1st March 1893 and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Little did he know what change he was unleashing upon the world (or that he would have a car named after him so many years later). It’s the 60th day of the year (only 305 to
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Every Friday morning my active coaching clients receive an email asking them to visit a landing page and complete their Extreme Business Weekly Tracker. They answer the questions, press “SEND” and I get the email directly (they have a copy as well). I use the same system to report to my own coach. The weekly
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I was asked this week to commit to an interesting exercise in self-reflection, as follows: The Perfect Customer Avatar imagine your perfect customer avatar – who are they? ask yourself what absolutely disturbs, disrupts and delights your perfect customer avatar? The Other World Question in what way do people in other sectors engage with their
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I’m nervous this morning and wanted to share with you why that is. I’ll be spending the majority of the day working ON my business and not IN my business. The concept isn’t new, I first discovered Michael Gerber and The E-Myth Revisited almost 20 years ago; Strategic Coach and the “Buffer Day” back in
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The Idea Have an idea that makes a positive difference to people. Make what you do and the way that you do it both unique and desirable. Ask yourself the question “what could we do that would have people form a queue?” The Spreadsheet Know the numbers – inside out. Learn to dance with a
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I’m looking for a final 4 people (or 2 couples) to attend this total immersion in coaching. We now have dentists joining us from the UK, South Africa and Sweden, travelling in especially to attend. The retreat is open to anybody who owns an existing dental business whether NHS, mixed, private or specialist from single
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I’ve spent the last 3 months listening to Sheila Scott brilliantly explain how Edward De Bono’s 6 thinking hats can help dental teams to make tough decisions after all views are taken into account. Last week, a conversation with a client reminded me of the 4 hats of dental entrepreneurship. As a dental business owner,
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In the last three months, I’ve heard three dental corporates suggest that they are targeting over 200 new members in the next 10 years. We shall see in the next few months whether the land grab pushes those values higher (given what BUPA paid for Oasis) – it would be a brave soul who suggested
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Strategy An interesting recipe. Start with MyDentist closing their practices down in North Yorkshire. Add a sudden increase in goodwill values offered by competing corporates to complete their private dental land grab. Stir in orthodontists around the country deciding not to tender for the latest round of UOAs, preferring to go it alone in the
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Do you love your work? I’ve been coached by experts over the years and they have taught me to aim at spending 80% of my professional time doing the work I love to do and 20% leading and managing the support team who do everything else. I love 80% of my Bunker Days (like yesterday,
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