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Asana and how we get things done
The news today that Asana, the project and task management software company, have raised $75m in funding from Al Gore’s London-based...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 30, 2018
Do you love your work?
Do you love your work? I’ve been coached by experts over the years and they have taught me to aim at spending 80% of my professional time...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 12, 2018
Using You Tube to promote your practice to dentists and patients
My first question this morning is whether it would be useful to have 80 minutes of Chris Barrow, live and uncut, talking about: tips for...
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Chris Barrow
- Jan 11, 2018
On overwhelm and what to do about it
There are two distinct versions of overwhelm. Overwhelm from above Taking too many things on. Being attracted by Bright Shiny Objects...
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Chris Barrow
- Dec 7, 2017
Growing pains in business – symptoms and causes
If you are running a three-chair practice with £500,000 in sales and 10 people, you can “wing it” 80% of the time and hold semi-formal...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 30, 2017
Why even the best practices are only getting 2 out of 3 steps right with their internal marketing
Initially, it seemed there were two phases to getting dental practices focused on internal human interest marketing (and weaning them off...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 28, 2017
How to increase your profits by 50% in one year – by slowing down
For once, I’m going to refrain from naming the client I’m referring to in this post, to respect their confidentiality. However, I have to...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 22, 2017
How to spend more time as a master practitioner, without upsetting existing patients
There comes a time in the life of every Dental Principal when you have to admit that you simply cannot do everything any more. Not only...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 20, 2017
5 weeks to get 2017 finished and to get 2018 started
Sunday was largely a Bunker Day – back in the world of the freelancer, reading and answering 180 emails and my preparation for the week...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 13, 2017
The best business decision I ever made
Planning 10-12 weeks vacation every year. It’s still the best business decision I ever made. Listening to Dan Sullivan, founder of...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 9, 2017
Is your strategy a noble endeavour? Are you the best at what you do?
Your strategy is the reason why your business exists. It is what you want to be known as the best for. Your tactics are the methods by...
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Chris Barrow
- Nov 3, 2017
The 2 questions you must ask before spending money in your business
Yesterday’s blog post was a bit of doom and gloom, all about the recent reductions in consumer spending and a growing sense of panic on...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 31, 2017
Why setting Extreme Targets may be a good way to kick start your progress
After 31 days of ColdTurkeyTober I can report an 8lb weight loss, 202 km of running completed and a general feeling of well-being that...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 24, 2017
A new sales pipeline application created specifically for dental practices
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
- Oct 23, 2017
If you are looking for an amazing freelance P. A. – now’s your chance
Your unique ability is the work that you get paid for and, more importantly, the work you love to do, because you are just brilliant when...
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Chris Barrow
- Oct 6, 2017
Free download – The End of Treatment Protocol – a 5-step reminder
The main purpose of a daily huddle is to identify those patients coming to the end of a course of (probably cosmetic) treatment (EOT) and...
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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 29, 2017
You live in a world of “to do” lists – here’s a list they never tell you to
Phew! After last night’s chaos at London’s Euston Station (see my Facebook profile), this morning’s blog is a little later than usual...
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Chris Barrow
- Sep 18, 2017
Setting 90-day goals for your personal and professional development
Setting 90-day goals has been at the centre of the personal and professional development work I do with clients ever since I first read...
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Chris Barrow
- Sep 8, 2017
Technology, the ageing population, regulation: pondering the future of orthodontics
I’ll be speaking at next week’s BOS conference in Manchester and, with Ashley Latter, networking for most of the day – so please come...
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