Back on the road – and writing this post at my dinner table in The Village Hotel, just outside Liverpool. I’ll be working with a dental practice near here tomorrow on their patient journey and selling skills. Today was the Marriott Hotel, Leicester (very nice too) and a day with Servicemaster, presenting to a mixed
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Please forgive the absence of blog posts. Its just one of those mental weeks where I am emailing from 6.00am to 7.30pm, presenting from 9.00am to 5.00pm, travelling to the next location in the evening – bar snack at 9.00pm, bed at 10.00pm. Crazy weeks where there is no business development time, no thinking time,
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Another 4.30am start on Friday morning – and another dawn over Bodmin as I drive 370 miles to speak at a dental conference in Lincoln. Audience are members of the Regional Post-Graduate group and my financial reward for the day is very low – section 63 funding they call it – which means barely more
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My monthly call-in day is always a “main event” in the calendar as it provides me with an accurate litmus test of the issues that my clients are facing. From Scotland to the South Coast there can be uncanny similarities in the questions I am asked – indicating that there’s nothing new out there –
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Until 3rd September. You can see my holiday reading list further down on the right. Have a good month – I’ll be back!

Its the weather – it’s terrible! Falmouth Week is in full swing – and that’s supposed to mean open-air concerts and all sorts of crowds watching water-born activities. Last night I even saw crews from the Fastnet race who have been blown off course and just given up – gone to the pub. The town
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I was relieved to read in my latest issue of Wired magazine that “we are a society that is paranoid just because kids and adults happen to be in the same public place” BUT that “MySpace would love to have you – assuming you are not going to pose as a teenager.” Point taken –
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I am quite often asked why I choose to live so far away from everywhere! Most Friday’s end with either a train, plane or car journey that can be 4 hours or more in duration – and at the end of a busy week I do sometimes ask myself “why?”. Then I walk out of
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Back at the Forest of Arden for the umpteenth time in the last few weeks – today to present the last DBS workshop of the month, before the travel calms down considerably. I’ve been living out of a suitcase for 10 days now – the laundry bags in the boot of my car are full,
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I can’t believe it’s Thursday and I haven’t written a blog post all week! The reason is – just sheer workload and travel – Monday/Tuesday Edinburgh, Wednesday Gateshead, Leeds today and Birmingham tomorrow. Arrive hotel mid-evening, unpack, change clothes, bar snack, bed, wake at 5.30am, shave, shower, dress, emails, breakfast, set up workshop room, deliver
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