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Create Goals to Inspire Your Team

Create Goals to Inspire Your Team

It's important to have goals. However, if goals are not specific they become problematic. Having goals like increasing patient retention numbers and improving...

| 10 years ago
Advice for Dentists—From Your Mom
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Advice for Dentists—From Your Mom

As Mother's Day draws closer, let's take a moment to acknowledge the wisdom that mothers impart to us that echo throughout our lives. For instance, remember...

| 10 years ago
One Question to Help You Understand Your Team

One Question to Help You Understand Your Team

In all my years working with people in dentistry, I have found that there is one question I can ask a team member that quickly gave me a read on the person...

| 10 years ago
When Talent Meets Purpose

When Talent Meets Purpose

Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Academy Award a record 18 times. She also holds the record for Golden Globe nominations and has received...

| 10 years ago
The One Conversation Every Great Dentist Knows How to Have

The One Conversation Every Great Dentist Knows How to Have

How many of your patients do you think are walking around today with mouths that showcase the great dentistry you are capable of delivering? In most...

| 10 years ago
The Law of Energy Spirals
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The Law of Energy Spirals

It is often said that there is no such thing as an 'overnight success,' and I believe this to be true. In almost every case real success is the result of...

| 10 years ago
Are You in the Comfort Zone?

Are You in the Comfort Zone?

Dentists get into comfort zones for a number of reasons. Sometimes it's because they have had several long hard years building the practice and now that...

| 10 years ago
Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life
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Choose Your Habits, Choose Your Life

People are creatures of habit. But how often do we think about what it really means and how we can use that simple insight into our nature to our advantage?...

| 10 years ago
Who Is On Your Advisory Board?

Who Is On Your Advisory Board?

I was walking through the Spear Campus a while ago and ran into a client I have come to know well. 'This must be at least the fourth time I have seen...

| 10 years ago
Don't Let the People You Care About Become Invisible
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Don't Let the People You Care About Become Invisible

I recently received a phone message from my sister that made me stop and think about the most important relationships in our lives. She was calling to...

| 10 years ago
The 'Third Skill' of Today's Successful Dentist
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The 'Third Skill' of Today's Successful Dentist

About 30 years ago I owned a company in Canada that computerized dental offices. This was at a time when about 90 percent of the practices...

| 10 years ago
A Lesson in Self-Accountability
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A Lesson in Self-Accountability

There was a large magnificent tree on our property where I grew up in Kenya. This is the kind of tree that is ideal for an adventurous boy to climb and...

| 10 years ago