While New Year’s resolutions can be hard to keep, they may also make you much more likely to achieve your goals than if you had not made a resolution at all. Create emergency savings. Life is full of unexpected emergencies, so prepare for unpredictable expenses by putting aside six to eight … [Read more...] about Best Plans for Reaching Financial Resolutions
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NAU Business Dean—Out in the Country
Mom was worried … very worried. When Tracy (my wife) and I bought our little ranchette, my mother exclaimed, “What? Are you sure? You’re a city boy!” Mom had a point. In my younger days, I did enough manual work to last me a lifetime; by the time I left college, I was over manual labor. When we … [Read more...] about NAU Business Dean—Out in the Country
The Trinity of Hearing Part 3: The Audiologist
This is part three of a three-part series on hearing loss and the relationship of the three primary elements, or the Trinity of players, involved in facilitating hearing as efficiently as possible. This Trinity includes the family, the hearing-impaired person and the hearing health-care … [Read more...] about The Trinity of Hearing Part 3: The Audiologist
Commit to Fit: Steps to Keeping Your Fitness Resolutions
All of the gym treadmills are full, everyone’s posting pics of their healthy meal-planning conquests and you’ve purchased the latest heart-rate measuring, sleep-monitoring, calorie-counting wearable thing out there. A few weeks into the New Year and all of this can only mean one thing. Like … [Read more...] about Commit to Fit: Steps to Keeping Your Fitness Resolutions
County Addressing Sale of Tobacco, Vapor Products
To keep tobacco and vapor products out of the hands of youth under age 18, the Coconino County Board of Supervisors last year adopted an ordinance that requires all tobacco and vapor products to be placed, stored and displayed in a manner that is inaccessible to the public without employee … [Read more...] about County Addressing Sale of Tobacco, Vapor Products
“Ask the CEO”
Honesty Should Be the Policy in a Family Business As many of you know, I am fortunate enough to teach at Northern Arizona University. One of my courses is Management 300i where we teach students the basics for starting a business. They learn about writing a business plan, understanding the … [Read more...] about “Ask the CEO”
Inpatient Cardiology Services at Flagstaff Medical Center
Northern Arizona Healthcare recently partnered with Mountain Heart to provide a bold new approach to cardiac care that’s better for its patients and the communities of Northern Arizona. NAH and Mountain Heart’s providers are leading the way, building a destination cardiology program that will become … [Read more...] about Inpatient Cardiology Services at Flagstaff Medical Center
New Year Brings New Employee Benefit Options For Small Businesses
On Dec. 13, the 21st Century Cures Act was signed into law. The act allows small employers that do not maintain group health plans to establish stand-alone health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), effective for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2017. This new type of HRA is called a … [Read more...] about New Year Brings New Employee Benefit Options For Small Businesses
The Trinity of Hearing: Part Two, The Hearing Impaired
This is part two of a three-part series on hearing loss and the relationship of the three primary elements, or the Trinity of players, involved in facilitating hearing as efficiently as possible. This Trinity includes the family, the hearing-impaired person and the hearing health care … [Read more...] about The Trinity of Hearing: Part Two, The Hearing Impaired
Urinary Incontinence: Debunking the Myths
More than 200 million people live with urinary incontinence, which can have a negative impact on quality of life. Individuals who suffer from this condition may experience bladder leakage, a strong urge to urinate, painful urination or incomplete emptying of their bladders. But it doesn’t have to … [Read more...] about Urinary Incontinence: Debunking the Myths