Hardly a moment's rest

Its Monday morning and I’m tired! Not a good start to the week and I reflect that the coach who advises a 4-day working week with lots of rest has just worked 6-day weeks for a month. My excuse is Stephen Covey, who, in the 7 habits, admits that sometimes we have to “harvest” –
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Hardly a moment’s rest

Its Monday morning and I’m tired! Not a good start to the week and I reflect that the coach who advises a 4-day working week with lots of rest has just worked 6-day weeks for a month.My excuse is Stephen Covey, who, in the 7 habits, admits that sometimes we have to “harvest” – and
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It's not much – but it makes such a difference

Friday morning and, after 2 days of professional “stuff” I’m in Bristol to co-present our first ever 2-day Leadership Intensive. I am delighted that we have 18 delegates for this event – partly because it’s a Dental Business School first, partly because we clash with the World Aesthetic Congress in London – and also because
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It’s not much – but it makes such a difference

Friday morning and, after 2 days of professional “stuff” I’m in Bristol to co-present our first ever 2-day Leadership Intensive.I am delighted that we have 18 delegates for this event – partly because it’s a Dental Business School first, partly because we clash with the World Aesthetic Congress in London – and also because a
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Giving up smoking

My request for help with this has produced some amazing emails today. Apart from a number of genuine referrals to hypnotherapists and others – and some offers of help and advice from those who have quit tobacco or helped others, I have been truly humbled by three messages: a former client who has confessed to
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A change in audience

Monday evening and Tuesday morning were spent with a group of franchise owners from one of Britain’s biggest industrial contract cleaning businesses. That’s quite a change from dentists so the first point of interest is how I came to be there. Before dentists became my core business in 1998, my definition of a client was
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I'm back

After a few days with my family over the school half-term holidays. Highlights of the break were watching England play Hungary at Old Trafford on Tuesday night and a go-karting session on Wednesday. The first was a great spectacle, seeing the newly extended Theatre of Dreams for the first time, watching what turned out to
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I’m back

After a few days with my family over the school half-term holidays.Highlights of the break were watching England play Hungary at Old Trafford on Tuesday night and a go-karting session on Wednesday. The first was a great spectacle, seeing the newly extended Theatre of Dreams for the first time, watching what turned out to be
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Day 5 in the house

On Friday morning I drive over to The Riverside a little earlier to enjoy breakfast with the housemates. Linda has made a special effort to find and cook haggis – just for me – so that famous Scottish dish, with the addition of a fried egg and some mushrooms makes for even more gastronomic delight.
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Day four in the house

After rather a late night at The Smoke House restuarant there were a few grey faces on Thursday morning – but the best cure for a hangover is to start thinking about finances (?) so we dived quickly into our main topic of the day. I have always been the “authenticity coach” and so there
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