I am very fortunate that this is the view from my workplace in Cork….it wasn’t quite so good in a force 7 gale at 3.30am but the elements were wonderful to enjoy from within.
They’re doing what with iTunes?
This came from one of my favourite regular reads “The Digital Dentist“, they are usually Microsoft focussed but sometimes come up with something of interest to a dedicated Mac user like me.
Tune out & use iTunes for catching up on papers as PDFs. Read more here.
Holiday 1
There is a reduction in postings because I’m enjoying the Force 6 winds & rain in West Cork. Time with my family and particularly my son is priceless, I am aware that the rise of his physical star and the waning of mine are coming close to coincidence. We are enjoying cycling together; he outsprints me but my stamina tops his.
The Monday Morning Quote #2
As a very wise patient once said to me:
“If you tell me about something before you start it’s an explanation,
if you tell me about it after it has happened it’s an excuse.”
The Monday Morning Quote #1
Even though I didn’t get around to publishing until Tuesday!
This seemed particularly apt this week for a number of reasons. It comes from Henry David Thoreau’s classic book “Walden”
“I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. If there is not a new man, how can the new clothes be made to fit? If you have any enterprise before you try it in your old clothes. All men want, not something to do, or rather something to be. Perhaps we should never procure a new suit, however ragged or dirty the old, until we have so conducted, so enterprised or sailed in someway, that we feel like new men in the old, and that to retain it would be like keeping new wine in old bottles.”
Time Management never meant so much…an update.
I have just discovered that Randy Bausch who I mentioned in an earlier posting passed away on July 28th.
Rest in Peace.
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Time Management never meant so much.
As a coach one of the major things that I help my clients deal with is time management. It’s something that I read about and research in order to be able to keep abreast of the newly labelled science or art of GTD.
Or is it Emperor’s New Clothes?
I came across this lecture by Randy_Pausch.
It’s called The Last Lecture for obvious reasons & here he is on Time Management.
Humbling
Helium. It’s good for the soul.
Sometimes when clients say “thank you” it’s good to hear; when they give you a testimonial it’s even better, if a little embarrassing. One of my biggest failings is that I don’t blow my own trumpet nearly enough.
“Alun’s experience as a dental practitioner and professional coach have proved to be of great benefit in the development and success of my private dental practice.
Alun’s straightforward “tell it how it is” approach has encouraged my dental team to stop, think and apply new ideas and systems to our customer care and patient journey.
I would have made less expensive mistakes had I engaged Alun’s services sooner!!
I would highly recommend Alun’s services to new and experienced colleagues alike.
Regards C.E.”
Another Travelodge
Great idea no fuss, minimal need to interact with other travelers, familiar, easy to book, lots of them.
Downside? Soulless, no idea where you are when you wake up during the night, the ones on M-way services condemn you to the adjacent food (or none as here in Washington) the choice being a several mile round trip to reach a point that is a few hundred yards as the crow flies.
What makes them different from each other?
The smile of the person who welcomes you, who makes the effort to acknowledge you as a weary traveler.
So thanks Rachel you were ‘just doing your job’ our transaction lasted all of 90 seconds but it’ll make me stay with you guys again.
GDC having its say – 2
I must own up to having mixed feeling about the practice of “facial aesthetics”. When I examine my motives I realise they have arisen from
- having a close family interest matters of the skin here & here
- concern that some young dentists were seeing it as a panacea for gaps in their appointment books.
- it was being used to avoid thorough examination and performance of comprehensive dentistry.
None of these are entirely logical, so I suppose it should be a “peripheral’ skill in that dentists should know about it. They should know where to refer their patients if they feel that they would benefit from treatment with botox or fillers. Or, if they are really keen they should do one of the courses that are available and ensure that they are proficient in the techniques.
But should they be practice builders? As a foundation of a practice I would be very concerned.
Now the GDC have spoken…”As a result of the Council’s Scope of Practice consultation in early 2008, the Council has agreed that non-surgical cosmetic procedures outside the immediate mouth area are not dentistry. The Council will also be undertaking an impact assessment on whether surgical procedures away from the face, such as bone harvesting from the hip, should not be considered dentistry.”
Fuller report here
Don’t have too many eggs in one basket as our grandmothers would have said.
Will this result in separate businesses under the same roof? See last weeks blog entry.
The Incisal Edge 