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Me and my sweeping generalisations 🙄
Here's another 80/15/5 rule: 5% Disruptors On The Adoption Cycle bell-curve they are the innovators - they try new stuff before anybody...

Chris Barrow
Aug 11, 20231 min read
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Not so speedy boarding
I arrived at Terminal 1, Manchester International Airport (MIA) on Tuesday lunchtime for my Easyjet flight to Northern Ireland. Whenever...

Chris Barrow
Aug 10, 20233 min read
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Firefighting and The Eisenhower Matrix revisited
Following on from yesterday's theme of "the 3 biggest challenges" facing my clients, number #2 can be summarised as: "I'm too busy...

Chris Barrow
Aug 9, 20232 min read
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More on recruitment and retention
10 practice owners sat around the board room table last Friday in Bristol and every one of them was asked "what are the top 3 challenges...

Chris Barrow
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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An anniversary
Anniversaries remind us to reflect - on both the bad and the good - and perhaps consider whether we have learned anything from them,...

Chris Barrow
Aug 7, 20232 min read
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What will this morning's interest rate rise mean for your dental business?
It is important, when sharing good news or bad, to establish context. Things are never one way or the other forever - as you have heard...

Chris Barrow
Aug 4, 20231 min read
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A riff on reading
I was (am?) an only child. In the 1960's my leisure time was largely taken up with reading comics (Marvel/DC), followed by Illustrated...

Chris Barrow
Aug 3, 20232 min read
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Why you need to raise the bar - again
I'm 2 days back at work, reading emails, listening to clients on Zoom calls and attending our weekly webinar last night - and noticing a...

Chris Barrow
Aug 2, 20231 min read
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Adding 20 years to your life
It seems odd to start my August newsletter lead article at the main airport on the Greek island of Kefalonia, after our traditional...

Chris Barrow
Aug 1, 20231 min read
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What HS2 teaches us about staying on track (and an opportunity for you to achieve financial mastery)
A very good Monday morning and my first day back at work after two weeks in Greece (about which, more tomorrow). We returned home over...

Chris Barrow
Jul 31, 20233 min read
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