Good morning from a sunny Doncaster. Yesterday was as frustrating but ultimately successful first. My first video-cast for the weekly ezine. I sat down in my home office and recorded about 10 minutes of rambling professional and personal reflections – on my trusty Sony camcorder – and then realised that I was the proud owner
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Two days in Cornwall with contrasting climates on each of them. Saturday – sunny, warm – a chance to bimble around town in the morning – get my haircut, pick up new sunglasses, do a few errands, take a look at new releases in the bookstore. Sunday – dull, grey, miserable – a chance for
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Well I’ve made it (almost) to the end of quite a week. Two fascinating full-day practice visits. Two busy and fun-filled DBS workshops. An excellent conversation with an existing Strategic Alliance partner about how we can combine our talents to deliver services to clients. And today my quarterly professional self-indulgence at The Strategic Coach –
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My most interesting moment yesterday was a conversation over lunch at our workshop in Watford, with a former regional sales manager for an ortho supply company who has packed in his job and become co-ordinator for 11 independent ortho practices. He is looking for economies on purchasing to cover some of his salary but also
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I know I’ve said this before – but it bears repetition. Although I’m eating carb-free at the moment – and the press would have us believe that Pret a Manger are killing us all with the salt content of their sarnies… I love walking through the door of their stores and soaking up the jazz
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Not the best photo I’ve ever taken but the actual view was so spectacular last night that people were pulling off the road just to stand and stare. The ancients had all sorts of myths surrounding this phenomenon – most of which revolved around the rainbow being some sort of doorway to heaven. I’m not
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So three months ago this dentist walks up to me after a presentation at an evening meeting and says; “I need help -but I don’t want to attend your “basic” programme – I think I’m going to need some special coaching?” And I ask for more information – and he tells me a story about
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“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft a-gley.” So said Robert Burns in “To a mouse” and this morning brings good news and bad. After finishing Ashley’s course on Saturday and attending an evening meal at Simon Hocken’s home (quick cuddle with baby Harry), the 11.30pm arrival back in Falmouth cemented my
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“Stupid” – that’s my one-word summary of how I felt at the end of Ashley’s first day. Because I know this stuff – I’ve been watching Ashley develop this programme for the last 9 years – and because I have forgotten to use all of it in my own delivery and omitted to train my
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The media are now telling us that the flood recovery systems in the UK are the biggest since World War II – and here in Torquay this morning it’s wet, windy and cold. Later this morning I’ll be registering at Ashley Latter’s Ethical Selling programme for the first time in about 4 years and I’m
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