I’m reminded in recent weeks that our main mission at 7connections is not to coach the best Principals in dentistry – but to help recruit, train, consult, coach and mentor THE BEST MANAGERS. Because with the best managers, you will grow the best business. On Monday I was interviewing prospective managers for a client. In
Read More

Strategy #1 – Create A Powerful 3 Year Vision The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Stephen Covey The E-Myth Revisited – Michael Gerber Life Launch – A Passionate Guide to The Rest of your Life -Frederick Hudson Your Best Year Yet! – Jinny Ditzler Transform Your Life – Carole Gaskell The Inner Game
Read More

Orhan Pamuk’s novel of the same name paints a grim picture of the breakdown in society after a local military coup. We do seem to be obsessed with Apocolyptic stories, from the ludicrous 2012 to the fearsomely gripping The Road. Even the good old BBC have tried to scare us with Day of the Triffids
Read More

I am a Luddite when it comes to books. The chance to browse around the Falmouth Bookstore when Annie and I go bimbling on a Saturday afternoon. The weight of a good hardback novel. The smell of new pages opening. The tactile relationship with a good book when you are curled up on the sofa
Read More

This evening I am cooking – a recent phenomenon as I explore different ways to relax on the rare days that I work at home in Falmouth, Cornwall. Last week’s effort was pasta stuffed with pumpkin and served with gorgonzola, parma ham and a rocket sauce. Rave reviews, even though I forgot to add the
Read More

Last night on my flight to Glasgow I finished reading Chris Anderson’s latest and, yet again, was provoked into thinking deeply about dentistry and also my own coaching practice. I would consider this book a “must read” alongside “Tribes” by Seth Godin. In “The Long Tail” Anderson explained how the internet has opened up new
Read More

Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe The Seige of Krishnapur – J G Farrell A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving The Book of Chameleons – Jose Eduardo Agualusa The Angel’s Cut – Elizabeth Knox The Other – David Guterson

I had always intended to write a blog post this morning to “celebrate” exactly one year since I decided to end the tolerations that were making my professional life so miserable and strike out alone with very few guarantees. It has been an extraordinary year of activity which began with a month’s sabbatical and followed
Read More

Just about to close down the technology for 2 weeks – back blogging on 28th June 2005. I was dismayed to read that some corporates were encouraging their workers to take wireless access on vacation so that they could stay in touch with the office. For myself, I’m looking forward to 14 days with no
Read More