Author Archives: Chris Barrow

Anxiety

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Chris Barrow

I don’t know about you but I’ve had enough of alcohol, food, late nights and partying after an exceptional 10 days. After tonight’s slow-roast lamb and a glass of red I really do need a rest. I did manage to … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Imperfectionist 2015 in review

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Chris Barrow

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for my personal blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,300 times in 2015. If it were a NYC … Continue reading →

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Meaningless me

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Chris Barrow

Last week I posed the question “so what next?” and shared my struggles to find an answer. This blog exists for personal catharsis but there is something heartwarming about a record number of views and feedback from those who say … Continue reading →

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So what next?

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Chris Barrow

This post is lengthy and extremely self-indulgent. Many is the time that I have recommended a book by Frederic Hudson that changed my life in 1998 when I first read it. Lifelaunch – a passionate guide to the rest of … Continue reading →

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My first laptop

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Chris Barrow

Random access memories……… The 250Mb hard drive. The black screen with flashing green cursor. The interminable wait whilst the darn thing powered up. My ignorance of what the letters GUI stood for? The collection of floppy disks. The upwardly-mobile financial … Continue reading →

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The Bike Sheds

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Chris Barrow

  My penultimate year at school was 1968 – an era without mobile phones or the internet. In the breaks we congregated in the bike sheds at the back of Burnage Grammar School. We gossiped (along with the occasional Players … Continue reading →

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There at the beginning.

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Chris Barrow

In conversation with friends over dinner, I was asked to share my involvement in business start-ups. For years people who have either bought or decided to open new dental practices have asked me to comment on their imagination (in some … Continue reading →

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Dashing into the future

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Chris Barrow

My new iPhone 6s Plus has made my iPad Mini obsolete, along with the accompanying bluetooth keyboard, (Product) Red magnetic cover and Herschel carrying case (we do like to accessorise). I’ve delayed the purchase of a new Macbook Pro until … Continue reading →

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Failure, fallibility and burn out

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Chris Barrow

Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better by Pema Chödrön My rating: 5 of 5 stars I arrived home last Friday evening, completely burned out by October. A month which included two 6-day weeks (although my sympathy plea for that was quickly … Continue reading →

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Multipotentialites

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Chris Barrow

There is something liberating about this 12:52 TED talk. The realisation that it is OK to be perfectly imperfect in your multi-tasking and that you don’t need to be anything when you grow up – you can be everything instead. … Continue reading →

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