You may not realize it, but there is a tool that is too often forgotten (or never considered at all) that can be the start of taking back control of your practice and life. This strategy and word were never used prior to the early 1860’s. Its use today doesn’t carry the strong implication it had during its inception. Let me give you a little ...
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The phone keeps ringing and, for about the last 6 months, every question posed by the caller has centered on the fact that it is hard to keep or find good staff members. It started from the day we reopened our business from the COVID shutdown last year and the hygienists decided that they were not going to work in dentistry as long as the ...
Read MoreMany things can hold you back. Most doctors are looking for the one thing that can turn their practices around. Like Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men, most of these same doctors, “can’t handle the truth”. The person who asks but doesn’t really want the true answer will never get better. They want to put the blame on a lack ...
Read MoreFor many reading this article, you see things differently than those around you. For sure, you see things differently than generations gone by. The title or saying, Taking Home the Gold, is a direct reference to the Olympics and winners in a competitive endeavor. I remember a time when a trophy or medal actually meant something. It wasn’t given ...
Read MoreLast week, we went over the macro-view of good practices vs. not so good: The Recipient practice or the Donor practice. I had asked you to take a long hard look at exactly where you were and then, see where you are. For most of us, this viewpoint needs to be more specific. Today, I want to go over how to truly see your practice as others do. Based ...
Read MoreTen years ago, while trying to put some thoughts down in my weekly blog, I decided to move toward a simplistic approach: A way to see your practice in black and white. Kind of a “you either are, or you are not” look at being on the road to success, or mired in the rut of mediocrity. I want to revisit portions of that article as well as well as ...
Read MoreFor a majority of dental offices, there seems to be a trend: As the years slide by our systems and protocols seem to become more and more complex. While that may be true for a majority of dental offices, the best run, most profitable offices are bucking that myth. When we used to have doctors visit our offices, it was usually prompted by the ...
Read MoreWe have all been there and I don’t know anyone who enjoyed it. I set out to purchase a vehicle with the mindset that I had done my homework, looked at features, compared prices, and determined availability, as well as taking a stroll through Consumer Reports. I knew what I wanted and there was a dealership right down the street. I had even ...
Read MoreBuyer/Seller Perspectives (Senior doctors and Junior doctors): Everything affects the value and sale-ability of your practice. I believe that every business is built to ultimately sell. If this is true, then we should always move towards how to make our practice worth more, having a lower overhead, and increasing profitability while incorporating ...
Read MoreSeeing the light, according to the dictionary, is to understand or come to accept something, especially something that one was previously confused about or skeptical of. In Chapters 16 and 17 of The Super General Dental Practice (www.supergeneralpractice.com for a free copy of the second edition of the Super General Dental Practice), there is a ...
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