Like anyone else, there are days when a boss might get a little cranky or irritated. For many, they feel like they have the weight of the world on their shoulders. They didn’t know when they graduated that they were signing up for the following: to have to work out how to make payroll every
Basically, you know what YOU are doing … but do you know what your competitors are doing? Many practitioners come to work in the morning, do their work, and go home at the end of the day, completely oblivious to the changing world around them and then wonder (once in a blue moon) why their
Let’s start off by defining frustration: “the feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.” This could be caused by an event or circumstance that causes one to have a feeling of frustration; or it could be the prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something. It
Have you ever walked into a posh hotel or into someone’s house that actually makes an emotional impact on you or simply delighted you? Where you felt totally comfortable and relaxed? Made you feel more cheerful? Or one that was so sterile there was nothing to impress you or make you recommend it? Have you
Practice Owner: In case you didn’t get the memo, here it is again! Staff get bored sometimes and need a little extra fun to spice things up! “Corporate culture” is a hot topic these days and it’s all about keeping your team (and yourself) being creative, challenged and energized. While there can be lots of
While being concerned about your bottom line as a practice owner makes sense because that is your take home pay, maybe you’re worrying about the WRONG bottom line. Is it really how much profit your practice made this year or are you focusing on the wrong thing? Are you reducing your bottom line? Breaking “the
Cute joke to illustrate a key point: A kindergarten pupil told his teacher that he found a cat. She asked him if it was dead or alive. He told her it was dead. She asked him how he knew that. He innocently replied, “Because I pissed in its ear and it didn’t move.” The teacher
Amongst the thousands of ways to grow your practice, an important one often overlooked or underrated is the Power of PR. Public Relations is essentially a matter of communicating the ideal impression of you and your practice to the people you want to come to you for service. Public Relations delivers ideas, not products or
There are always one or more conferences every year that you can and should attend and you can always justify taking the time off. (See the reasons below.) You could be missing out on a lot of fun combined with some superlative education. You snooze, you lose! Continuing education is a must for any
Walking into a healthcare practice for the first time as a new patient or client, you form an instant opinion about the practice if you are an aware and observant person. The carpet is messy, the front desk is cluttered, the receptionist didn’t instantly greet you warmly and make you feel you are in the
There was this humorous commercial on TV a few years ago wherein a traveler stopped at a gas station and asked how to get to a certain destination point. The gas station owner thought about it, scratched his head, hemmed and hawed, and finally said, “You can’t get there from here.” The same could be
Various aspects of your life, including your home life, your practice, your hobbies, and other interests can start flying out of your control and your stress level will start to escalate. And your enjoyment of life will head south. There are many ways of preventing this vicious downward spiral from even starting and keeping you
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