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Hypocrisy in priority and time management – a confession
Here’s today’s blog, somewhat later than usual as I’m in “catch up” mode after working all weekend at The Spring Client Retreat (which...
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Chris Barrow
- Apr 20, 2018
New Achievements, New Habits – the Coach Barrow Spring Retreat begins..
It’s important to understand the difference between achievements and habits when you are goal-setting. An achievement is a specific...
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Chris Barrow
- Apr 18, 2018
Why you need more solitude to grow your business
I took a day away from clients yesterday, uninterrupted by any phone or Skype/Zoom calls, no meetings with other people, no contact with...
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Chris Barrow
- Apr 9, 2018
Knowing your numbers might not be sexy – but it is profitable
I invested some time over the weekend in finalising the content of our second Extreme Business 2018 workshop, taking place in London on...
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Chris Barrow
- Apr 3, 2018
You thought you had a time management problem? Now there is something even more challenging.
For many of us, this will be the first full day back at work after the Easter break, beginning Q2 of 2018. Over the 4-day weekend I spent...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 29, 2018
The Quarter is Dead – Long Live The Quarter! It’s time to reflect and then to plan.
Today I’m with the delegates at The Campbell Academy Business Course (talking numbers, marketing and the characteristics of independent...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 28, 2018
How stressed are you?
During March I took possession of a Garmin Fenix 5s running watch and have been using the wearable technology and the accompanying iPhone...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 26, 2018
Making the decision to “up your game” and getting the help you need to do that
I’ve recently taken possession of the Full Focus Planner system created by personal development coach Michael Hyatt. You can see and read...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 19, 2018
How to double your productivity in the next 36 months
I’ve recently been reviewing some client data that proves you can double the average daily production of a Principal over a 36-month...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 14, 2018
British orthodontics is in meltdown – it’s wonderful – for some
Wonderful because those who take this “tide in the affairs of men” will have to reinvent themselves as private practitioners. Whatever...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 8, 2018
6 simple words that can galvanise your patient testimonials
My biggest take-away from this week’s podcast with Dr. Chris Bowman was his simple answer to the question “how do you get testimonials?”...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 5, 2018
Why the recruitment crisis in UK dentistry may force you to shrink your business
Recruitment of dentists (and its knock-on effects) is creating the highest level of disruption in the marketplace right now. There is a...
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Chris Barrow
- Mar 1, 2018
What Tesla, Pareto and the 4% rule can tell us about the independent sector
1st March 1893 and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Little did he...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 27, 2018
How (and why) to get 1,000 fans for what you do
The new podcast from Seth Godin, “Akimbo” was launched just a few weeks ago and the first two episodes are available from the iTunes...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 23, 2018
The Extreme Weekly Tracker – how I use marginal improvement to generate huge gains for my clie
Every Friday morning my active coaching clients receive an email asking them to visit a landing page and complete their Extreme Business...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 22, 2018
Avatars, Other Worlds and The Alphabet Test – an exercise in choosing your best customers and
I was asked this week to commit to an interesting exercise in self-reflection, as follows: The Perfect Customer Avatar imagine your...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 21, 2018
TCO training – how to improve your clinician productivity by 30%
I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services of relevance to my clients. For over 20+ years I have maintained a...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 20, 2018
The importance of booking a meeting with yourself – and why it’s taken me 20 years to ge
I’m nervous this morning and wanted to share with you why that is. I’ll be spending the majority of the day working ON my business and...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 15, 2018
The Spring Business Retreat – Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd April 2018 – London
I’m looking for a final 4 people (or 2 couples) to attend this total immersion in coaching. We now have dentists joining us from the UK,...
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Chris Barrow
- Feb 12, 2018
Why a dental entrepreneur should wear 4 hats
I’ve spent the last 3 months listening to Sheila Scott brilliantly explain how Edward De Bono’s 6 thinking hats can help dental teams to...
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