“Time is money.” Nowhere is that statement more true than in the world of business. As a dentist, your time is incredibly valuable. The more time you spend seeing patients, the more money your practice can make. This isn’t rocket…
The level of service your team provides to each patient is a critical factor in determining the ultimate success of your practice. Providing a high level of service ensures that you will retain a high percentage of your patients—and it…
Systemizing your practice is the key to achieving the freedom you desire. Systemizing your practice will allow you to spend less time at work. It will enable you to focus on growing your business and treating patients, instead of the…
I know far too many dentists who are literally consumed by their career. They work 40 or even 50 hour weeks on a regular basis. And when they are not working, they are often too exhausted to enjoy time with…
The phrase “effective leadership” has become a bit of a cliché lately. Many dentists and practice managers know intuitively that they need to be “better leaders,” whatever that means in practice. But I am here to tell you that becoming…
You cannot be one of those dentists who enjoy doing a simple procedure for 1 solid hour, undisturbed, and then go back to your private office and surf the internet until you next patient is ready. There are 3 secret…
As you begin to study every day about efficiencies and the things that can drive a dental practice, you begin to come up with these crazy comparisons. One thing that has weighed on my mind lately is the thought that…
When I was fresh out of a failed associateship and out on my own, I needed some serious guidance. Since my Dad and everyone else in my family were either farmers or bankers, I looked to the speakers of the…
I love being a dentist, that’s not the point. Just like everybody else these days, I have too many people and projects pulling me. I have always felt like if I were going to do something, anything, I should give…
I have always admired speakers and consultants who dare to share their ideas and systems in the public forum and open themselves up to criticism in the process. Having your ideas sized up and critiqued by your peers is not…