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Three questions

Questions to ask yourself when you are in overwhelm.

  • Where am I going to find more time to think, focus and plan?
  • How will I find more people to help me (delegate and outsource) and/or more help from the people I already know?
  • Where will I find the money to pay for the time and … Read the Rest
  • Simon’s KPI’s

    KPI’s – key performance indicators – are the magic numbers that can tell both you and an outsider exacly what’s going on in your business. My favourite KPI’s for dentistry have always been (as a percentage of total sales):

    • Lab bills (10% for GDP’s and 14% for funky dentists)
    • Material costs (7% for everyone)
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    Imagineering

    Working with our first group of Breathe Business Club clients in Edinburgh yesterday, we challenged them to use their imagination – and describe what their net asset value and business would look like “when it was complete”. An interesting observation was that the scope of the client’s imagination increased in direct proportion to the amount … Read the Rest

    The New Year begins

    Monday morning. Alarm call at 3.00am.  Depart Falmouth 3.45am and drive to Exeter airport for 7.00am flight to Edinburgh. Arrive airport at 5.30am.  To be told that the flight is delayed until 11.45am this morning (“due to a technical fault”) Great.  Back to reality – and the inefficiencies of British local airlines. Sat in the departure lounge … Read the Rest

    No resolutions!

    I’ve been involved in coaching for over 13 years now – and my New Year in-box is usually littered this week with felicitations from other coaches, confirming that I’m the perfect version of me and that 2008 will somehow be different from all of it’s predecessors if I choose. Alongside those annual mantras of hope … Read the Rest