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After a very busy working day on Monday I was feeling pleased with myself. In spite of some remnants of “jet lag” from last week, my determination to clear the decks before a short break had me ticking those boxes on the good old “to do” list. At 4.30pm I decided to take a short
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I have to admit that the principle reason I bought this book was “fear” of being out-read by my clients, colleagues and competitors. After all, so many people have read or listened to “The 7 habits” that buying the new book is similar to buying the latest version of Windows – you don’t need it
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Yesterday lunchtime I visited with the shoe shine girl beneath the Royal York Hotel. Inevitably, she asked “what do you do for a living?” “I run a business school for dentists in the UK and I’m here working with other potential business school owners on how to build their schools.” “Wow”, she responded, “We could
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As usual, I woke at 4.00am this morning and spent my first morning in North America pootling about my room and preparing for the 3-day Coaching Business School intensive. This is a departure from my usual routine on single day workshops, working very “narrow and deep” with a small group of clients. I’m as interested
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Sometimes I wonder whether I have picked out by the Almighty for special treatment. Today I arrived at Milan’s Malpensa airport to catch my 10.30am flight to Toronto. I fly business class whenever I can and have mentioned before that allows me to be the best coach I can be when I arrive at my
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I suppose the last 10 days have been a classic example of home office syndrome.Every morning I woke at least two hours before the family (6 hours before the boys!) and wandered in to check my emails and see what’s happening. I appreciate and apologise for the fact that I have intruded on some of
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Beannacht On the day when The weight deadens On your shoulders And you stumble, May the clay dance To balance you. And when your eyes Freeze behind The grey window And the ghost of loss Gets in to you, May a flock of colours Indigo, red, green And azure blue Come to awaken in you
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I remember when I was a child – many Christmas holidays would be spent watching my father trying to make things work properly – Presents that I had received but which malfunctioned. The books, toys and chocolate selections were no problem. Choccies and sweets demolished in 48 hours, books consumed within days – toys engaged.
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I remember when I was a child – many Christmas holidays would be spent watching my father trying to make things work properly – Presents that I had received but which malfunctioned. The books, toys and chocolate selections were no problem. Choccies and sweets demolished in 48 hours, books consumed within days – toys engaged.
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My wish for you is the realisation that your dreams can come true if … you never give up you never give up you never give up.

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