Last week, I laid down the gauntlet for you.\u00a0 I asked you to challenge yourself to identify what self-imposed plateaus and self-limiting beliefs you have about your own success.<\/p>\n
I was overwhelmed by the response.\u00a0 Though not surprised.\u00a0 The obvious question is always: WHY, if you are sitting there so secretly frustrated (or maybe openly frustrated to those around you), you wouldn\u2019t take action and do something about it.<\/p>\n
If you did, good for you.\u00a0 You\u2019re in good hands.\u00a0 It\u2019s all going to be fine from now on.\u00a0 (Great song by the way \u201cFrom Now On\u201d from The Greatest Showman.\u00a0 Listen to it and apply it to your next big breakthrough of great significance.\u00a0 It\u2019s right there in the song.)<\/p>\n
If you didn\u2019t, why not?\u00a0 What\u2019s it going to take?\u00a0 Hopefully not something tragic.\u00a0 Though most Doctors have a wake up call to their hardened schedule of constant go-go-go with no balance when someone they know experiences a close call.\u00a0 That\u2019s when they vow to get their lives, schedules, financials, houses in order and practice set-up for their own autonomy because no one single hour in the office on anything but your own terms is worth the sacrifice of an hour of your life.<\/p>\n
And by the way, even if you feel like you have physical balance in your schedule and time off, that doesn\u2019t mean you have any emotional and mental balance let alone financial\u2026 and there in lies the problem.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to think deeply about this.<\/p>\n
The point is last week was all about what is standing in your way of your next breakthrough in any area of your life or practice.\u00a0 Whether that is financial, stress, dentistry, health \u2013 any area \u2013 always there is the next plateau to break through.<\/p>\n
Today, some answers.\u00a0 Like Jeopardy, you can figure out the question.<\/p>\n
The formula for breakthroughs\u2026<\/p>\n
1st<\/sup> \u2013 Set bigger goals, challenge yourself, backed by something that is motivating you.<\/p>\n If you are just setting a random number because it feels good or it makes sense on paper.\u00a0 Forget it.\u00a0 You want a real goal that moves you and drives you to want to make it happen.<\/p>\n How do you come up with that?\u00a0 Well, you have to have reasons to make it possible.<\/p>\n It could be giving back to your team.\u00a0 It could be an end of the line year of retiring or at least being in position to not have to work but choosing to if you wish.\u00a0 It could be an elusive challenge goal just to say you did it.\u00a0 It could be because doing more dentistry on your own terms without insurance as the majority of your production will lead to a bigger number \u2013 it always does.\u00a0 It could be your bucket list (or your spouse\u2019s bucket list).\u00a0 Or charities, giving back, mission trips, and so on and so forth.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t have enough reasons why to force you to take your goals seriously then they will have no meaning.<\/p>\n And when the going gets tough (and it will), you\u2019ll make excuses and put your head between your legs and just be \u2018okay\u2019 with starting over next month, next quarter, next year.<\/p>\n 2nd<\/sup> \u2013 You want to take your plateaus that you have decided upon and your stretch goals that motivate you and you want to turn them into action statements with the key leverage points that are going to lead to your ability to explode through what\u2019s holding you back.<\/p>\n If you have a health goal\u2026\u00a0 Maybe you need a personal trainer.\u00a0 An accountability partner.\u00a0 A vacation to be in shape by.<\/p>\n If you have a clinical goal\u2026 Maybe you need more training with your team so everyone can talk on the same level with the patient.<\/p>\n If you are having problems with case acceptance and no one is saying yes to your dentistry then maybe you have the wrong person talking money or you have the wrong experience to cultivate what you want.\u00a0 Maybe you are leaving the patient behind.<\/p>\n So whatever plateau you identify \u2013 you set a goal for it \u2013 and then align it with the most specific action and focus that will create a forced acceleration of momentum to get you past it.<\/p>\n This can be done with new patients, with specialties, with your team, with your personal life, with your finances.<\/p>\n 3rd<\/sup> \u2013 Next you want to put in place structured accountability for yourself to check in and measure your results and progress at specific intervals.<\/p>\n Before you do this you must commit to preparing for success first.\u00a0 No matter what compartment of your life you are dealing with \u2013 preparation is key because it reinforces your commitment and sets you up for success.<\/p>\n Healthy eating…\u00a0 Prepare by throwing away all the bad foods and buying the good ones.\u00a0 Hell of a lot easier to get and stay healthy when you make it easier.<\/p>\n Working out\u2026 Buy new shoes.\u00a0 Works every time.<\/p>\n In your practice, you want to make sure everyone is on the same page and then you have to have daily check points.<\/p>\n When practices are striving for aggressive financial goals (a shame it\u2019s not all of them), then I expect them to manage their money flow at least every half a day\u2026 diagnosis, case acceptance, cash put down.<\/p>\n You can\u2019t wait until a day is over to find out if it was good or bad.<\/p>\n Monitoring the schedule for tomorrow all the way through next week or at least the next few days so you know where there might be opportunity to make something happen.<\/p>\n Success is no accident.\u00a0 It\u2019s deliberate focus on specific things with committed action and a force so great that it can\u2019t be stopped or even if slowed down.\u00a0 That\u2019s what breakthroughs are all about.<\/p>\n This should have given you significant things to go to work on and think through.\u00a0 Coupled from last week to this week and these three points.<\/p>\n Now, we turn our focus to achieving a peak state within your practice both clinically and financially as we take leverage to a pinnacle of performance by going to the greatest determining factor of internal breakthroughs you can possibly have.<\/p>\n Get your homework done and get in motion, because it\u2019s about to get real!<\/p>\n Next week, I\u2019m going to be bringing you the end-all be-all single greatest asset and SHORTCUT to achieving giant and immediate financial impacts to your positive cash flow and profit every month in your practice.<\/p>\n This is a Weekly Report that should not be missed (none should, but miss next week and you\u2019ll never know what could have been) because the key thing you need that makes all of your sacrifice, investment and grueling work in your practice WORTH MORE TO YOU is setting yourself up for attracting and creating more HIGH VALUE PATIENTS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"