Welcome back to the 21st Century, modern life and social media. Best decision of the vacation – NOT taking Macbooks or iPads, even though our hotel did have free wifi (and my daughters did indulge in Skype and Facebook after dinner each night). Annie and I stayed away from the web. The result? deep connection
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I’m so excited that today is (finally, after all the preparation) our first Mastermind meeting in Central London. Around 20 people from 10 practices, principals and managers. Location of members? Practices have travelled in from all points of the UK compass, including Central Scotland, the North East, North West, Midlands, the West Country and the
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Quite bizarre to be chatting with a client on the phone yesterday who has just returned from his main annual vacation. He is calm, relaxed, refreshed and determined to read more, take more time for physical fitness, spend more time with his family. And, of course, to knock his business into shape once and for
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Sometimes it’s necessary to protect yourself from the outside world – so that you will be best able to fulfil your roles and responsibilities when they are genuinely required. It’s Friday, it’s my buffer day – and I am completely burned out after a week of back to back meetings and travel (yes, I know,
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Just playing around with a new WordPress plugin [book id=’4′ /]

I’m going to admit that I sat in my hotel room last night (Glasgow) and watched the whole memorial service. There were some parts of political rhetoric and others of schmalz – but overall, I thought, a dignified tribute. I’m also going to admit that Stevie Wonder made me cry, as did Brooke Shields and
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A web site that features simple line drawings with deep messages. The phrase “perception is reality” echoes in my mind as I look at this graphic. How many times do we tell ourselves that we are “failures” – and how many times “successful”? Fact is – we display both characteristics during every day of our
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The simple fact is that Madonna’s “Sweet and Sticky” show on Saturday was fantastic. I expected less, especially after the wonderful “Circus” that Take That created a couple of weeks ago and a cracking night at Edinburgh’s Playhouse with Seal. Madonna, like my good self, has her fans and her detractors – a real Marmite
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My point being…. If you do want to put a notice on a wall in your practice. Don’t use Blu-tack, cellotape or laminate. Frame it.

Yes – on the same day – I can hardly contain myself 😉 I’m in Regents Park this morning, after a lovely dinner with friends last night at Villandry, and just about to pop over to the Hilton Olympia to attend the launch of James’ new product, Smilestrip. I’ll let him tell you about that
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