RWL newsletter #20

Greetings and happy Black Friday! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Here's a few mental things to chew on as you recover from your feasting!

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What: President-Elect Donald Trump's healthcare reform platform

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform

Why: Love him or despise him, he's the president-elect and as leaders we have to think about what he is proposing. As a libertarian leaning thinker, I like a lot of what he has to say. Actually implementing any of them would create huge impacts in healthcare delivery and in the economy. Regardless, you should know what his proposals are.

Watch

What: How to Build Self-Discipline Lesson #1: How to Form a Habit

https://youtu.be/x4fsbGAiocI

Why: Based on Martin Meadow's book Grit. We're in the season of over indulgence and recommitment. This short video invokes Duhigg's Power of Habit, which I liked quite a bit. I have not actually read Meadow's book, but I downloaded it and intend to check it out. The idea that good behavior really comes down to habit is pretty well established. We only have so much cognitive capacity at any given time - so we offload much of our decision making to habit. If you want to live a healthier, more productive life, it's critical to consciously build good habits. I wish I could say I was a good role model, but I cycle through good habits like most people. There are some good tips in this video.

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What: Health Leader Forge Policy Special: Hodder on Current Health Policy Issues

http://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2016/11/policy-special-hodder-on-current-health.html​

Why: I'm pretty excited about this! After the election, I had a meeting with my dean and he asked me before the meeting what I thought would happen with the ACA. Honestly, I'd been so focused on so many other issues, I hadn't given it a lot of thought. I stammered out some thoughts off the cuff, but realized I really wanted to dig deeper. So I reached out to my colleague, Lucy Hodder, from the UNH Law School, and she agreed to do this special podcast looking at the current state of health policy and where it might go in the future. I'd love to hear what you think of this!


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I' d love to hear what you think of these suggestions, and I'd love to get suggestions from you. Feel free to drop me a line by e-mail, or you can tweet to me at @bonicatalent .

Thanks for reading and see you next week!

Mark

Mark J. Bonica, Ph.D., MBA, MS
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Management and Policy
University of New Hampshire
(603) 862-0598
mark.bonica@unh.edu
Health Leader Forge Podcast: http://healthleaderforge.org
Twitter: @bonicatalent

"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor." - Henry David Thoreau