Away until 4th September
In about 4 hours I’ll be leaving for a 2-week vacation and the laptop will be staying in the UK. Reflecting on the last 5 days of business activity it has been a time of deep thinking personally and careful listening to what Team CB and others have told me about their perceptions around my [...]
Having the time of your life
My conversations with Simon Hocken continued yesterday and there was a particular focus on the way in which I organise my time. Ever since I discovered Dan Sullivan’s “Entreprenuerial Time System”, I have planned my year’s a year in advance, taking time every August to create a wall-planner, a spreadsheet and then an Outlook calendar [...]
We all need a coach
An interesting post in his own blog by my client and friend Simon Reilly over in Vancouver about the benefits of our coaching call on Tuesday. Which is ironic because yesterday I asked my good friend Simon Hocken to coach me on my business planning for the next 12 months. There is a danger that [...]
What clients want now.
Call-in day on Tuesday and I decided to keep a log of the questions my clients were asking me. Here they are: How much do I invest in marketing – 5%/10%? Can you recommend a great dental web site to look at – www.bowlanedental.com I’m making progress in creating a franchise prototype – how do [...]
Get out of financial trouble
I mentioned last week that our cash flows were heading in the wrong direction. At Monday’s management meeting Bonnie presented me with an up to date “mother of all spreadsheets” (MOAS – that’s what we call it), showing a £50,000 deficit in cash flow before 31st December 2006. Given that one of my principle goals [...]
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