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@PharmakeusEsq: Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer – by opening up a 100 hour pharmacy next door to them.
@GrahamJudas: The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, locum for a bit.
@GrahamJudas: Don't be afraid to stand for what you believe in. Even if it means asking for something to be relabelled 3 times
@MrDispenser: When working in Bradford, do as the Bradfordians do and nip out for a curry on your lunch
@MrDispenser: Forget all the reasons it won't work & believe the one reason that it will because the doctor has signed it so must be right
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An EPS nomination a day keeps the Doctor's pharmacy at Bay
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@PharmakeusEsq: Don't sweat the small stuff – we've got some out of date Anhydrol Forte you can have?
@MrDispenser: When you say it's hard, you actually mean you can't find the calculator and work out 112-56 in your head
@pillmanuk: The will to win, desire to succeed, urge to reach your full potential. These are the keys that will get you 400 MURs.
@MrDispenser: Life is like a CD running balance. You need some negatives in order to appreciate the positives
@pgimmo: The only limit is your own imagination. That and the MUR cap
@MrDispenser: Rule #1 of life. Do what makes YOUR area manager happy
@MrDispenser: Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with doing less MURs than you
@pillmanuk: If you're going through hell, you're in pharmacy
@PharmakeusEsq: Success is the ability to go from one deprived run-down pharmacy to another with no loss of enthusiasm
@MrDispenser: I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It's because of them I'm locuming 70 miles from where I live
@jasonpeett: When they say 100 hours they actually don't mean Earth Hours. That would be silly………..
@MrDispenser: I don't regret the things I've done, I regret the things I didn't do when I was still signed in as the RP
@pillmanuk: If at first you don't succeed bang in a 100 hour contract
@pillmanuk: Multuples rush in where independents fear to tread
@Cleverestcookie: If you're not that good, don't worry; you're bound to be promoted up the company structure
@MrDispenser: Without hard work, nothing grows but shrinkage
@pillmanuk: A healthy patient is just a prescription opportunity seen through the wrong end of a telescope
@MrDispenser: Opportunity does not knock, it walks straight in with a 20 item script at 5.55pm
@MrDispenser: Expect problems and eat them for lunch during your 20 minute safety break
@MrDispenser: Even if you fall on your face, be sure to miss that lactulose that I just spilled
@PharmakeusEsq: Mistakes are stepping stones to learning and a criminal conviction
@MrDispenser: A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to amend the CD register
@pillmanuk: Stealing someone else's staff frequently spares the embarrassment of training your own.
@PharmakeusEsq: Failure is the opportunity to begin again, as an area manager for a different multiple
@pillmanuk: An EPS nomination a day keeps the Doctor's pharmacy at bay
@pillmanuk: The road to hell is paved with bad endorsements
@pillmanuk: An ACT a day will keep the MURs rolling
@PharmakeusEsq: Quitters never win and winners never quit, no matter how good your prize for best Smoking Cessation Service
@pillmanuk: You can't measure methadone when you're shaking with fear
Mr Dispenser is a community pharmacist and a blogger for C+D. He has been a relief pharmacist, second pharmacist, manager and locum. He says he loves pharmacy and is not ashamed to admit it. He also blogs at http://mrdispenser.wordpress.com and is on Twitter @mrdispenser. His book Pills, Thrills and Methadone Spills is available for Kindle and in print (5 per cent of sales are going to Pharmacist Support)