So yesterday (Thursday) morning I woke at 4.00am in Toronto, continuing my theme of the week (jet-lag) – and did 4 hours work in my hotel room before going downstairs to present day 2 of a 3-day workshop to 19 clients. Before I left the room I reminded myself that I had to break off
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Day 1 of the Coaching Business School Intensive – 18 clients in the British Columbia room at the Fairmont Royal York. Outside in the hotel lobby a full-scale film crew shooting “Truth and Justice” a new movie starring Ben Affleck and Adrian Brodie (The Pianist). Last night after dinner we watched Adrian being filmed –
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Well the journey finally took 21 hours door to door and I’m feeling pretty groggy in Toronto this morning. Woke at 5.30am, ran along the lakeside for a while and I’m just catching up on emails before we begin our 3-day coaches Intensive here at The Fairmont Royal York. There is a very nice Second
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After a restful holiday weekend I rise at 4.00am and drive 3 hours from Manchester to Bristol Airport, my intention to catch a connecting flight from Bristol to Amsterdam and then on to Toronto. Why? Because that’s a good financial decision, saving me over 300 pounds on the normal ticket price. I arrive in Bristol
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Account StatisticsIts interesting to check my account with www.spamarrest.com periodically and see just how many emails I receive and how many of them are spam. As of this morning, the count since 19th September 2004 is as follows: Messages Processed 17937 Messages Forwarded 9470 Spam Percentage 47.2% So I certainly think my fee to Spam
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Goodness me, it was a very long drive from Swansea to Farnham, Surrey this morning – I had no idea Swansea was so far from the English border! Today a break from routine and a 5-hour conversation with one of my most successful dental clients and co-creator of “Get your practice finances in gear”, Tim
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A 5.00am start and a drive from Bristol to Exeter, where I meet with Barbara Trotter (my UK business manager) and her assistant Stephanie Martin for a management meeting. Top of the agenda is a review of our practice finances from now until the end of the year – and it’s a worse case scenario
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Monday and I have just checked in to the Marriott in Bristol for this evening’s Talking Points presentation. Whoever designed the traffic system in Bristol should be made to drive around it eternally – its a shocker of congested roads. I witnessed a road rage incident on the way in to the hotel – driver
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Alarm call at 4.30am, cab at 5.15am, flight from Glasgow to Gatwick at 6.15am. Then a full-day practice visit with a 6-partner expense sharing dental practice to discuss their marketing strategy, re-branding, staff training and communication skills between the partners. This is one of the best managed practices I coach and yet they still have
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On our bridge call with coaches last night, I was asked to describe how I have managed to climb out of my recent period of “funk” and re-establish my enthusiasm for life. I shared a number of actions, including: Writing authentically in my ezines – this brings 80% appreciation and support from readers plus 20%
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