How does the FOIA correlate with health information privacy policies? Tip the knowledge bass is beyon HIPAA.
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"Your Life is bigger than your job" - Oprah Winfrey
Listening to an honor society presentation. What I advise is keep "balance" in perspective. USA the average worker puts in 40 hours plus. Europe its approximately 30 hours with social supports such as healthcare and a siesta. The balance is unsustainably off in my opinion regarding US economics.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siesta
Advice for Leaders: Listen, Learn, Love, Observe, then Lead.
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https://www.azquotes.com/quote/184516
Inspiration: Luke 22:54-62
Burn Down those Bridges that no longer serve your honorable goals!
We’ve all heard it: For decades, it’s been a crux of career advice. Keep every door open. Stay on good terms. Never fully walk away. Don’t burn that bridge.
But that advice was followed during a different time and for workplaces that were designed to keep you in line, not further your career. In today’s fast-moving workforce, clinging to outdated relationships, toxic workplaces, or unfair structures isn’t loyalty. It’s self-sabotaging.
It’s time to rethink what was once considered the norm. Sometimes burning a bridge isn’t reckless. It’s strategic. It’s the first step toward building something better in your career.
The original phrase came from the military: destroy the bridge behind you so you can’t retreat. In modern work life, it’s been turned into “never cut ties,” even if those ties are choking your growth.
The reason for this advice? To protect the system, not you. To make sure you don’t disrupt the corporate hierarchy, question what was once considered normal, or hold higher powers accountable.
But when you’re trauma-bonded to bad bosses, toxic workplaces and colleagues, or exploitative industries, staying connected keeps you stuck. It prevents advancement. It robs you of the energy you need to move forward.
Let’s be clear: walking away is complicated.
Here are five ways to burn bridges and do it in a way that’s bold, healthy, and future-career focused:
1. Walk away, with both feet. If you’re constantly keeping one foot in the past and one in the present, you’ll never fully be able to march toward your future. When you make the decision to break free from a place or a person holding you back, you must commit to the ending. Any ambivalence will send mixed messages to what you no longer want in your life and to yourself.
Stop meeting your former toxic boss for coffee. Don’t “like” and comment on posts by the person who mistreated you. Block the number in your phone that sends a shiver down your spine every time you see it pop up. Cut the cord.
2. Stand for your boundaries. Create, communicate, and comply with the boundaries that you need and require that those who you allow in your life do the same. Writer, broadcaster, and podcaster Emma Gannon is known for saying, “The only people who get upset when you start setting boundaries are the ones who benefited from you not having them.” You will be met with resistance because you are no longer allowing others to mistreat you. Don’t take that pushback as a sign to retreat. It’s working. This is what it looks like.
Decide where you will spend your time and energy and who with. Is the monthly networking dinner you signed up for still serving you? What about the subscription to the organization that no longer feels aligned? It’s time to stop feeding the people and places that no longer support the life you’re designing. Cancel what’s not adding value.
3. Protect yourself. Who is the version inside of you who wasn’t—or isn’t—safe? Now, go to them and tell them that you know a way out. Lead them there, hand in hand, and don’t stop until you get to the other side. So much of growth is about knowing better and then, doing better. You now have the power to rewrite your story. Make sure you’re the main character in this edition.
Do you remember what it felt like to be in the midst of your career chaos? It’s time to hold that emotion again and release it. Write a letter to that version of yourself acknowledging, honoring, and validating the experience. Tell them what you’re doing differently now so that it will never happen again. So much of healing and moving forward is dependent upon witnessing what was. And getting those feelings out of your body onto paper is a powerful tool in the process.
4. Build your own bridge. We spend a lot of time running to the next thing. Preparing for the next challenge. Rushing to achieve the next milestone. It’s a perfect recipe for never enjoying anything you’ve worked for. Stop. Look around. This was your goal at one point in time. And even if it’s not exactly the way you want it to be, you have achieved so much. Stand at the peak of your in-between. Look to the left at where—and who—you’ve been. Look to the right at where you’re going, at who you’re meant to be. Thank them, the you of this moment. They deserve to be celebrated.
Share what you’re doing with people you trust. Yes, they can hold you accountable, but they will also be there to celebrate these important steps you’re taking: burning the bridges to a past that no longer serves you; building a bridge to a future that is ready to fulfill you. You can’t do it alone. Surround yourself with the people who want to see you win.
5. Walk to the other side. Your new bridge is built. The decaying and diseased bridges are burned. All the planning and strategizing and vision boarding in the world means nothing unless you take action. Rewiring the conditioning inside of you that tells you “don’t burn bridges” takes effort, determination, and commitment. But the act of making a different choice—of reprogramming an operating system that at one point brought you safety, success, and solace—takes conviction. You must commit to this shift and start changing your daily habits if you want to realize this new life for yourself. No one else will do it for you. It is up to you.
This is our way forward: New system. New rules. New path.
Let’s stop asking others for directions to places they’ve never been. Let’s stop taking directions from others to places they’ll never go. Let’s build our own bridges. On our own terms.
I’ve gone back too many times—to people and places in my career that have burned me; I’ve put my hand into the fire again and again thinking that maybe, this time, it won’t be so hot. I’ve slipped back while climbing my way out of quicksand because giving in felt so much easier. I even taught myself that it actually felt good.
When we always keep one foot behind, wedged inside this mythical “door” that must remain open indefinitely, we never fully move forward.
It’s time. Close the door. Walk away. Burn the bridge. Build a new bridge. Cross it.
“Burning bridges” isn’t self-destructive. It’s an act of self-preservation. And you will always be worth saving.
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Source: https://www.fastcompany.com/91418485/when-you-should-burn-a-bridge-in-your-career
Checks & Balances Org. Campaign to Reopen Job Corps Across America
WE are not simply statistics. Those youth served at these centers may are and were at risk. This is not time to say that a 35% graduation rate during the pandemic era supports closures. Now in numbers upwards 80 % graduation rate. This cause is not to be nonchalant; job corps centers especially in the Great City of St. Petersburg Florida . Which former President said talk softly but carry a big stick (Teddy Roosevelt) applies to many political situations popping up in this 2nd Trump Term!!! regarding exercising ones freedom of speech rights....I advise all to exercise such boldly verbally and in written- A.T. Yoda Brooks
Plugging a Name to get a Job or Position: Not feeling that approach today. Name to get a Job or Position: Not feeling it today. Sometimes you want to stand independently...straight up!!! If we must conform to the system so be it but required too? My thoughts on this might sound disrespectful or ungrateful which is baloney! Defeatism and quitting in this economic race might back firer. The Right "too"...in the America we desire has many rights. Free and independently if we chose to!!! - A.T. Yoda Brooks
A Saying A Saying from Moms "Don't count your chickens before the eggs hatch" from Moms "Don't count your chickens before the eggs hatch". Mindful of this on the front.
New FAFSA Application & Process is Discriminatory
My vote would be hands of the Department of Education. Whatever they in Washington D.C. are doing is not in support of students finishing their college, university, trade school & G.I. Bill funded degrees. The FAFSA process has literally been taking down. Which is outrages a stable educational program for decades. We the people do not have the luxury for this institution to be rebuilt while the Administration figures out a replacement. - A.T. Yoda Brooks
Remembering our best leaders and their example while speaking out against violent gangs. Alternatives for our youth include the arts, sports and music programs. Crime within our Communities the statistics however our American people & youth are not simply statistics. This week WE honor, send respect to those who serve, have served and shall serve as they have determined that to be their pathway forward even as young adults. Remembering those who contributed to War domestic and abroad; uniform an civilian in the name of liberty, democracy and freedom. Two such youth I would like to mention leading the way showing excellence in diversity (music and business) as many graduate this Spring are my niece and Mr. Kayden Kelly. Always lean towards peace, communication and education before aggressive tactics no matter the side.
Reaching other non-profits within this fine community doing good work with the goal to unite. Not just here in the beautiful City of St. Petersburg Florida but throughout the region. Supporting our schools and recovery communities, allies within it, rather it by day by day, one good idea, or volunteer by volunteer.
I have not decided if I am going to serve a partisan political party again, but it is time that our best leaders stand up. Advocating for additional funding of all these programs. Community Service Officers (CSOs)". Efforts to expand such were at one time where many people felt the nation was pivoting towards politically. My question is what happened to that political resolve to solve one of many vexing issues throughout America?
Peace, love, democracy and faith. A vision of unity I envision for this
great country we call the United States of America. Which is one the purposes for creating this independent blog. -
Source: https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/friends-from-tampa-to-south-beach-mourn-drag-queen/2123723/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ftCOXVetjI&t=15s
REGARDING UNIVERSITY HAZING: PRESIDENTS SAY OUR STUDENTS AND PEOPLE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN TRADITION! In honor of Mr. Caleb Wilson, his mother and family. Every chapter officer and advisor on watch when this occurred are to be Fired and dismissed from service. As a former African American Christian student leader this story tugs at my heart specifically a white former manger telling me I must be beyond reproach when they are not even close to it. Revise these traditions for the measure of a man I don't feel are in line with hazing a student to death. Peace, love, and healing. A tribute to this young man. Southern University is better than this. - A.T. Yoda Brooks
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/louisiana-college-students-death-investigated-possible-hazing-incident-rcna195196
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2yd0el491o
