At the Peak Performance for Healthcare Providers event in Scottsdale, we were joined by the founder and CEO of Mastry, Francesca Sipma, who led us through a breathwork, hypnosis and visualization session. It was amazing. The entire audience was blown away and several attendees told me it was the most impactful thing they’ve ever experienced in their entire lives. Recently, I received this update from Francesca on the power of breath work and I thought I’d share it here for our readers and subscribers: “Mastry aims to provide you with the latest insights and most effective tool for personal growth…
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Before you attend your first Burleson seminar, you might not realize how useful they can be! Let us guide you through what you’ll get out of a Burleson seminar.
Just like any other business, in order for your dental practice to thrive, you need to be a great leader. Check out these dental practice leadership strategies.
Orthodontists from all over the world will convene in Chicago this weekend for the American Association of Orthodontists Annual Session. There will be more learning opportunities available in the next four days than anyone has the available bandwidth or attention span, even if you cloned yourself twice, to obtain in four months. So, what are the most effective and efficient strategies to get the most out of your continuing education efforts? Here are a few simple tips I’ve observed over the years that have worked well for me: First, align your objectives and expectations with the type of meeting. Online…
The most successful entrepreneurs are not in competition with others. The top 1% understand the player opposite them is time. There will always be someone earning more money than us, running faster, growing bigger. This is no great tragedy. Instead of getting trapped in a competitive cycle of fear, complacency or jealousy, we must commit to being the best at getting better. This directs our focus and forces us to take action. Mediocre entrepreneurs meditate. Successful entrepreneurs move. Write this down: Movement over meditation. If you’re always rehearsing, you’re really doing nothing. When we’re too focused on short-term results and…
75% of employees say that clear communication is the most important quality of a leader. This one principle makes workplaces more harmonious and productive, regardless of the industry. But setting the goal of communicating clearly is not enough to change your practice. Leadership principles are a good starting point for improving your business. But enacting real change takes more. All businesses, including dental practices, need processes that make these principles happen. What steps can you take to change your dental practice leadership? How can you ensure that doing so improves your business? Read on for our brief guide to changing…
As of 2021, there are an estimated 187,000 dental offices in the United States. You’ve worked hard to make your dental practice a reality, but running a professional practice comes with many challenges. You must blend dental know-how with business skills . Like any organization, this means having an efficient team to help carry out your vision and serve your patients. To have the best possible dental office, you will need to understand and deploy consistent leadership principles. To learn more about leadership and management techniques you can use to serve your patients and employees with excellence, keep reading below for the…
Maria Konnikova holds a Ph.D. in psychology. She writes about her research on how quickly people make up their minds and how unwilling they are to change them. She’s a New York Times best-selling author and also a world-champion poker player. For her latest book, The Biggest Bluff, she trained with and then competed against some of the best poker players in the world. They taught her to question every hand. She learned to unpack every strategy and pushed herself out of her illusions–beyond her comfort zone–and she won. Konnikova’s research is so fascinating because it flies in the face of what we…
In his review of the new book, How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions, David Roll shares what is known about the evening before a critical World War II invasion, when General Eisenhower visited the 101st Airborne Division at Newbury, a town in the south of England: “This was the unit whose glider forces and paratroopers, Leigh-Mallory had predicted, would suffer roughly 70% and 50% casualties respectively during the invasion. A famous photo depicts a cluster of soldiers, their faces blackened with charcoal for camouflage and to protect against glare, as they gathered around Ike. Up close, he asked…
Most people, particularly dentists and doctors, need way too much information and are paralyzed by and can’t move forward because of the misconception that they must wait until the time is perfect to move. If you have 80% of the information you need to make a decision, you probably have enough and you should pull the trigger. The key characteristic or defining hallmark of my decision making skill and the ability to navigate and move my company forward has been that I haven’t waited until the time seemed perfect, but instead I’ve waited until the time seems right and I…
