Its interesting to see the reaction to my last two ezines, where I have (with tongue firmly in cheek) complained about the falsity and excess of the Christmas season. Some have seen the irony and thanked me for the humour. Others have written quite stern feedback, suggesting that I “get a life” and cheer up.
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Yesterday I was travelled from London to Kings Lynn, Norfolk for a dental practice visit. Along the way, we pass the site of Sunday’s massive explosion in Hemel Hempstead (the largest fire in Britain since WWII) and saw the 70 mile smoke stack rising West across the sky – quite awe inspiring in a gloomy
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I enjoyed a fascinating conversation with Michael Bungay Stanier over breakfast this morning and I was so inspired that I’ll write an ezine article about it next week – don’t miss it, he is an exceptional person. For now, he asked me “if I took one of your clients to the bar and they loosened
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I could never quite understand why Superman chose the frozen wastes to build a place where he could think straight. OK – he didn’t feel the cold but you would have a thought a nice little hut on stilts over the Indian Ocean or something? Anyway – I have found a couple of places here
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I arrived in Toronto last night and was somewhat uneasy as the cab drove past the downtown financial area. That’s where I have stayed on my last 3 or 4 trips, using well known brand name hotels such as the Sheraton or Royal York. We arrived at The Grand and my heart sank a little
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Monday morning in the Heathrow Hilton before I fly to Toronto. I arrived yesterday to be told that my Silver rewards card with Hilton had been enhanced to Gold status and I was upgraded to a fancy room on the Executive floor. Ah the joys of reward cards – I’m pretty “hotel-ed-out” at this stage
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How do I manage to keep on writing a weekly ezine, daily blog and now create a weekly podcast – where do I find the material and how did I get to be a writer? As far as material is concerned – that’s really easy – I just go out of my front door and
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Back after a week’s breather, this morning I am in Reading, Berkshire and delivering a one-day workshop to a small group of coaches, one of whom is traveling over from Germany and another from Ireland – that’s commitment. My intention will be to help them deconstruct and reconstruct their practices in a non-judgmental environment with
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An audience of around 400 hygienists at their annual conference in Bournemouth – and CB presenting on the subject of “teamwork”. This group were unusual in that the majority were not “decision makers” in a business sense because they work in practices owned by dentists, so I guess my presentation was intended to enroll them
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I took my two daughters to see the movie last night – it didn’t really grab me but I was thinking about the “lessons” that she teaches the children in her care and (as always) the metaphor in life: 1. Go to bed when you are told (turn off the darn TV and get some
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