by Zac Fine | Feb 14, 2019 | Mental health, Planning, Self care
A punchy little message with the subject line “Divorce” grabbed my attention when it landed in my inbox recently. Maybe it’s the time of year — I know a few couples who hit the skids in January, a notorious time for marriage breakdown. And I see that in a list of the...
by Jonathan Fine | Sep 12, 2018 | Mental health, Planning
I’ve been flicking through a book I published with Simon Hocken in 2014 called Moonwalking For Dentists: How to win big in dentistry. I was expecting to wince but actually it’s aged pretty well, although it’s a bit wordy. We were bang on the money with the “16 agents...
by Zac Fine | May 16, 2018 | Leadership, Mental health
We’re seeing a clear need among practice owners to accept that taboo feelings of stress, isolation and self-doubt — and much darker moods — are really very normal. There’s a need to acknowledge these emotions when they arise because then they can be dealt with before...
by Zac Fine | May 9, 2018 | Admin, Compliance, Mental health, NHS, Planning, Retirement
When financial or social pressure leads us to behave in ways that we don’t agree with, we are guaranteed to end up miserable. Or worse. In 2013 the BDJ published a letter from a dentist who took his own life after problems with his Primary Care Trust. In it Paul Hood...
by Jonathan Fine | Mar 28, 2018 | Leadership, Mental health, Planning
Whenever I feel overwhelmed by conflicting priorities (which doesn’t happen that often) I use the technique below. I recently shared it with a client who had moved into overload and they found it helpful, so my offer is to perhaps file it as a resource for the next...
by Guest | Jan 24, 2018 | Acquisitions, Buying & selling, Disposals, Mental health, Wealth management
This week we share the musings of guest blogger Ross Martin, Accountancy Director at Hive Business, as he wonders whether owning one £2m turnover practice is better than two £1m ones. Thanks Ross. Just like no one needs to explain why they want a second child, a...