Three Lessons From a Life in Business
When I immigrated to North America, I arrived with three things: Twenty dollars in my pocket, my education, and a youthful desire to succeed. With those...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
The Three Meetings You Should Be Having
Meetings have a bad reputation. Too many people think of meetings as low-value time – something to be endured, as opposed to the time where real...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
The Surprising Cost of 'Slippage'
Case success is a linear process that you can think of as a chain of events. There can be a lot of links in that chain, but for the purposes of this article,...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
A Simple Method to Track Success
To achieve success in dentistry, clinical excellence is a given. But part of running a dental practice is about running a business. The margins in the...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
A Reality Check for Your Capacity
In a recent article I talked about the difference between busyness and real productivity. Another great way to determine whether your state of busyness...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
Are You Productive or Just Busy?
There is a big difference between being productive, and just busy. I know many dentists who are extraordinarily productive, where they and their patients...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
The Hidden Cost of Accounts Receivables
The most common cause of difficulties in relationships is mismatched expectations. And as we all know, when those expectations revolve around money, things...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
How to Get Your Schedule to Work for You
If you are still scheduling on a strictly 'first come, first served' basis, doing whatever procedures come in, whenever they come in. You are being driven...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
A Great Strategy to Integrate a New Associate: Part II
Recently, I wrote an article about a strategy for integrating a new associate into the practice. It produced some passionate responses in the comments...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
The 'First Five' Philosophy of Success
When a coach gives a rousing locker room speech before a game he knows that what he says may be a distant memory by the time the players are deep into...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
The 'Holes in the Fence' Theory of Anger Management
There is a story about a young boy who had difficulty managing his temper. One day his father had an idea. He gave the boy a bag of nails and a hammer...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›
The Hidden Benefits of Choosing the Right Words
I heard about an interesting study recently. Researchers came to find that if you tell people to 'not forget' something they are more likely to forget...
Imtiaz Manji | 11 years ago ›