This is my blog post number 2,690 since 17 September 2004, when I took a break from a workshop in Vancouver (coaching businesses coaches how to build a million dollar practice) to reflect on how much fun I was having. I don’t mind confessing that I love my blog(s) as they represent the best possible
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If only we were Danish… We are living longer, much longer. Millions of us will be spending around a third of our lives or more in a retirement. And someone has to pay for the longest holidays of our lives. Apparently, Danish have exactly the same problem and they came out with a brilliant solution
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Following my recent comments on using the “selfie” as a digital word of mouth system, practice manager Polly Chanloun from CAPI in Tunbridge Wells ran up this preference (consent) letter that, with her permission, we share with you. Feedback and comments of a positive nature are welcome.

I’m talking about digital. I’m writing this in the middle of the BDA Conference in Manchester – where everyone is talking digital. The exhibitors are showcasing digital or heading that way. Digitise or die! We’ve published Venn diagrams and workflows about digital. Next month at the Clinical Innovations Conference, digital will loom large. We are
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I get this call a lot. Actually not those exact words but more like: “Chris could you take a look at our website please? Its 2/3/4/5/6 years old and we don’t think it is working for us as well as it used to. The people who built the website for us don’t seem as keen
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Every now and then a client is inspired to write a blog post and I’m always delighted to offer any coaching on the writing style and content, as well as offer a platform for the post to be published. So here we welcome a newbie blogger, Ash Quraishi, Principal at Westmount Dental Surgery, Sunderland. There
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We have been planning the future of 7connections over the last few weeks (not that we don’t do that every day) – meetings with my business partners and with the team to talk about where we see the business going over the next 10 years. It has been interesting to reflect on the process by
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I’ve never had to internet date, use match.com or any of that malarkey (thank goodness) and I have to confess to being a little bit captivated by Channel 4’s “First Dates”. All about my continued fascination with “what makes people tick”, even the weirdos. Watching a few evenings ago, I got to thinking about dentistry.
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Before 2008, Principals sold practices because of distress at home: • fear of divorce • fear of tax bills • fear of high borrowing levels The legacy of the easy credit years, when banks were lending everything to everyone and affluenza was an epidemic. In 2015, Principals are selling their practices because of distress at
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