by Nick Jacobs

Tony asked me what I would miss as a hospital CEO? Let me begin by saying that I left teaching at age 31, and thirty years later I still very much miss the interaction with the students. Just yesterday, I received another E-mail from a 50ish year old IT executive telling me that my teaching had been one of the greatest influences on his life. That was the third similar E-mail that I had received in the last five months from that work of 30 years ago.

From teaching I miss helping the students find themselves, teaching them to fly, and saving those borderline kids who were hanging by a thread. My life as a teacher was completely built around being a care-giver and a mentor.

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