Alun Rees

The Monday Morning Quote #50

“The truth of the matter is you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.” General Norman Schwartzkopf

My 16 year old son, Will, is flying to Ecuador in the early hours of tomorrow. Together with 8 other students and 2 teachers from The King’s School and an experienced rep. from Camre Cymru he will spend the best part of 4 weeks on an expedition. After their flight to Quito they move onContinue reading “Bon Voyage Mate”

What Are You Suggesting To Yourself?

This is the first half Stephanie Houseman’s current newsletter repeated en-bloc. Stephanie is, like me, an ex-dental practice owner and a trained coach, in addition she’s an international speaker and author. She’s based in Illinois and her newsletter is a Tuesday constant (something I must learn). Her website is http://www.7steps2abalancedlife.com sign up for the newsletterContinue reading “What Are You Suggesting To Yourself?”

And Deliver Us From Inappropriateness

I have enjoyed David Hepworth’s comments on music and beyond for more years that I care to remember. I recall him introducing the first live film of Bruce Springsteen on The Old Grey Whistle Test in the 70’s, and I have never looked back. In recent years I have subscribed to Word Magazine and keptContinue reading “And Deliver Us From Inappropriateness”

An alternative to Amazon and a fun site to watch

I like and respect the Amazon brand for what it has done to retailing and the way imitators and competitors have appeared. One of these is The Book Depository which I had used a few times before discovering they were based a few miles from Rees Towers. In addition to very being competitive on bookContinue reading “An alternative to Amazon and a fun site to watch”

The Monday Morning Quote #49

“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” Dwight D Eisenhower. “Motivation is an external, temporary high that pushes you forward. Inspiration is a sustainable internal glow which *pulls* you forward.” Thomas Leonard

The Weekend Read – Synchronicity (The Inner Path of Leadership) by Joseph Jaworski

This is (yet) another book that I wouldn’t have come across without Chris Barrow’s guidance, so cheers again cb. One of the joys or occasional chores of this, recently neglected, part of the blog is that I demand of myself to re-read or at least scan the mentioned book if it isn’t a new oneContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Synchronicity (The Inner Path of Leadership) by Joseph Jaworski”

“Brits borrow millions for dental work”

From Dr Bicuspid’s Blog – Now please don’t tell again me that people won’t pay for Dentistry. Britons have taken out personal loans worth an estimated 60.2 million pounds ($97.6 million) to fund private dental treatment, according to a Press Association story. An analysis by Sainsbury’s Finance showed that nearly 7,000 loans have been takenContinue reading ““Brits borrow millions for dental work””

“The mouth is the mirror of the body”

I don’t remember who first told me that but it’s something that I said to patients regularly through my clinical career. We knew that it was unusual to find unhealthy gums in a healthy individual, to add to that, anyone who couldn’t get the enthusiasm and motivation to look after their mouth was unlikely toContinue reading ““The mouth is the mirror of the body””

Short and sweet but powerful!

This came from Helen Waring’s blog. Helen, The Walkers Coach, writes regularly. She is married to Alan Stevens whose work I have featured before. Evidence to turn off your email, twitter etc etc and deal with them when the time is right for you. “It takes 64 seconds to retrieve your train of thought afterContinue reading “Short and sweet but powerful!”