I want to share with you the level of commitment that is necessary to succeed in your own business. Whether you are just starting out or at the top of your game, the requirement is for the relentless pursuit of your goals, no matter how you feel, emotionally or physically. Best demonstrated by a large
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With less than 40 days to go until the end of 2019, now is the time to be making important decisions about your 2020 personal and professional life. I’m going to help you to kick start that process with a FREE WEBINAR – this evening at 19:00 UK time – in which I’m going to deliver a step
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One of my better decisions for the 2019 calendar was to book a Bunker Week every three months – 5 days in my basement office at home in which to work ON the business. Although I have client and prospect calls dotted around the diary this week, my main emphasis will be on the completion
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I’m coming to the end of two years of active coaching with Dr. Riaz Yar and the team at The Square Advanced Dental Care in Hale Barnes, Cheshire. That’s about 15 minutes walk from my home and so yesterday I enjoyed the unusual pleasure of walking to my client meeting through the autumn leaves of
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Continuing yesterday’s theme of deciding whether you need: an exit strategy – or.. a self-managing dental business with a succession strategy.. Here’s an interesting infographic that popped in to my inbox this week from Uscita. It relates to all businesses, not just dentistry, and is an easy way to start the conversation with yourself. Credit
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Three separate conversations recently with Principals who have attempted to sell their practices to corporates but have been politely turned away. Why did they want to sell? The usual story – acronym fatigue – GDC, CQC, GDPR, HR, UDA, UOA, FtP, etc. People, paperwork and politics. Why were they declined? Because a simple calculation revealed
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With 6 weeks to go until the end of the year, it’s time to schedule some time to reflect on what you are grateful for in 2019. We all have a sh*t list for the year – and it’s all too easy (and so British) to focus on that. We have a hit list as
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Sometimes the most obvious ideas never occur to us, usually because we are too busy. In a client meeting last week we were reviewing the effectiveness of their Daily Huddle (download a free Huddle agenda here – The Daily Huddle) We also discussed their End of Treatment Review protocol, including how effective they were at
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This month’s podcast guest might be described as our most unusual of the year (for reasons that will become obvious – read on). Steve Hudson grew up in a suburb of South Manchester and decided at the age of 13 that dentistry was for him. After qualifying as a dentist in Sheffield he
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I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a policy that I do not accept introducers fees or commissions – I simply broadcast and comment on good ideas. Hi, my name is Terry Quinlan. I’m the creative director and founder of
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