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The Monday Morning Quote #572

”Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity”. Also known as Hanlon’s Razor – attributed to Robert J. Hanlon

From The Blog of the Campbell Academy. – a routine “must read”. “….It is absolutely crystal clear the patients who attend for routine maintenance get very little amounts of Peri-implant disease and the disease that they get is hugely treatable. Whereas it is also absolutely clear that if they don’t attend the incidents of Peri-implantContinue reading “Peri-implant Disease”

Sleep isn’t for Wimps.

I had a nickname in my first year at university – “The Midnight Rambler” – I didn’t sleep very well and used to wander around the halls of residence looking for people with their lights on to share a coffee and have a chat. (I suppose the coffee was a clue…) I finally got aroundContinue reading “Sleep isn’t for Wimps.”

The Monday Morning Quote #571

“Nothing is so useless as doing things efficiently that should never have been done at all.” Peter Drucker

The Monday Morning Quote #570

“Quality is never an accident, it is the result of intelligent effort.” John Ruskin

Busy being busy.

Another unfinished blog from the archive sees the light of day. This one was inspired by THIS from which I quote. I have worked with clients, and for people, whose answer to everything is to “reorganise, start again, throw everything in the air and see where it lands”. This of course means that their livesContinue reading “Busy being busy.”

A reformed cynic speaks.

There is an old saying, “a cynic is what an idealist calls a realist”. Peter Senge wrote, “Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.” Most of us start our businesses with high hopes and ideals of changing the world.Continue reading “A reformed cynic speaks.”

The Monday Morning Quote #569

“My formula for success was very simple: Do whatever is put in front of you with all your heart and soul without regard for personal results. Do the work as though it were given to you by the universe itself – because it was.” Michael Singer (thanks Roz)

Who do you trust? Who can you trust? from GDPUK

My latest post for GDPUK: One of the main tenets of Professor Onora O’Neill’s arguments around the theme of trust is that we must aim to have more trust in the trustworthy but not in the untrustworthy. She says, “I aim positively to try not to trust the untrustworthy.” Which brings around the questions. WhoContinue reading “Who do you trust? Who can you trust? from GDPUK”

Why wouldn’t you?

I have a hoard of unpublished blogposts, some half written, some one line ideas, they are the result of experiences, ideas, conversations, things read, seen or thought. This one came about after talking to a client about his team routinely recording their patients’ blood pressure and pulse. Increasingly dentists ought to be seen as OralContinue reading “Why wouldn’t you?”