Emergency Physician. EMS & Disaster Doc. Writing & Speaking Where Culture, Medicine, and Policy Collide. Views=Mine 🇺🇸
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Thank you, @TIME Magazine, for giving voice to what our emergency departments across the country see, hear, and feel. #ThePitt #ThePittMax
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Column: Why watching "The Pitt" feels so cathartic for ER doctors like me
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Over 2,500 games from the dugout. 50+ years in baseball. 17 as an MLB manager.
I won Manager of the Year and also lost more games than I want to count.
I led teams through losing seasons and took a team to the World Series.
If I could go back to my first day as a leader, here are the 5 lessons I'd whisper in my own ear:
Lesson 1: Be a window when it's good, a mirror when it's bad.
The leaders I respected most shared every win and absorbed every hit.
What this looks like in practice:
• Wins: name the people who made it happen
• Losses: say "that's on me" before anyone asks
• Locker room: spotlight the effort before the outcome
Your team will fight harder for a leader who deflects credit and absorbs blame.
Lesson 2: Nobody hands you trust. You earn it before you coach it.
Early in my career, plenty of coaches tried to fix my swing.
I tuned out every one I didn't trust.
Get to know your people before you try to develop them.
Their hobbies, their family, what makes them tick.
Then the coaching lands.
Lesson 3: Shower well after every loss.
After a losing streak in Colorado, our team president asked me how I kept the clubhouse together.
This was my rule:
• Self-evaluate honestly, were we prepared, did we execute?
• Shower well, wash off the grit, grime, and angst before you walk out
• Be present for whoever you're going home to
Tomorrow is a new opportunity. Don't drag yesterday into it.
Lesson 4: Lead transformationally, not transactionally.
Transactional leaders ask: what can this person do for me?
Transformational leaders ask: how do I put this person in a position to win?
The first builds compliance.
The second builds careers.
When your people start chasing growth instead of your approval, you've crossed over.
Lesson 5: Stay humble before life humbles you.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who are humble, and those who are about to be.
Discipline keeps you in the first group:
Skill gets you in the room. Humility keeps you there.
50 years taught me leadership isn't about you.
It's about the people you serve.
@rockies
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You walk into a coffee shop in Oak Lawn and see 4 White Sox jerseys. The Jewel is a sea of Sox wear. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic school is out of uniform only if you wear Sox gear. St Xavier baseball moved practice today so they could watch together.
The South Side is alive.
What a day at RUSH! More than 100 EMS, emergency medicine & disaster medicine leaders from across the U.S. and around the world came together for the @EmergencyDocs EMS & Disaster Medicine Conference.
One room. Global perspectives. One mission: advancing EMS & disaster med!
The EMS and Disaster Pre-Conference's Wilderness Breakout Session took attendees off-campus to get hands-on experience delivering care in challenging conditions. Drs. Geoffrey Comp and Dana Mathew taught attendees essential skills for providing care when resources are limited. #ACEP26
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Kicking off @ACEPNation with a great #EMS Pre-conference lead by @NickCozziMDMBA & @RushEmergency @CFDMedia outstanding attendance and collaboration across 🌍 #disasterpreparedness
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A pioneer. A mentor. A friend.
The Houston Fire Department mourns the loss of Dr. David Persse, retired HFD EMS Physician Director and longtime MD-1, who passed away Monday, Sept. 28, surrounded by his family. Read More @ houstontx.gov/fire/newsroom/…
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My thoughts and prayers are with Dr. David Persse’s family, friends, and colleagues as we mourn his passing. His compassion, steady leadership, and dedication to the health and safety of Houstonians will always be remembered.
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In his book, Tony La Russa details an obscure off-boarding process that he carried out at the end of every season.
"I can’t claim this idea as my own. Bill Walsh shared it with me," he writes.
I wrote about it here:
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Chris, congrats! You took on a huge challenge and delivered. Will, you made this team believe and got them to perform. Congrats to the White Sox organization, players and coaches. Well deserved! And the fans who never never supporting
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Under the glow of the Tribute in Light, @JohnOndrasik performed “Superman,” a song that has come to symbolize courage, sacrifice, and the strength to carry on.
His performance was part of a night of music and remembrance marking 25 years since 9/11, bringing together artists, survivors, families, and people across the country to reflect on the lives and legacies of those we lost. As the beams illuminated the New York City skyline, Ondrasik joined Cyndi Lauper and Lainey Wilson in a powerful evening of reflection, honoring the sacrifice, resilience, and service that continue to shape how we remember September 11.
“9/11 Tribute in Light: Live from Lower Manhattan,” presented by ABC News in partnership with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, is now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
Twenty-five years later, the promise to never forget remains as important as ever. Support the 9/11 Memorial & Museum and help carry these stories forward for generations to come. Every gift to The Never Forget Fund will be matched dollar for dollar by @MikeBloomberg, up to $25 million. Support at neverforget.org
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25 years later, we continue to honor the lives we lost on 9/11 and the heroics of our first responders. We will never forget.
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On September 11, 2001, the White Sox were in New York to play the Yankees.
In 2011, I spoke with Mark Buehrle, Paul Konerko, Hawk Harrelson, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada for their recollections of that horrific day.
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We are united. We stand together.
In New York set to play the Yankees, the Chicago White Sox were awoken by an alarm the morning of September 11, 2001. Baseball resumed in Chicago on September 18 as the White Sox played host to the Yankees and fans showed up to show their support.
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New York
The 10th of September 2001
No one knew that the following day our world would change……
Never forget 🇺🇸💔
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.@ABC7NY's look at Lower Manhattan during their news broadcast 25 years ago tonight, reminds us to pray for all those tragically killed on 9/11 who kissed their loved ones goodnight for the last time — and our fallen hero 1st responders. #NeverForget