“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.” John Kenneth Galbraith via “How to be a Complete and Utter F**k Up“ by Steve McDermott (possibly the best self-help book ever written – but then again, possibly not)
Author Archives: Alun Rees
Why the Uber decision isn’t the end for self-employed Dentists
As usual the sky falling in faction in UK dentistry have taken the High Court’s decision in favour of the Uber Drivers as the signal that the floodgates will open and this is the end for all self-employed associates. In my opinion this should lead to more dental principals, associates, therapists and hygienists becoming moreContinue reading “Why the Uber decision isn’t the end for self-employed Dentists”
The Monday Morning Quote #646
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” Steven Covey (via Dave Winer)
The Monday Morning Quote #645
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each person as they sees themselves, each person as the other person sees them, and each person as they really are.” William James
The Monday Morning Quote #644
“The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living” Plato, Apology 38
Dave Grohl in the FT
From Saturday’s FT. I always enjoy “The Inventory” section in the weekend magazine but this one more than most. I thought I would share.
The Monday Morning Quote #643
“People change best by feeling good, not by feeling bad.” B.J. Fogg
Across the UK, dental placement coordinators are opening wide and saying “argh”
Top of the list of PSRBs’ worries is placements. DfE may have opened up campuses for some students, but across professions many urgently need practical experience in the workplace. Some professional environments are difficult to make Covid-secure while maintaining learning outcomes. Dental clinics, with their close contact and air-flow infrastructure, are one example. Across theContinue reading “Across the UK, dental placement coordinators are opening wide and saying “argh””
The Monday Morning Quote #642
“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ Vanity asks the question, ‘Is it popular?’ But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’sContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #642”
The Monday Morning Quote #641
“Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so.” William Shakespeare It does no good to overthink things, especially those things that you cannot control, yet we often do or try to. I often think about the above quote from Hamlet, coupled with the advice from Carl Richards, shown below:
