Time There never will be enough – so make sure you use what you have sensibly. Plan your year in advance using a wall-planner to decide Clinical days Leadership and Management Days Free days (the most nourishing – get some sunshine) Make sure your calendar is littered with planning days and meetings – its the
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The gay friend Every female principal needs a male gay friend. A male gay friend will seldom be a soul-mate – that’s not what gay friends do. But they will: listen appreciate cry make you laugh cuddle never ask you to have sex with them never need you to feed them make you laugh some
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The head-peckers   They are like wood-peckers – constantly pecking on the side of your head: “I want to know what YOU are going to do to make MY life happier.” when are you going to give me my allowance? I need money or else I cannot go out I need a lift or else
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The European Society of Aesthetic Orthodontics (ESAO) has launched a campaign to help GDPs educate their adult patients about the benefits of aesthetic orthodontics. This campaign specifically targets people who are ideal candidates for aesthetic orthodontics: patients who had braces as a child but need to straighten their teeth again. ESAO will release more content in due
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Soulmates X-Men and X-Women are all fortunate enough to stumble across soul-mates as we travel through life. Recognising a soulmate takes a nano-second. They can be male or female, younger or older, richer or poorer – there are no rules. They are often fellow mutants. The distinguishing feature is the ability to show their core
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“That which we do not own, is our greatest asset” – Isadore Sharp (Founder and Chairman of Four Seasons Hotels Group) People are not an overhead on your P&L, they are an asset on your balance sheet. If you want to make customer service your competitive advantage – it begins with a self-actualised team. Click
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Onion skins Stop comparing your inside to other people’s outside. It seems a common attribute of female Principals that you want to look at everyone else around you, imagine their success and compare that with your perceived “failure”. So another round of self-doubt begins. I was taught many years ago by a wonderful personal coach
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The Quest   Recognise that the reason you are doing this is that you are alive when you are on a quest. It’s the way you are wired – it’s in your DNA – and it’s incurable. There is a problem with “quest” people. As soon as they have completed the latest challenge, they get
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The X-Woman I’ve come to the conclusion that you don’t do this because you are committed to owning a business – you do it because you are a mutant, whose X ability is ownership – and you cannot help yourself. You are required to have super-powers – to be indestructible. To be Titanium. I’m reminded of my
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Over the next few weeks we will be publishing a series of excerpts from a manuscript that Chris Barrow is currently developing into an ebook which focuses on women dental practice owners. Read the first installment below:   Part 1 Introduction It was the week before Christmas 2013. The end of a 5th consecutive year
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