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Publisher’s Note
Publisher’s Note

The Holiday Season That Was …

This past month definitely
went by in a blur … a blur of
activity, business, family, and
friends (and don’t even get me
started on those 7 “banned”
words.) Of course, whenever
Carol and I cram too much in,
other things suffer. My giant
inflatable Chanukah bear blew
a fuse and Carol ended up with
a cold and cough that makes
her sound like Darth Vader. But
you know I always try to make Charles Carol
the best of things and any

downtime results in me loung-
ing in front of the TV watching my favorite Christmas movies. Historically, this
ends in my absolute favorite “It’s A Wonderful Life” marathon in both black and
white and color. All this, while Carol watches her favorite “Die Hard” movie
marathon. We definitely co-exist in different worlds!

Then we get to New Year’s. “They” say four out of five people who make New
Year’s resolutions will eventually break them. So this year, I’ve resolved not to
make any. (Oops, I think that’s a resolution.) My top resolutions are old standbys
like losing weight, exercising more, avoiding debt, saving money. Of course, “they”
also say that one-third of these resolutions won’t even last until the end of January.
But I’ve found over the years that things work out better for me if I just com-
pletely avoid the word “resolution.” Maybe it’s psychological, but calling resolu-

tions something else — projects, plans, etc. — works better for me. Because to

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truly my homes away from home. And since studies
suggest that willpower to follow through is a limited
resource, I’d best get to my favorite stores before
I’m depleted.
I wish you all a healthy, prosperous, amazing,
bright, mind-blowing, energetic, extremely
Y
FRIDA Y JAN , 2018 Happy New Year! (Oops! Are any of those
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8:00 AM – 6:000 PM adjectives in the banned pile?)
FL ORID A MEMOORIAL UNIVERSIT Y Why last week when I was leaving Best Buy, the
manager even said he’d leave “the light on
KEYNOTE BR EAKF AST • RECR OGNITION L UNCHEON for me.”
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TURED SPEAKERSS
SPEAKERS FEA T Charles Felix
You can reach Charles Felix at
Charles@southfloridahospitalnews.com

R oderick K.
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King, MD , MPH
CHIEF EXE CUTIVE
OFFICER
Florida Institute
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