Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he could only do a little. Edmund Burke (who’s mother, like mine, came from an impoverished but genteel Cork family….so mine told me)
Author Archives: Alun Rees
In with the new, out with the old? – Wise words from Blue Horizons
A good post by Hilary Ford on the new Blue Horizons blog. It’s so easy to spend time, energy and cash searching for the next client or customer that you risk neglecting your current customers. Never ever forget the value of internal marketing, how many dentists have had patients say to them or their team,Continue reading “In with the new, out with the old? – Wise words from Blue Horizons”
What’s Your KOLBE™?
What’s your KOLBE? One of the biggest challenges to any clinician and small business owner is the blending of individuals together to make a team. These are the same challenges that can afflict larger businesses and corporations too. Do you recruit people then find they aren’t quite what you thought? Are you beset with problemsContinue reading “What’s Your KOLBE™?”
The Monday Morning Quote #76
“Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors……Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.” Andrew Carnegie (Attributed) I was made aware of this quote by Seth Godin’s blog Losing Andrew Carnegie Carnegie apparently said, “TakeContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #76”
More – a film about more by Nic Askew
It has been a challenging and rewarding week that has seen me finally face up to one of the biggest “elephants in my room”. This isn’t the place to share the details but I am in a blinkers on mode and wanted to make a permanent record of the fact that I have made aContinue reading “More – a film about more by Nic Askew”
The Monday Morning Quote #75
“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is ultimately to be at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.” Abraham Maslow
The Monday Morning Quote #74
I am grateful to my friend Kathryn Thomas for sending me this week’s quote. “Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” —Unknown
The Monday Morning Quote #73
“If the lessons of history teach us anything it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us” ~ Anon
Use your initiative? Far too dangerous
From The Times On Line http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/melanie_reid/article7022479.ece Sometimes it’s the stories about the little people that, more accurately than any number of polls or policy research papers, illustrate exactly the kind of society we live in. So let me tell you the desperately sad tale of a man named Brian Gilfillan, a 36-year-old medical records supervisor.Continue reading “Use your initiative? Far too dangerous”
The Incisal Edge 