The New South Wales health minister has encouraged people to call the health hotline instead of going to emergency departments as a spike in winter illnesses has doctors saying overcrowding is the “worst they have ever seen”.
In a statement released Thursday, Ryan Park said there had been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past five days.
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is honored during a halftime ceremony at an NFL football game between the Saints and the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans, Sunday, September 22, 2024.
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Drew Brees has relied on his philosophy of “trust the process” to find success on and off the field.
The Super Bowl MVP told Business Insider that “old-school” note-taking has always worked for him.
To retain what he learned, Brees reviews his notes and shares them with his wife while on walks.
From the football field to the business world, he told Business Insider that he’s long reminded himself to “trust the process.”
That’s proven successful, Brees said, whether he’s helping someone new to the NFL get their bearings or in a meeting looking to retain as much information as he can.
When it comes to learning, he said that he has long relied on a simple, analog tactic to get ahead on the field and in business: being a “pretty voracious” and “old-school” notetaker.
That means pen to paper and three-ring binders, said the longtime quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, who retired in 2021.
“That was what I did in every football meeting I was ever a part of,” Brees said. “And it’s what I do in every board meeting.”
Brees, whose business interests include several Jimmy John’s sandwich shops and a New Orleans sports complex called Pickles N Pins, spoke to Business Insider about a partnership with the learning and development platform Schoox.
The Super Bowl MVP said he’s found that taking notes helps him learn, retain information, and then apply it.
“I just sit there and write it down. I go over those notes. I end up reciting it back to my wife as we go for a walk during the day,” Brees said.
‘Always learning, always growing’
He said his note-taking strategy is part of his philosophy of “always learning, always growing.”
Brees said he also focuses on learning with his businesses, including training workers. Brees said that’s why he’s working with Schoox, which uses artificial intelligence to help train frontline employees and managers. He’s begun using Schoox at Surge Entertainment, a franchise he cofounded that offers activities like bowling, mini-golf, and golf simulators.
Training workers at the Louisiana company, whose locations extend from Oklahoma to Virginia, is important, Brees said, because it can help employees advance within the company and in their own careers.
“It’s not a transactional thing for us. It’s really about building a team and a great culture,” he said.
Brees said that matters even when the worker might be someone in high school or college who plans to move on. Even if people aren’t planning to stick around, how they interact with customers as soon as families walk in the door matters, he said.
‘Win the day’
Training is one way to get buy-in from workers by making it clear the company is investing in them, Brees said. When workers appreciate that investment, he said, it’s more likely they’ll do their best to please customers.
“We are equipping them with the skillset and the tools to be able to go on and be great managers, to be great leaders, to be great teammates,” he said.
At Surge Entertainment, Brees said, the mantra is “win the day.” It’s something that has been imparted to him throughout his career.
“There’s going to be something great that’s going to happen today, and you just have to expect it and create it,” he said.
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The author has spent a lot of time with his grandmother over the years.
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Just this year, at 26, I experienced the death of a grandparent for the first time.
At first, I couldn’t believe she was gone, and I was surprised by how much it affected me.
Her funeral was one of the hardest days of my life, but it felt like the start of closure.
It’s only this year, at the age of 26, that I’ve had a grandparent — my maternal grandmother — die.
It wasn’t unexpected. My grandmother, who I call my nan, lived with dementia for almost a decade, with her decline clear to see. Because I did a lot of my grieving while she was still here and she hadn’t been the person she used to be for a long time, I wasn’t sure how much her death would affect me. Would I even feel relieved, knowing she’d no longer be suffering?
I knew things were coming to an end in May, and I went back to my hometown for a few days to see her for a final time. A couple of mornings later, I got the call from my parents, which came both as a shock and as no shock at all. Even though I knew it was coming, it was still surreal.
It was hard at first to believe that she was gone
That day, I worked from home as I always do, and continuing as though everything was normal actually helped at first. But it hit me like a brick the next day, so I let myself have a day off. I walked into town and wandered around the shopping mall, almost feeling like I was in a daydream.
It can feel like losing a grandparent isn’t viewed quite the same as losing a parent, partner, or child, if for nothing else, because of their age. People often have varying relationships with their grandparents; some people are brought up by them, while others only see their grandparents just once or twice a year, if at all. And then there are those of us for whom it’s somewhere in the middle.
My nan lived two or three miles away from my family while I was growing up, so we saw her regularly. After my parents, she was the person who cared for me and my sister the most growing up. Because of this, it felt as though a part of my childhood died with her. Cruelly, despite having a career, a long-term partner, and pets, this event is the one thing that’s made me feel most like a “real adult.”
The author is still processing grief over losing his grandmother.
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This is my first major loss
I didn’t feel like myself for a while afterward, and it’s fair to say that I still don’t. Though I’ve experienced the death of more distant relatives, this reels like my first major loss, and I’ve also been grieving almost in isolation, away from my family. That said, a group of my college friends and their partners sent me a very touching bouquet of flowers, and my girlfriend, whom I live with, has offered support, too.
Another factor, I think, was that it just felt unfair for my nan herself. I had 26 years with her, which is more than a lot of people get with their grandparents, but at the same time, she was a younger grandparent, with her Nintendo DS and Green Day CDs. The average life expectancy for women in the UK is almost 83, so 71 feels like a young age to lose her. My other relatives in their 70s are very physically and mentally active, and many of them enjoying a more vibrant social life than I do.
Her funeral was three weeks after she died. It was one of the most difficult mornings of my life, but it did begin to offer a degree of closure. A few days later, my girlfriend and I went on vacation, and the trip was just what I needed.
Even now, I’m still struggling. It’s gradually getting easier, and I certainly relate to the famous stages of grief model. It’s easier — sometimes, at least — to look back at fond memories rather than feel the acute pain of her loss.
