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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...

Chris Barrow
Apr 20, 20182 min read


The first 3 steps to becoming an owner-leader (and falling back in love with your work)
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – leaders lead people and managers manage systems. You cannot lead systems, you can only manage...

Chris Barrow
Apr 6, 20182 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Feb 23, 20181 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Feb 20, 20182 min read


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,...

Chris Barrow
Feb 15, 20181 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Feb 1, 20183 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Jan 30, 20181 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Jan 11, 20181 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Dec 7, 20171 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Nov 22, 20174 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Nov 13, 20171 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Oct 23, 20172 min read


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...

Chris Barrow
Sep 29, 20173 min read


Focused or trapped? Why we all need to create more protected thinking time.
This week I’m mostly in The Barrow Bunker, working my way through a substantial list of tasks, projects and research. One of the better...

Chris Barrow
Aug 30, 20172 min read


Why “Deep Work” by Cal Newport is a tough read for dental owners – and why you mus
There is a sense of growing frustration as one reads through this #1 bestselling business book, virally recommended in recent months. As...

Chris Barrow
Aug 25, 20175 min read


Why getting things done is getting in the way
On the recommendation of my coach Rachel Turner (and others) I’m currently reading “Deep Work” by Cal Newport and, even though I’m less...

Chris Barrow
Aug 22, 20172 min read


Only 1 place remaining on the Coach Barrow Couple’s Autumn Retreat
I’m delighted that this event is going ahead from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October 2017. Those attending are going to benefit...

Chris Barrow
Aug 7, 20171 min read


The lesson that Apple taught us this weekend about how to keep our patients interested
As a committed member of the innovation tribe, I downloaded the beta versions of macOS High Sierra and iOS 11 over the weekend (just in...

Chris Barrow
Jul 17, 20174 min read


A simple time management exercise that can ensure your business grows every year
Today, the sheer unadulterated pleasure of working ON my business with no face to face meetings, no Skype calls and no telephone. A day...

Chris Barrow
Jul 14, 20172 min read


Why there is no point in hiring a coach if it means that you will have more to do
You can’t do it all by yourself. There’s too much to do nowadays. You have to delegate. Let’s just spend a moment thinking about that....

Chris Barrow
Jul 12, 20171 min read
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