Yes – I’ve reached that point in the day where I’m looking at my computer screen and nothing is happening – because – my brain is frazzled. A 6-hour conversation with Phillippa Goodwin on the subject of our very own: 90-day goals Tasks to 31st December 2010 Strategic Plan for 2011-2012 Overall End Game for
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Whenever I meet a principal with an average daily productivity of less then £1500 (and that accounts for over 80% of you) I automatically ask how much of their time is spent delivering the dreaded “check up”. And, of course, the answer is “80% of my time”. I have never understood this as a business
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Looks like I won’t be going very far today. If your surgery day falls apart because of the weather and cancellations, use the opportunity to call a team meeting. Agenda items: what do you like best about working here? what do you like least about working here? what would you most like to change? what
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P1 = the right PEOPLE, saying the right things at the right time P2 = the PREMISES, a practice that looks the part P3 = the right products, selling what people want to buy and not what you think they should have P1 + P2 + P3 = P4 P4 = PRODUCTIVITY and PROFIT You
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You recommended zoning of appointment book. Could you advise further as regards implementation of this? I understand the need to achieve certain financial goals in a day as regards turnover/takings but how is this to be achieved through zoning? Zoning has been about setting aside sessions when you are doing the work you want to
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Back to work today, with the following order of priorities: 1. ezine 2. podcast 3. blog (this one!) 4. catch up on client emails 5. catch up on operational emails 6. catch up on voice mail from last week 7. generally review “to do” list 8. think about Wednesday’s management meeting and what I want
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There’s a great piece of software that I installed on my laptop about 3 months ago and has paid for itself over and over. You can find it at www.paretologic.com and its called XoftSpy. I’m no techie so if I get the words wrong I’m sorry but basically all it does is a regular scan
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Account StatisticsIts interesting to check my account with www.spamarrest.com periodically and see just how many emails I receive and how many of them are spam. As of this morning, the count since 19th September 2004 is as follows: Messages Processed 17937 Messages Forwarded 9470 Spam Percentage 47.2% So I certainly think my fee to Spam
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It happens to me when I work in one spot for more than, say, three days. I suppose it’s because I have become such a reluctant road warrior these days, that when I sit in my UK apartment for three days solid, answering emails in the morning and then spending afternoons and evenings on the
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Yesterday (Wednesday) was my last “call-in day” of the year. That means we open our on-line appointment scheduler (see www.appointmentquest.com) to our clients, so that they can book themselves in for a 15-minute laser coaching telephone call with me. I make the call to them from wherever I am (and whatever time zone I am
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