Goodness me, it was a very long drive from Swansea to Farnham, Surrey this morning – I had no idea Swansea was so far from the English border! Today a break from routine and a 5-hour conversation with one of my most successful dental clients and co-creator of “Get your practice finances in gear”, Tim
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Monday and I have just checked in to the Marriott in Bristol for this evening’s Talking Points presentation. Whoever designed the traffic system in Bristol should be made to drive around it eternally – its a shocker of congested roads. I witnessed a road rage incident on the way in to the hotel – driver
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Alarm call at 4.30am, cab at 5.15am, flight from Glasgow to Gatwick at 6.15am. Then a full-day practice visit with a 6-partner expense sharing dental practice to discuss their marketing strategy, re-branding, staff training and communication skills between the partners. This is one of the best managed practices I coach and yet they still have
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On our bridge call with coaches last night, I was asked to describe how I have managed to climb out of my recent period of “funk” and re-establish my enthusiasm for life. I shared a number of actions, including: Writing authentically in my ezines – this brings 80% appreciation and support from readers plus 20%
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Your business can only begin to grow when you get out of management and get into leadership. Your business needs effective management systems – for finance, marketing, sales, operations and teamwork. You are the worst choice possible of people to manage those systems. Your job is to spend 80% of your time on your Unique
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Watford last night – over 500 people. Leeds tonight. I let the train take the strain yesterday afternoon and this morning – over £200 for a first-class ticket and worth every penny on Virgin Trains new rolling stock. A comfortable and quiet first-class cabin, power supply for my laptop and complimentary food and drink delivered
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Watford last night – over 500 people. Leeds tonight. I let the train take the strain yesterday afternoon and this morning – over £200 for a first-class ticket and worth every penny on Virgin Trains new rolling stock. A comfortable and quiet first-class cabin, power supply for my laptop and complimentary food and drink delivered
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And here – courtesy of Anita Pizycki, they are (with tongue firmly in cheek): 1. Thou shalt not do complimentary coaching sessions; 2. Thou shalt not work on your web site before you have some clients: 3. Thou shalt not charge by the hour: 4. Thou shalt not live in the bullshit funnel: 5. Thou
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The most useful thing I learned yesterday was that sometimes life becomes so complicated that our attempts to control events are futile. My client Traci Cleary sent me her newsletter yesterday, in which she reminded her readers that, in those moments of overwhelm, we must “surrender” to events for a while – stop controlling and
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Well I completed the Duchy 20-miler in 3 hours and 18 minutes – not bad for a 51-year old who hasn’t been training well for a year. It was a pretty cold and grey day in Cornwall but thankfully the wind on the North Cornwall cliffs was down to a murmur and the views across
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