The Truth About Social Influence And How It’s Affecting Your Success
For good or bad, we influence each other. If someone close to you becomes obese, your chances of becoming obese go up. If you hang around those who exercise and stay fit, you’re more likely to do so...
View ArticleThemes vs Goals: Which Help You Accomplish More?
When I graduated from college, the goal was to get into graduate school. Next, to find a job, pay the bills and make it in the real world. Then it was to try different jobs, and learn from different...
View Article7 Ways to Sneak Fitness Into Your Work Week
So you’ve been thinking about fitness: eat healthier, lose weight, etc, etc. Thinking. For a while. Talking. But not doing. For a while. You work, have kids, errands to run. You delegate health and...
View ArticleDentist, Know Thyself: Creating Fulfillment In Your Dental Career
Are you looking for more fulfillment in your dental career? Lets put aside the rose-colored loupes and be real. Every career has challenges, and dentistry is certainly no exception. Leading a team,...
View Article18 Timeless Decisions You Will Never Regret
Decisions. Made any lately? Yes. No. HELL NO. Red wine, please. I’ll call (maybe). Go to bed…yes, NOW. Sometimes, it’s no decision (I don’t know, I’ll think about it). But, that’s still a decision....
View ArticleExpand Your Dental Career: A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Non-Clinical Options
Have you ever considered non-clinical options in dentistry? I know, I know. You are a dentist. That’s what you went to school for, slaved over those wax-ups and shivered in your scrubs during boards,...
View ArticleMale or Female Dentists: Who’s Better? (And Why It Doesn’t Really Matter)
I almost didn’t write this. Except people still talk about it. Now, talk is fine, great even. But if stick-in-the-mud ideas come knocking on my door, well…let’s just say I have a stick too. I had...
View ArticleSocial Media For Your Practice: Boost or Bust?
“Teeth are always in style”. This quote by Dr Seuss was recently published in the US News Top 100 Jobs, where dentistry was voted as the #1 job for 2013. Yet most people still dislike or fear going...
View ArticleHow To Get More Done In Your Dental Practice, Without Additional Hiring
As dentists and practice owners, there are essentially three hats we wear: clinician –> works IN the business (does the dentistry) manager –> keeps things running smoothly (supervises the team,...
View ArticlePredictability, Power and Going Big Time For Success
Hard work. Follow the plan. Due diligence. As business owners, this is the mantra we often live by. But business (or life) success is not predictable. Or linear. There are a lot of squiggles in...
View Article13 Striking Take-Aways From SXSW
Wow. That’s my word for my experience at South by Southwest (SXSW) 2013. You may be wondering…what is a dentist doing at a tech/media/music/film event? No, it was not because SXSW is held in Austin,...
View ArticleWhy Using The “Least” Effort Is Crucial to Accomplishing Your Goals
Have you ever delayed letting go of an employee who wasn’t being part of the team? Debated on whether you should go work out or not? Avoided sorting through all the stuff piled up on your desk? I...
View Article17 Ways To Grow As A Dentist: #13 Remarkably Simple Ways To Have Meaningful...
This is #13 in the series 17 Ways to Grow As A Dentist. Missed the beginning? No problem……start here. Shake Things Up :: Remarkably Simple Ways to Have Meaningful Work Days It’s tempting to think a...
View ArticleThe Smart (and Simple) Approach To Social Media For Your Dental Practice
When you’re a bizzy practice owner, integrating social media can be stressful and time consuming…two things you don’t want on your list. And if you’re a smart bizzy practice owner, you realize that...
View Article7 Steps To Becoming A Happy-er Dentist
Okay, show of hands. Who wonders if their dental career could be a teensy bit happier? You’re working hard. Practicing, learning, paying attention, gaining experience. You’re doing what you’re...
View Article7 Myths New Dentists Fall For (And How To Tackle Them)
“Welcome to the real world”, she said to me Condescendingly Take a seat Take your life ~ “No Such Thing”, John Mayer Yes, it IS your life…after school. So here’s to getting it off to a good start,...
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