Sometimes, writing things down is part of the catharsis of dealing with them. I write a hand-written diary every morning, come rain or shine, whether I’m at work, at home or on holiday. That’s for my very own personal feelings and not intended for publication whilst I’m alive (and unlikely to make the best-seller list
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Today Edinburgh in the morning, Glasgow in the afternoon and home late tonight. Tomorrow a Bunker Day and, as well as some client calls, a huge effort to clear my task list before close of play. This weekend we reach the half-way point in the calendar year. I’m off to Greece early Saturday for our
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I cast my mind back to 1998 – I am 12 months into dental business coaching and accepting every speaking invitation that comes in, no matter how far away or obscure, to build my visibility and community (hmmm… maybe not much has changed). Imagine, if you will, an evening at Stockport Town Hall, presenting to
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First day back after 2 weeks sailing the beautiful Dalmatian coast of Croatia – how did I get to age 65 without discovering this wonderful country? We are already making plans to return. both as sailors and independent travellers. As always, I’m constantly looking for metaphors in life that can apply to our day to
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Here’s a list of reasons why you could give up, throw the towel in, sell up and go: The threat of litigation; The burden of compliance; The meddling of Government; The squeeze by insurance companies: The scarcity of good clinicians and team members; The irritation and dilution of competition; The behaviours of your most troublesome
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Heading up to The Lake District this morning for a full day of coaching with Neil Cooper and the team from Crossbank Dental Care – friends and clients since the practice opened. What a great way to end the working week before taking a 4-day rest from the travel. I’ll never regret my decision to
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I’m in The Bunker this morning (with a huge sigh of relief after 12 consecutive days on the road, visiting four countries, two global hemispheres, three time zones and an awful lot of lovely dental folk). Aer Lingus and the ground staff at Manchester Airport did try their best to kill me off last night
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What fascinates me this morning in Dubai, waiting for my connecting flight to Johannesburg, is the sheer volume and variety of humanity passing through the terminals and the bewildering list of destinations on the departures board. I’ve decided to dog-leg my journey to South Africa, simply because “points make prizes” and I’m accumulating Emirates air
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It was a conversation with my business coach that had me scribbling furiously on a notepad as Rachel Turner shared her wisdom and experience on dealing with overwhelm. Yes – overwhelm – the business coach asking his business coach about how to navigate a way through feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day.
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I’ve been in two minds about writing this post since the events described, which happened less than 24 hours ago. Having slept on it – I realise that, given that blogging is a catharsis for the author, I have to get closure. The risk is that some will read this as a self-congratulatory piece –
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