Sharing this photo of my 77-year old Mum, Norma Barrow. Spent over 2 hours with her yesterday and she was chuffed to bits. So sad that she was crying when I left — just because she is so lonely — waved me out the door so as not to be embarrassed by herself. Just puts
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Sharing this photo of my 77-year old Mum, Norma Barrow. Spent over 2 hours with her yesterday and she was chuffed to bits. So sad that she was crying when I left — just because she is so lonely — waved me out the door so as not to be embarrassed by herself. Just puts
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Much hilarity in the bar last night as we tried a few of Maurizio’s excellent cocktails and enjoyed having our eyes “read” by Paul, who is a qualified iridologist. It was good to have some chill time and not to talk about values, vision, goals and roles – in fact, to quote my recent suggested
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Sandra left us this afternoon for her vacation – so I just wanted to capture us all for a moment. From your left to right: Jamie Broughton – Footprint Leadership – developing new and emerging leaders Jen Koretsky – ADDmanagement – learning how to manage adult ADD and move forward in life Michel Neray –
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Well – it’s kind of….. Too perfect? Everywhere is spotlessly clean, extremely quiet, perfectly formed. At dinner last night, the food was magnificent and the customer service from our waiter, Jose, was faultless. But the place was largely empty – maybe we are here out of season – but the strange thing is, the car
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Sandra de Freitas arrived right on time at the Hilton this morning and, as we drove North from Toronto, she shared with me some thoughts about how her business has evolved – and also her impending vacation in South Africa, which sounds like a trip of a lifetime. I reflected on the progress that Sandra
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After my working day yesterday (mainly spent at Starbucks) I wandered off again – and found myself inexorably drawn back to the Apple shop in the Eaton Centre. Haven’t they just got one of the best brands in the world now – for anyone interested in electronics and style, this has to be the place.
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Tuesday morning and I’ve been awake since 5.30am and pottering about before starting on this week’s ezine and more business contemplation. Yesterday, I stopped work at 2.00pm local time, after hosting a telephone conference call with some of my UK dentists. The primary topic of conversation was, surprise, surprise, associate profitability and how a single-handed
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Here’s my rather splendid office on the 32nd floor of the Toronto Hilton – The Executive Lounge – and , as you can see, I’m alone up here and have been for the last hour or so. More free wireless and unlimited drinks – but no people is kind of doing my head in –
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I first woke at 2.30am local time – bugger that – and after rolling around for a while managed to fall back asleep until 5.00am local – so now I’m sat at my desk here in the Hilton and starting a true “business and personal development” session that I intend will occupy me until Wednesday.
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