by Karah Karah | Aug 5, 2013 | Bold Biographies
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Quotes & Notes:
- “What can we give our patients? What does the consumer want? . . . We found they were looking for peace of
mind.” - “The whole basis of Quality Dental Plan is to keep the relationship between the dental office and the patient . . . The way it should be, no third party involvement.”
- “When you have a middleman that comes in between a transaction, that middleman needs to make some sort of profit.”
- “Firm in the policy. Flexible in the procedure.”
- “Becoming a strong leader frees up time to do the things you enjoy most by allowing you to delegate what you enjoy least.”
- “What can you delegate effectively to your team to allow you to do more dentistry?”
- “When you have a lot of different details of running a practice pulling you in a lot of different directions . . .are you really giving all of yourself to those patients?”
- “If you are going to do something, it’s worth doing best.” – Dan’s dad
- “You aren’t always going to be the best one out there, but you can always give it your best.” – Dan’s mom
- “Go out there and look around. Explore. See what the world has to offer. Find out who you are.”
- “In dental business, it’s understanding the game. What are the rules?”
- “In our life, we encounter lots of failures and challenges. How we respond to those really shapes who we are.”
- “You get knocked down. You have to pick yourself up again. I put my time and energy into something that was going to make an impact on the world.”
- “Go out and donate some time in the world. Use your skill to give back to the community. You really start to realize what you do have and what you can do with those skills.”
- “Know yourself and why you do the things you do.”
- “Once you make the decision to do something . . . you need to make it as important as breathing. Every day you wake up, that needs to be at the forefront of your mind.”
- “Be relentless. Pursue those goals and dreams.”
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by Karah Karah | Aug 1, 2013 | Maverick Mind Shifts
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Quotes & Notes:
- “That seems to be one of the grand old hurdles we all have . . . how do we finish?”
- “Our excuses keep the status quo the status quo.”
- “If we demand change in our lives, then change is what needs to be had.”
- “Control what you can control. The first thing that we can control is ourselves and our reactions to things.”
- “We pit vulnerability vs. victimhood. That’s the most dangerous game to play.”
- “Our excuses mask victimhood for vulnerability.”
- “It’s our duty to go do the things we want to do.”
- “The worst case scenario really isn’t that bad for us.”
- “The number one thing we want in life is the respect of our peers.”
- “You can’t be upset for not getting anything done if you didn’t plan on getting anything done in the first place.”
- “Surround yourself with people who make you better.”
- “Show me a man’s five friends and I’ll show you the man.”
- “Most of the time, the only thing you can control is how you react to the things out of your control.”
- “It’s my duty to live a life worthy of the gift.”
- “Live an interesting life. Nobody wants to talk to an old man with no stories to tell.”
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by Karah Karah | Jul 30, 2013 | Bold Biographies
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Quotes & Notes:
- “Business is business.”
- “All 2 million dentists should be on the internet within four years.”
- “What happens to the planet when all known knowledge and information is zero cost to everybody there is on earth?”
- “Motivation is like hygiene. You need it every single day.”
- “The hardest part is the understanding of the human complexity.”
- “Business is only three things: people, time and money. If you get and “A” on people, the time and money take care of themselves.”
- “A successful person falls down seven times and gets up eight.”
- “Fear is absolutely a wasted emotion.”
- “All leaders are readers.”
- “Stay true to yourself!”
- “Jim Collins is still my hero . . . he will take your mind out for a marathon.”
- “Everybody in life should always have a mentor and a protege.”
- “I make a religion out of availability.”
Howard’s recommended reading: Everything by Jim Collins
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