought for the DayThere's this guy. His name is Matthew Zachary. He's a cancer survivor, a motivational speaker, a concert pianist, and the founder of a resource portal for young adults surviving cancer.Steps for Living, Inc. -- also known as I'm too young for this -- was created by Zachary because he wants us all to know there are awesome cancer support services out there for adolescents and young adults. He means really awesome opportunities -- like spa retreats, online forums and blogs, social networking, camping excursions, fertility education, peer counseling, financial scholarships, and more.You may be too young for cancer, but you are not alone, says Zachary whose mantra is Get Busy Living. And this i... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=516396 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 516396