Perhaps unusual to be investing the Saturday of a Bank Holiday weekend in a meeting with no agenda. But you have heard me declare the benefits of “shooting the breeze” – just a good conversation. I’m not asking for any medals – but want you to know that I made no charge for facilitating this
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Thorpe Park Hotel in Leeds was a fitting location to begin the Practice Plan workshop tour. My relationship with the hotel goes back many years to the early days of The Dental Business School and I can remember presenting there with Karen Jones as my business manager and support – that’s a long time ago!
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on a more positive note (than my last rant – or was it a Twant?), take a look at this simple and beautiful web site for The Aviator Hotel in Farnborough. Thanks to Barbara Thankappan for sending the link – it is just WOW! Click here CB – look at all the “complimentary” things they
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Can anybody out there help me with this Twitter thing? I’m an early adopter by habit and so was prepared to jump in and swim – just to see what happened. I loaded Tweetdeck for my Mac – and Twittelator to my iPhone. I have my Tweets update my Facebook status and find that rather
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“It’s what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is.”

I find myself once again congratulating the East of England Deanery for the excellent organisation skills (thank you to Lizzie Graddage), their leadership team for their vision and the superb annual conference in CenterParcs Elveden Forest, where Raj Rattan and I are lecturing to about 70 VT’s over 2 days. The conference facilities at CenterParc
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Today I interviewed and hired a second virtual assistant. Phillippa Goodwin is the first and is responsible for: business travel business accommodation telephone meetings Skype meetings physical meetings with clients, strategic alliance partners and IDH practices client liaison invoicing and collections liaison with my accountant Dawn Lane will be the second and responsible for maintenance of personal
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You know what’s special to me about May Day? You’ll never guess… international labour day? Nope. spring festival? Nope. distress call? Nope In fact it’s the maiden name of my paternal grandmother. May Day. I’ve searched high and low and cannot find a photograph of her. But I spent a few minutes this afternoon remembering
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