Dentistry has accepted two huge lies: The past will return, and the justification for entitlement that says: As Dentists we deserve to be successful. I was re-reading a book by David Platt called Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream published in 2010, and couldn’t help but think about the challenges he poses for us in our ...
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If I could change one thing for the doctors we work with, it would be their struggles in how they spend and save. Could there be a more pervasive topic than money troubles and their causes? It amazes me that 95% of all dentists end up not being financially secure by age 62. A life spent making money and running a very profitable business still ...
Read MoreThere is a commonality to circumstance that many of us overlook. Open a newspaper, watch the news or encounter people who, in at least one aspect of their lives, are super successful, and we are envious and want to duplicate that success in our own lives. In the same media, we also hear of the downfall of people with incredible talent, that had ...
Read MoreHere is my premise: “Everyone is changing and adapting. Not everyone has completed the change.” I never believed this until about two weeks ago. My observations in the past always had me wondering why people don’t just change when they realize that their progress or results are not keeping up with where they want to be. So I’m looking at a ...
Read MoreA new graduating class of about 6,000 wannabe dentists will hit the market by June. All of them will be looking to make a name and a career in a profession that pays well as a result of the time and money they invested in an education. There will be some naturals that just seem to have the “it” factor and they will do incredibly well. The ...
Read MoreDon’t be coy. We all suffer from dental envy and envy in general. It is about time that we admit it and use it to propel ourselves to success. The definition of Envy: Noun: A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, luck or success. Verb: Desire to have a quality, possession, or ...
Read MoreThis is an email I received last week: Hi Mike, This may be an odd question, but I heard you reference something about attire that doctors should wear while practicing dentistry and didn’t catch your whole comment. I have always worn a shirt and tie with a smock while working, however, in the practice that I purchased the Doctor wore ...
Read MoreI’ve gotten four separate questions concerning “how practices last year were busy and scheduled and now there were lots of holes. What is wrong”? Could be a lot, could be just the season, but there are several places to look first. Not actually pre-booking patients in Hygiene. If I had any office’s hygienist(s) in front of me and ...
Read MoreYes, we are now past the end of the first quarter of 2017 and starting into the second quarter. You have had an opportunity to take action after action, set goals, and reap multiple benefits by re-engaging in your practice to ensure a brighter future. Opportunity is unlikely to hang around unless you act quickly and take advantage of it. Just like ...
Read MoreI wrote an article not too long ago about how dentists have this phantom list of things they want to accomplish in their career. The number one item was having an associate followed closely by wanting to open a second office. I just got off the phone with a doctor who wanted that very thing. His age was right, physicality of his office would work, ...
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