Author Archives: Alun Rees

The Monday Morning Quote #529

The Day After One of the Greatest Stories in Sport a couple of quotes from Eldrick “Tiger” Woods. “People don’t understand that when I grew up, I was never the most talented, I was never the biggest, I was never the fastest, I certainly was never the strongest. The only thing I had was myContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #529”

It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it.

The recent CIPD research in partnership with Simply Health was completed in November 2018 and covered more than 3.2 million employees across the UK. The top causes of long term sickness were mental ill health & stress with 59% & 54% respectively.     The top three causes of stress related illness are: Workloads /Continue reading “It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it.”

The Monday Morning Quote #526

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo Da Vinci If you get the opportunity to visit any of the museums that are exhibiting some of the Da Vinci drawings during the next few months take it. 500 years after his death his work is still awe inspiring. I have managed Cardiff and Manchester – so far.Continue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #526”

The Monday Morning Quote #525

We’ve all seen talented young players who get to a certain level but there comes a time when talent will only take you so far. The great players go away and work on extra things. They work harder on their skills. They start having early nights and they think about their diet and training. ThatContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #525”

Patient? Customer? Client? What really matters.

An interesting conversation in a practice about what the people that are treated/served/cared for should be called. I have been around the block a couple of times over the past 30 odd years and have returned to, and will remain with, patients. But that’s my opinion, you use whatever is comfortable for you. “We sometimesContinue reading “Patient? Customer? Client? What really matters.”