What a fantastic practice visit yesterday. I’ll keep the identity of the client confidential but I have rarely enjoyed meeting a new principal and his team so much. The owner has single-handedly built a 2m pound dental practice, forged with his own hard work, his vision, his sheer determination and the creation of an excellent
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My alarm woke me at 5.30am this morning and I left the apartment at 6.30am to drive about 50 miles across the Pennines to our Leeds dental workshop. Weather was pretty grim – fog and frost – and the traffic was a nightmare. I came to a standstill at 7.30am right on the tops of
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After a day of 15-minute laser coaching calls, last evening I attended our first client bridge calls of the year. We hold these once a month, an hour for coaches and an hour for dentists. The coaches are well versed with the technology and etiquette of a bridge call, so its easy enough for me
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I want to order some photo paper for the Sony digital photo printer that prints from my Sony digital camera (I’m a Sony addict – laptop, projector, camera, phone – I’d drive a Sony car if they made them). I visit the Sony.com web site and find the paper but I cannot buy it because
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Monday means no coaching. Its a business development day (or buffer day as Dan Sullivan would describe). I begin at 7.00am by writing this week’s ezine, then record my podcast, write this blog entry and, after a coffee break, will settle down to deal with those issues necessary to move my business forward. Phone calls
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Out running again this morning – an hour of emails from 5.30am and then off for a 45-minute jog. This morning its cold and frosty in Farnham and I plod along the surrounding country lanes, passed by an endless line of commuters making their way into nearby Guildford or on to London by train. At
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As part of my new year CB makeover, I’ve started serious training again. This morning I woke at 5.30am and took a 40 minute run past Farnham Castle and to the top of Folly Hill. It was dark, windy, wet and cold – absolutley wonderful. I’m thinking like a runner again – and feeling the
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I’ve been writing my first ezine of the year this morning and reflecting on the changes I have made to my work schedule that will reduce the amount of business travel I suffer, the number of hotel rooms I have to stay in and allow me to spend more time on public transport and less
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Yesterday was great fun – the morning with a young couple who want to start their own new dental practice in February. They are full of ideas, enthusiasm and talent – a real pleasure to share in and recall those heady, romantic days when we launch a new venture. I look forward to working with
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and all the dental clients stopped answering mail, email and phone calls. Suppliers slowed down their deliveries. Every project was put “on hold” until after the holiday. “We’ll do it in January” became the mission statement for many businesses. However, I have a full week of work ahead of me before I take a 2-week
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