A lovely, useful and stimulating little book. Compact in size but large in ideas. Its premise is to give the reader ideas to look at other industries and see what they might borrow. We are all encouraged to think out of our box, this has ideas for thinking from further afield. Easy to read andContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Not Invented Here”
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The Weekend Read – redux.
In which I re-read some of the books that have had a prolonged influence on me. “Creative Visualisation” by Shakti Gawain I bought (and read) this book in September 1988, I had just opened my first practice and had a week in London on the Cranio-Sacral course at the British School of Osteopathy – itselfContinue reading “The Weekend Read – redux.”
Read a book! You’re too busy? All the more reason.
I know when life is getting to me, it’s when I stop reading (fiction especially) because “I don’t have time”. What I do have is time that I waste on apparently being busy, doing things that could be started, completed and given me time to read. That’s why this article resonated with me. It’s thatContinue reading “Read a book! You’re too busy? All the more reason.”
The Monday Morning Quote #591
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view …until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird“
The Weekend Read – The Go-Giver
I was listening to Bob Burg, the co-author of this little book speaking the other day and it took me back to when I first read it. I had been persuaded that what I needed to succeed was to work hard and faster than everyone else. It went against the grain but if everyone else saidContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Go-Giver”
The Weekend Read – How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
Probably the first time management book, written by the prolific novelist and writer Arnold Bennett was published in 1908. Its messages and lessons are still relevant and as important now than they were 112 years ago. The context has changed but the distractions have not if anything they are greater. This was part of largerContinue reading “The Weekend Read – How to Live on 24 Hours a Day”
The Weekend Read – The E Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
On the inside cover of my copy I see that I bought this in February 2001 – it was first published in 1995 and I wish I had read it even earlier than that, it would have saved me much pain and heartache and probably saved me a small fortune. Its subscript describes the book,Continue reading “The Weekend Read – The E Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber”
Stupid behaviour – Gillian Tett – The Silo Effect
“Why do humans working in modern institutions collectively act in ways that sometimes seem stupid? Why do normally clever people fail to see risk and opportunities that are subsequently blindingly obvious? Why, as Daniel Kahneman, the psychologist put it, are we sometimes so ‘blind to our own blindness’?” – The Silo Effect, page ix ReadContinue reading “Stupid behaviour – Gillian Tett – The Silo Effect”
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.”
Just say no….
It’s easy isn’t it? To say “No”. Really? I would love to say that having been close to and through burnout on a few occasion as both an employed dentist, a practice owner and (even) as a coach – yeah, yeah I know, I should know better – saying “no” is still one of theContinue reading “Just say no….”
