… and the whole world smiles with you! Has anyone frowned at you lately? Did one of your friends or colleagues look a little serious or preoccupied? Did it make you feel good? Probably not! There have been many studies to show that smiling increases your own personal health, but even further, if you smile
For your patients’ sake as well as your own and your staff’s, keeping a lid on tempers and angry outbursts in a practice is an important skill. Creating a calm working environment can increase the efficiency and level of production. Getting angry may be the correct response to some situations. Yet blowing up and overreacting
Jack tries to get along and not cause trouble. His neighbor plays loud rock-an-roll music all night long, so Jack buys ear plugs. Jack hates leaving his apartment as the building lobby is full of boxes and junk; he just steps around the mess. His co-worker makes Jack pick him up for work each day
The other day as I was analyzing a practice, I asked the doctor if she manages by statistics and she replied, “No, we wing it.” She had the grace to laugh as she said it, knowing that that was a less than optimum answer for her practice. Ever wondered why your practice stats go up
In the rush and crush of your daily practice, you may sometimes find yourself a little short on tenderness or empathy. Some of you seem to be born with more compassion than others. Some may have to work on it and practice living in the other person’s shoes to really get the hang of this.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how excited are you right now? Do you really, truly want to succeed? Are you thrilled with your goals for today? Is your passion at 8, 9 or 10? If not, you need to learn to generate more passion for your work, your career and your life. To
Do you feel overworked? Do you have too much to do? Are you not making the progress you want to be making toward your goals? Why can some people produce twice as much as others? Some people are SO efficient and organized they can make you feel like you are standing still. For example, Jane
Though hardworking, you’re frustrated at your lack of progress. Your New Year’s resolutions are the same year after year. You’re discouraged by the many things you’re NOT getting done. You’re dissatisfied with the unimportant things you ARE getting done. Being the CEO of a practice is not always easy, especially considering that an overriding amount
Many of our clients who own practices have asked us whether they should have a website. The answer is a resounding YES! The information highway (internet) has become “the place to go” to find almost anything you want to know. With 90% of the general public surfing the internet these days, it has become important
To explain their failures, you might hear people say: “I don’t have a head for business which is why my practice is not doing well.” “Leaders are born to lead. I was born to follow. I’ll just be a good soldier.” “She inherited her musical skill from her father, but my dad is a truck
To succeed, you need both force AND intelligence. If you use the correct amount of each, at the right times, you will succeed at anything you do. Unsuccessful Leadership You can find unsuccessful management everywhere. Certain leaders are too forceful: “Get 5 New Patients scheduled by tomorrow or you’re fired.” They might have short-term success,
Can You Beat Procrastination? Hewlett-Packard recently published the following tips on the internet and said to share it, so that is what we are doing. Enjoy! Many of us juggle so many priorities that it’s tempting to put things off until the last minute in our efforts to keep up with our work without losing
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