My 16-hour stop-over at home was necessary, primarily to avoid the madness of what would have been 11 consecutive days living out of a suitcase. Interesting (at least I think so) that simply by getting back home, turning around a bag full of laundry and enjoying a cheeky glass of pre-dinner red in the kitchen,
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Certainly a great looking show, even if we have been relegated to Hall 3 as the members of The Motorhome and Caravan Show gather for the weekend. I suspect a higher level of attendance from the glampers than I do from the dental community. By the end of a relatively quiet day, some of the
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Yesterday the alarm was at 05:00 and after composing my blog I set off on a 10k run, blown along by the remnants of Ophelia past Newcastle Racecourse to Gosforth and back. Followed by a full day delivering the 3rd Practice Plan Workshop Tour with Sheila Scott. As an aside…….. 17 practices is attendance. Here
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I’m carrying a niggling groin strain at the moment, which means that I’m unable to predict when it will kick in or for how long it will last. The diagnosis is, of course, RICE – but with a “marathon a month” commitment made to myself, I’m reluctant to cut down the training by too much,
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There comes a moment in personal or business development when we PIVOT. At that moment, the course changes in a fundamentally new direction. The old rules become history. The new rules become your bigger future. For my clients there are numerous examples of PIVOTal decisions: to finally leave the NHS and offer an independent solution
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Countdown. Welcome to the final 100 days of 2017, starting today. Take a moment to reflect: Congratulate – what have I achieved so far this year? Contemplate – where am I today? Critique – what am I tolerating? Challenge – what do I still want to do before the year end? Are you coasting for
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Tuesday 19th September 21:00 – arrives home and prints boarding pass for flight to Belfast the next morning – flight time 08:40 21:05 – books taxi to Terminal 1 at 06:15 the next morning 21:06 – books fast track security clearance to beat the queue 21:10 – late supper and chats with Annie and Ellie
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So there I was, feeling a little sorry for myself because this week is a series of 05:00 alarm calls and 22:00 hotel arrivals, dashing up and down the country to meet clients and speak at 3 conferences. Then I asked yesterday evening’s cab driver (from The Village Hotel in Morley, Leeds to Dewsbury station)
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Today, I’m looking forward to an uninterrupted day in my basement office, The Barrow Bunker. Days like this are very rare (this one has only happened because of a short-notice change of personal plans) and looking at the blank space in my calendar is making me feel excited. This is what I’ll be doing today:
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Well I ticked the box on the 35-mile Ultra-Marathon yesterday (my 25th marathon distance) and satisfied myself that ordinary marathon running is my distance and that I will not be doing that to myself again. At the start of the run I was chatting to runners who regularly smash out 50 and 100-milers – hats
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