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The Monday Morning Quote – 111

“All the world’s a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.” – Sean O’Casey

The Weekend Read – “A few words from the chair” by David Clow

David Clow has written a highly relevant book that should be required reading for dentists and their teams whether they be new to practice or veterans of the profession. His arguments are put succinctly and he challenges many of the established points of view that we take to be automatically true. Whilst this is anContinue reading “The Weekend Read – “A few words from the chair” by David Clow”

So what’s a fleadh?

I love Christy Moore’s music, but more than that I admire his fundamentally held beliefs that manifest themselves through the causes he champions and his politics. Like a lot of the people that I respect I don’t necessarily share their beliefs 100% but I would argue for their right to hold them. He doesn’t takeContinue reading “So what’s a fleadh?”

A very special day – April 5th 1993.

Happy 18th Birthday Will. From Storypeople Quiet Pride (son). There has never been a day when I have not been proud of you, I said to my son, though some days I’m louder about other stuff so it’s easy to miss that.

The Monday Morning Quote

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.” Winston Churchill

“Tales from the Troubleshooter #1” Dentinal Tubules reaches 500.

Congratulations to Dhru Shah and the Dentinal Tubules “team” (I rather suspect that’s Dhru and er…Dhru) on publishing their 500th article. I bask in the reflected glory that the article that marks No. 500 is one of mine. It’s the start of a new series on Dentinal Tubules that reflects the work I do, calledContinue reading ““Tales from the Troubleshooter #1” Dentinal Tubules reaches 500.”

The Monday Morning Quote

“If we get too far ahead of ourselves we will fall over.” Graham Henry

The Weekend Read – Brush by James Goolnick

This review first appeared on GDP-UK http://www.gdpuk.com I read this book at a single sitting and really enjoyed it as a “fly past”. It’s full of ideas and tips resulting from James’ experiences of personal and professional life, initially as an associate but primarily as founder and principal of Bow Lane Dental in the CityContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Brush by James Goolnick”

Two cardinal rules for success.

First – never believe your own publicity or hype. Second – never count your chickens before they hatch / spend the profit before it’s in the bank / celebrate until you cross the line.

Is your website up to date?

Or are you relying on very old excuses? I know that the weather caused disruption at the tail end of last year but it’s now the last week in March and FlyBe are still making excuses. So one of two things is going on: Their recovery from the snow caused problems is painfully slow orContinue reading “Is your website up to date?”