Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril In her latest book, Heffernan argues that the biggest threats and dangers we face are the ones we don’t see – not because they’re secret or invisible, but because we’re wilfully blind. She examines the phenomenon and traces its imprint in our private and workingContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Wilful Blindness by Margaret Hefferman”
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The Weekend Read – Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield & Shawn Coyne
Steven Pressfield’s first non-fiction book was “The War of Art” and is essential reading for anyone with a tendency to procrastinate who needs help them get out of their own way. His most recent “Turning Pro” takes the battle against “Resistance”, as he calls it, to a higher plane. Easy to read, with brief chapters,Continue reading “The Weekend Read – Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield & Shawn Coyne”
The Weekend Read – Progressive Practice by Edward Samson
Sub-Titled – “A Treatise on Dental Economics” this book was first published by J.S. Cottrell in 1931, those were pre-second war days between general strikes and the great depression. I came across it on a client’s bookshelves where it had stood since its receipt as a present from his wife; sadly I don’t think heContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Progressive Practice by Edward Samson”
The Weekend Read – Think and Grow Rich
A new year so time to revist one of the classic books about success. If I was asked to recomend three books on success to a young dentist (or anyone who wants to be seen as professional in whatever walk of life they follow) they would be: How to Win Friends and Influence People byContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Think and Grow Rich”
The Weekend Read – Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker
A lovely little book from the Harvard Business School Press. Produced in a smaller than usual format it manages to pack into its sixty pages a wealth of information and insights which helps one to ask and answer questions of oneself. The questions include: What are my strengths? How do I perform? What are myContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker”
How Predictable Are You? (Better Quality Version)
I enjoy the illusions that Richard Wiseman posts on his site http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/ His books are pretty good too, my son chose :59 seconds with book tokens as academic reward, it’s a great read. This video is great fun and not difficult to work out, good to try on other people too.
The Weekend Read – Platform by Michael Hyatt
We’re approaching the end of the blog in its present format – content will hopefully grow in frequency and value but the appearance is due for an overhaul. Michael Hyatt was the CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers for eight years and is now their chairman. He now describes himself as a professional blogger, author andContinue reading “The Weekend Read – Platform by Michael Hyatt”
A f*ree textbook of skin cancer and its mimics.
Aimed at medical students, doctors trying to get (re) acquainted with dermatology and other paramedical staff this new on-line text book is worth investigating by dentists and their teams. Dentists are in the enviable but responsible position of seeing our patients regularly and are therefore better placed to observe changes of the head and neckContinue reading “A f*ree textbook of skin cancer and its mimics.”
Messages from Dental Masters
A criticism aimed at me by my partner, my coach and (most of all) myself, is that I tend to hide my lamp under a bushel. Here is not the place to deal with my lack of personal flag waving so…. I’M IN PRINT!! A promo. for the new collection “Messages from Dental Masters”. CompiledContinue reading “Messages from Dental Masters”
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”
The Incisal Edge 