The average American reads less than one nonfiction book a year, and 58% of all Americans never read a nonfiction book after high school. The one constant in our fast-paced world: change. The ability to harness the awesome power of change makes the crucial difference between people and companies who merely survive and those who achieve ...
Read MoreHaving just completed a five hundred page book covering transitions, a curious number of questions have arisen. This book takes you through the strategy of removing equity from your practice by selling fractional shares to other doctors. It clearly guides you through every aspect of the Number One Wealth Building Strategy in Dentistry Today. ...
Read MoreMYTH – I tried marketing. It doesn’t work. (Or, it doesn’t work in my area) REALITY – Everything you do IS marketing and it IS working. You just don’t like the results. Learn the why, what, and how of tapping into sources of unlimited new patients. MYTH – Marketing only brings in the “wrong kind” of patients. REALITY – ...
Read MoreWhile reading recently, I came across this article written by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. It goes along with setting goals and acting on these plans. WHAT IS LIFE REALLY ALL ABOUT ANYWAY? by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale I get a lot of letters from baby boomers saying, “I’ve got it made financially and joy-wise, but I am empty on the ...
Read MoreFAILINGS The nine most commonly cited causes of small business failure are: Lack of financial planning Absence of business records No understanding or use of business records Poor cash-flow management Poor debtor management Poor inventory management Poor costing-pricing Poor market research Over-borrowing Any ...
Read MoreThink back to the day that you graduated from dental school. If someone had told you that there was a very simple plan to insure that when you got ready to retire, say 35 years later, there would be $3.4 million dollars sitting in an account waiting for you, would you have believed them or would you have thought that they were crazy? ...
Read MoreI have been remiss. I should have done this a couple of years ago. Like so many things in life, it seems that only the squeaky wheel gets any attention. Max told me about this book called Getting Things Done by David Allen about two years ago and I immediately downloaded it on my Kindle and read it in one sitting. At the time, I created a ...
Read MoreI had a call the other day with a Doctor and his wife, who works in the office, concerning staffing. It was a nice, twelve year old office, with average production, slightly below average new patient numbers, with about 3-4 employees. I had met each of the employees and interviewed them, along with allowing them to give us feedback thru a “Staff ...
Read MoreThe title comes from a commercial on TV, but also has a level of application to most dentists I have met. In the commercial the wife is pressing her remote for the door locks at a Rolls Royce while asking her husband why it won’t open. His answer is that they drive the 5 year-old station wagon in the next row. In dentistry, the story is a ...
Read MoreRecently we began one of the most interesting coaching outreaches I have ever heard of. It is called the “180 Degree Dental Journey”. In Portland, Oregon, an Endodontist has hired Summit to create a “never done before” 6-month coaching experience for their referral sources that would literally reshape any dental practice. A course so ...
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