Every year around this time I get to write about St. Patrick’s Day, and I always smile because it’s one of those holidays that gives people permission to be lighthearted again. Suddenly we’ve got green shirts, goofy hats, little shamrocks everywhere, and we’re all pretending we’ve got a secret to generating luck. However, you don’t… Read more »
Posts By: Scott J. Manning, MBA
Magical Luck Factors for Private Practice Prosperity
Do you believe in luck? I mean really… do you think some doctors just get lucky? That they happened to open in the right zip code, happened to get the right patients, happened to catch the right breaks while you’re over here grinding it out and wondering why your days feel so hard? Here’s what… Read more »
Inspect What You Expect
Last week you did something most people avoid: you paused long enough to tell yourself the truth. You made a list, you did a real check-in, and you looked at your year-to-date progress compared to what you said you wanted when the year began. If you did that with your team as well, even better,… Read more »
The One Factor Either Building or Destroying Your Practice Right Now
I’m going to make a bold claim: there is one force — one invisible variable — that determines whether your practice thrives or suffocates, whether your team stays or leaves, whether patients invest or walk, whether you feel like a leader or a hostage. It’s not your skills. It’s not your location. It’s not even… Read more »
March: Run Up The Score Before The Quarter Runs Out
March is the month where the scoreboard starts telling the truth. Not at the end of the year. Not in some dramatic crisis moment. Right now. This is where we find out if all the energy, talk, and intentions from January and February are turning into real progress for patients and real wins for this… Read more »

