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Quotes & Notes:
- We as practice owners have a lot more control over what happens in our office than what we think.
- We want to try to change the mindset from out of the blame game and get into finding a solution.
- Of all the things we do in the office as the owner, we can’t do everything, but I feel like the hiring onboarding process is something that somebody at the very top level has to take control of, it’s not something you can just delegate to a receptionist.
- I grew up in town, and around the dental practice, and maybe because of that I had a real aversion to being a dentist. I really had no intention of being a dentist. Even though dental school – I really hated dental school. It was really when I graduated and started working that the light bulb really went on and I realized that this is an awesome profession.
One of the things I really love about clinical dentistry is doing technically difficult things. My happiness doesn’t come from the patient’s happiness; what drives me clinically is knowing that I did something really difficult.
- Knowing that there are people out there that do such incredible work it just pushes me to try to achieve something even close to that.
- When something goes wrong, sometimes the best thing you can do is just take responsibility for it and then just move forward.
- Our staff is always watching us; you’ve got to be a role model for all of these people.
- Another thing that I’ve realized in the past few years is the power of mentorship and the power of surrounding yourself with people who are in similar situations, and better situations than you. There is always somebody who has had the same problems as you and has conquered it.
- Dr. Mike Ling would suggest every dentist read Unbeatable Mind by Mark Divine.
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