I love learning from a room full of incredibly smart people!\u00a0\u00a0 Today I was able to attend a meeting that was put together by Leavitt Partners (founded by former HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, also the former Governor of Utah).\u00a0 Leavitt Partners has formed a group called Health Intelligence Partners, which is a collaborative panel of thought leaders from all walks of the healthcare spectrum, brought together to discuss important issues in healthcare today as well as future trends and ideas for solutions to the incredibly complex problems we face.\u00a0 Involved in the meeting were leaders from health insurance companies, medical providers, technology companies, and government leaders.\u00a0 It was great because the group was small enough to keep a controlled discussion, but big enough to have good representation from the different sectors of the industry.<\/p>\n
It was a fabulous experience to sit in the room with a group of people who were strong and independent, and who had diverse backgrounds and completely unique perspectives on healthcare.\u00a0 It was really quite exceptional to sit back and watch as each person shared their views from their different angles and then to see the ideas flow from the discussion. I learned a lot today from the people I was able to meet with, and it was a really great experience.<\/p>\n
As I sat in the meeting I was thinking to myself how we don\u2019t do enough of those types of discussions.\u00a0 Discussions with a group of diverse people, from different backgrounds, that can just sit in a room and talk openly about how we view a topic.\u00a0 The discussions are the most interesting when you are not trying to necessarily come to an answer, but rather, you are simply sharing information and experiences that have led you to hold the views you hold on a subject.\u00a0 It\u2019s nice because there isn\u2019t a right or a wrong to the discussion, just the sharing of information in order to get your wheels turning.<\/p>\n
What I was reminded of most today was the fact that I LOVE TO LEARN.\u00a0 I really do.\u00a0 I absolutely love it when I can learn new things, or explore new topics, or broaden my horizons, or see things in a new light because I have more facts to help form my views.\u00a0 There is something so energizing about gaining intelligence!\u00a0 I loved being reminded of that today! \u00a0It\u2019s so easy to get caught up in the \u201cnorm\u201d of just doing the day-to-day, and the problem with that is that it keeps your mind from expanding and learning new things or exploring new ideas.\u00a0 \u00a0In fact, I have come to recognize that the day-to-day routine is a complete creativity suck!\u00a0 And it MUST BE STOPPED!\u00a0 And so I have decided that I will be committing a dedicated amount of time every week that I will use to learn something new\u00a0\u2013 so I will spend that time either reading a great motivational book, or having a group discussion with a room of incredibly smart and diverse people, or learning a new skill \u00a0– the bottom line is that I will dedicate that time to learning!\u00a0\u00a0 And I would challenge all of you reading this to make that same commitment to learn something new each week as well.\u00a0 And then we can all hang out together and share our new found intelligence with one another and that will make us\u00a0even smarter! \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 That is GENIUS!!<\/p>\n
Have a great Thursday all you smart and wonderful people!<\/p>\n
~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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