Dawson Quicknotes

Measuring Success. Choosing a Life of Personal and Professional Balance

Measuring Success. A tale of two practices.

One of the more common errors that dentists make, which can have serious consequences in the long run, is believing that success is determined by the amount of money they make. In reality, financial security is certainly nice; however, it isn't the only yardstick for measuring success. In fact, one of the principal tenets of complete dentistry states that, in order to attain true success, dentists must maintain a proportionate balance between their personal and professional lives.

The following story by Dr. Dawson from The Dawson Academy's updated seminar, Predictable Dentistry-Predictable Success: Putting Your Practice in the Top Ten Percent, will provide you with a tale of two practices: one whose dentist is overwhelmed with a constantly growing roster of new patients—but no personal life—and another practice whose dentist is afforded the luxury of a life-work balance. Which practice is yours most like?

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To Play this Podcast:

The best way to play this podcast is using iTunes. If you are a pc user, that is not a problem, iTunes can be used on both the mac and pc. All you have to do is download iTunes for free and install it. If you already have iTunes, skip to step 3.

Step 1: Download iTunes for Your PC
Browse to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ to download iTunes. Review the system requirements. Give them your e-mail address. Click the Download iTunes - Free button.

Step 2: Install iTunes
Find the iTunes Setup icon on your desktop and double-click to start the installation process. Follow all the steps.

Step 3: Open iTunes

Find the iTunes icon on your desktop or look for iTunes in your startup menu.

iTunes will open to a blank Library window. Along the top of the iTunes window, choose FILE > Add File to Library (Control + O). Find the podcast file you downloaded (Dentistry in todays economy.m4a) and select it. Press play to listen. 

Step 4: To select a specific chapter

This podcast is enhanced, which means there are links and chapters in it. To select a specific chapter, in the iTunes menu at the top, select the drop down menu CHAPTERS.

 

Creating a Top 10% Dental Practice in Today's Economy

In this podcast, Joan Forrest, President of The Dawson Academy talks with Dr.'s Peter Dawson and John Cranham about the impact of today's economy and how to overcome these challenges in your dental practice using some time tested principles you may not be aware of.

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To Play this Podcast:

The best way to play this podcast is using iTunes. If you are a pc user, that is not a problem, iTunes can be used on both the mac and pc. All you have to do is download iTunes for free and install it. If you already have iTunes, skip to step 3.

Step 1: Download iTunes for Your PC
Browse to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ to download iTunes. Review the system requirements. Give them your e-mail address. Click the Download iTunes - Free button.

Step 2: Install iTunes
Find the iTunes Setup icon on your desktop and double-click to start the installation process. Follow all the steps.

Step 3: Open iTunes

Find the iTunes icon on your desktop or look for iTunes in your startup menu.

iTunes will open to a blank Library window. Along the top of the iTunes window, choose FILE > Add File to Library (Control + O). Find the podcast file you downloaded (Dentistry in todays economy.m4a) and select it. Press play to listen. 

Step 4: To select a specific chapter

This podcast is enhanced, which means there are links and chapters in it. To select a specific chapter, in the iTunes menu at the top, select the drop down menu CHAPTERS.

Creating a Vision for Your Practice

If you don't know where you're going,
how will you know when you get there?

As our country’s leaders have told us repeatedly, we are in uncharted territory.  Now, more than ever, it is essential to have a clear vision of who you are, where you’re going and how you want to get there. A focused vision, understood and shared by the entire team, will be your compass in these turbulent seas.

Times are tough.  It’s difficult to find anyone in our country who hasn’t been touched by the current economic condition.  Perhaps it is a family member, perhaps a neighbor, perhaps a patient, or perhaps you.  Have your retirement investments lost value?  Is your practice production down?  Are patients holding off on making treatment decisions because of the uncertainty portrayed daily in every newspaper, magazine and evening news report?

The following podcast is an excerpt from our Top Ten course where I talk about how to create a vision for your practice. To listen, simply click on the link below. To download, right click and select 'SAVE AS' to save this audio clip to your hard drive. You can play it in iTunes.

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Creating a vision is just one of the many topics covered in our 2 day,
power packed lecture this year in Orlando:

Predictable Dentistry, Predictable Success - Putting Your Practice in the Top 10%

Give yourself – and your team – a needed shot in the arm.  Get the specific, practical, how-to’s used by thousands of dentists to achieve joy, fulfillment and financial success, in any economy.

We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!

-Joan Forrest