Ask any pilot, what happens when you run out of lift — you’re nose high and about to stall (OK you can stall in straight and level by reducing power — Not the point) Either you address the problem or crash and burn Drop the nose — Increase the power if required — return to straight and level flight Most training aircraft are equipped with a Stall Warner Heed the…
I was just trying to remember the conversation that went “Before you choose your career path — Design your life path — Or accept second best” Er — Nope it didn’t happen — (I do remember Colonal Ball suggesting I was no scientist) Well I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to settle for second best would I? Ummmh Imagine — A Life Path by Design — Well at least a well…
It will happen Perhaps online rather than physically because right now we have just entered another lockdown These rolling events really do play havoc with planning a physical location With actually sitting with you Chatting — Shaking hands — Exchanging ideas Just before the event happened I was to embark on the No Regrets Tour. Why no regrets? Because as you near the end of your career there is this…
Chances are if the headline got you — You are at some level of burnout — That’s Ok Well it’s not really but how do you defeat it Get rid of those feelings of despair — Loss of confidence in your prescribing ability The worry about the quality of your work The feeling that people expect more from you than you can give Leaving you exhausted — fatigued— with a…
So you’ve always wanted to be a dentist - What else? Strange question? — Not really! There’s a distinct lack of confidence in the NHS — Particularly for dentists I left it except for a brief couple of years back in 1985 — Yet I loved the service No better way to serve the people except — I couldn’t do it my way Great for emergency, drill or fill but…
If there’s a problem with being a health professional it’s the label When asked what I do — If I answer I’m a dentist — It’s end of conversation Or I get an invitation to explore their oral cavity while sipping my drink or tucking into canapés I’ve been in the healthcare business for many years — and — This is how I would talk about it The health business…
In sport who wants to witness a lacklustre performance We expect more from our professional sportsmen and women, sometimes they let us down BUT Before we cast that first stone, we’re all enthusiastic — Right? Lacklustre? Not me — really, who are we trying to kid. How many times do you get up in the morning bemoaning the fact you’ve got to go to work How many times do you…
Today I saw a man who hasn’t worked in eight weeks he was down not out Last week I met a man going through divorce and great adversity he too was down not out Both while down, were optimistic for the future, whatever it might hold But that’s not always the way Recently I chatted with a man who was down, I mean down, no way back down! Given up…
I was ready to move on, not place but career, try something new, but I didn’t know what So I stayed, oh I moved around, tried different places but the same career It still didn’t satisfy me. After the initial excitement of the move, different place, different people, I settled back into the groove All became ordinary again and still I wanted to try something new, but I didn’t know…
Extraordinary is a journey, not a destination. As I consider the years of practice, the accomplishments I realise that all that I did was Extraordinary —Until it became common place and then ordinary As we accomplish we go from not knowing how to — Extraordinary To achieving it where Extraordinary becomes ordinary Do we dwell here or go further The Extraordinary journey is to never just accept the ordinary and…