I am fascinated by success and failure in sport. I love the small things that make a huge difference, the teams that are odds on favourites but come unstuck, the ability of an individual to turn their fortunes around. I have often wondered what would have happened had Gareth Edwards followed his athletics rather thanContinue reading “The Weekend Read: Bounce by Matthew Syed”
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Dental Practice Managers’ Training Retreat 2011
Joanna Taylor and I are hosting a retreat for Dental Practice Managers in April this year. I’ll let Jo tell you more. Dental Practice Managers’ Training Retreat 2011 Wydale Hall, nr Scarborough Monday 11 to Tuesday 12 April 2011 With CQC and HTM 01-05 compliance threatening to overwhelm our desks and our minds, wouldn’t itContinue reading “Dental Practice Managers’ Training Retreat 2011”
The Monday Morning Quote
“The Richest Person is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least.” Anon Live Simply, Speak Kindly, Care Deeply, Love Generously Watch the Video.
The Weekend Read: Finance for Dentists – the essential handbook.
Near the top of the chart amongst “The 101 Things They Didn’t Teach You At Dental School”© is “Finance”. Sadly a lot of dental businesses, particularly one man “bands”, are still run a bit like the owner ran their affairs as an undergraduate: “the end of the month arrives before the end of the money?Continue reading “The Weekend Read: Finance for Dentists – the essential handbook.”
aka the saturday rant #1 – Stop following me! It’s my journey and mine alone.
Another day, another new Twitter follower. Why would an estate agent in Shmucksville, Wyoming want to follow the warblings of a dental business consultant in the UK? For what purpose does someone whose true aim in life seems to be to reduce the weight of the world by selling them flatulence inducing powder & lowContinue reading “aka the saturday rant #1 – Stop following me! It’s my journey and mine alone.”
Gerry Rafferty – another good man gone
Away from the wall to wall tributes of Baker Street & Stuck in The Middle here’s something that I first heard a very long time ago indeed from his days with Billy Connolly in The Humblebums A man who gave pleasure to many – RIP Gerry.
An inspiring tale from “The Dental Nurse Network”
One of the joys before, during and since my decades as a practice owner has been helping Dental Nurses to grow and achieve their full potential. Sometimes it was a challenge to the business when a nurse needed to move on to expand their skills such as training as a hygienist or therapist. On otherContinue reading “An inspiring tale from “The Dental Nurse Network””
Nice – from MedGadget
If I was still a practice owner then this sort of stuff would really excite me. Edge EHR corp. has announced the launch of its edgeDMS dental EHR. The iPad application, which is available through the iTunes App Store, allows doctors to search through and view patient records. When viewing an individual patient’s history, edgeDMSContinue reading “Nice – from MedGadget”
Happy New Year or not….
One of my clients has returned to work after the Christmas & New Year holiday to discover that his computers appear to have decided to change their passwords. I am writing this at 11.35am and his receptionist is still in a queue waiting for an initial response (that means someone to answer the phone) fromContinue reading “Happy New Year or not….”
The Monday Morning Quote
” Working hard is important, but there’s something else that’s even more important: believing in yourself. Look at it this way: every great wizard in history started out as nothing more than we are now – students. If they can do it, why not us…? “ (Harry Potter)
The Incisal Edge 