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Starting the week – how is that Monday morning feeling?
My 16-hour stop-over at home was necessary, primarily to avoid the madness of what would have been 11 consecutive days living out of a...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 20, 2017
BDIA Showcase gossip – day 1 – Thursday 19th October
Certainly a great looking show, even if we have been relegated to Hall 3 as the members of The Motorhome and Caravan Show gather for the...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 18, 2017
The Hungry Boxer
Yesterday the alarm was at 05:00 and after composing my blog I set off on a 10k run, blown along by the remnants of Ophelia past...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 17, 2017
Running a half marathon or running a business – why they are much the same
I’m carrying a niggling groin strain at the moment, which means that I’m unable to predict when it will kick in or for how long it will...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 5, 2017
The PIVOT – the moment when everything changes
There comes a moment in personal or business development when we PIVOT. At that moment, the course changes in a fundamentally new...
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Chris Barrow
- Sep 22, 2017
The final 100 days – what are you going to do with them?
Countdown. Welcome to the final 100 days of 2017, starting today. Take a moment to reflect: Congratulate – what have I achieved so far...
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Chris Barrow
- Sep 20, 2017
An example of it all going badly wrong – and the banquet of consequences
Tuesday 19th September 21:00 – arrives home and prints boarding pass for flight to Belfast the next morning – flight time 08:40 21:05 –...
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Chris Barrow
- Sep 13, 2017
Do yourself a favour – look up from that screen
So there I was, feeling a little sorry for myself because this week is a series of 05:00 alarm calls and 22:00 hotel arrivals, dashing up...
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Chris Barrow
- Aug 23, 2017
What does a typical Bunker day look like?
Today, I’m looking forward to an uninterrupted day in my basement office, The Barrow Bunker. Days like this are very rare (this one has...
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Chris Barrow
- Jul 3, 2017
One quest completed and another about to begin
Well I ticked the box on the 35-mile Ultra-Marathon yesterday (my 25th marathon distance) and satisfied myself that ordinary marathon...
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Chris Barrow
- Jun 22, 2017
The fly in the jam jar – when does the coach need a coach?
Remember the story of the fly trapped in the jam jar with a glass lid? Stage 1 – the fly repeatedly hits the glass lid Stage 2 – the fly...
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Chris Barrow
- May 24, 2017
Coach Barrow’s Marathon for Manchester
I was always planning to run my 25th marathon in Liverpool on Sunday. Waking at 05:00 on Tuesday morning to discover the terrible news of...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 6, 2017
The 4 M’s – a quick quarterly review to build your confidence
This is a coaching process developed by the folks at Strategic Coach in Toronto and is one of my quarterly retreat activities, especially...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 23, 2016
Looking back with grace and gratitude
I don’t look back a lot in life or in business, preferring to celebrate my successes or suffer my failures quickly, accepting that the...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 16, 2016
MacBooks and Bucket Lists
After 2 days my MacBook is back from Intensive Care and appears to be functioning normally. Lessons learned: there is a price to pay for...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 6, 2016
The Guide
I mentioned in a Facebook Live transmission last night that I’m starting my journey through an online course offered through Udemy by...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 11, 2016
Earlies
I’ve been an early bird since the age of 15, influenced by my father, Charlie Barrow, a constable in the Greater Manchester Police who...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 9, 2016
plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
I was in Belfast the morning of the Brexit result. Here I am in Belfast again this morning, visiting the same practice – the lovely folks...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 5, 2016
Facing the inner demon
We all have our inner demons – the things we are afraid of. My girlie scream at the sight of a sizeable spider in the bath is the stuff...
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Chris Barrow
- Apr 1, 2016
New in Kindle e-books: The 100% Growth System
As from today you can download my latest e-book, a step by step guide to growing your practice sales and profitability by 100% in less...
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