{"id":1244,"date":"2018-10-26T14:18:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T14:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2018-10-26T14:18:01","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T14:18:01","slug":"part-7-the-entrepreneurial-dentist-business-principled-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/part-7-the-entrepreneurial-dentist-business-principled-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"[Part 7] The Entrepreneurial Dentist: Business Principled Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is something that no one else will ever tell you (hopefully you come here to get the truth from me every single time)\u2026<\/p>\n<p>It is NOT enough to \u2018just be\u2019 a Dentist.<\/p>\n<p>Not if you want to live up to your greatest potential, if you want to be paid what you are worth, if you want to truly help your patients and create a thriving profitable practice for you and your team.<\/p>\n<p>No, you can\u2019t just show up and do the dentistry. \u00a0So before you say, \u201cYeah but I do JUST want to do the dentistry,\u201d and that you have no interest in the business side of the practice.<\/p>\n<p>First, you are here with me reading this, which automatically means you already embrace the personal responsibility it takes to win.<\/p>\n<p>Second, you can actually create a self-managed practice where your team and your systems run your practice so that you can be liberated to do the dentistry and enjoy every day in the office.<\/p>\n<p>This is possible when (and ONLY when), you take control over the business of dentistry.<\/p>\n<p>And the good news is: we have taken a journey through 6 key pillars of becoming an Entrepreneurial Dentist that will lead you to the opportunity to have this type of practice reality for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Look, it\u2019s well known that they didn\u2019t teach you how to OWN a practice, MANAGE a business, LEAD a team, SELL a patient or pretty much anything else in Dental School other than the dentistry itself.<\/p>\n<p>Whether that was a few years ago or forty years ago, it doesn\u2019t matter because Business Principles can and must be applied to your practice in order for you to break free from only having a \u201cjob\u201d that happens to pay you out of a bank account with your name on it.<\/p>\n<p>You see, the most powerful part of being an Entrepreneurial Dentist is that your life doesn\u2019t have to revolve around your practice. \u00a0Your practice can fit very nicely in any way, shape or form into your life.<\/p>\n<p>YES, you can have it all. \u00a0But, there is only one way to do that.<\/p>\n<p>To make decisions about every aspect of your practice based on proven and sound business principles that won\u2019t leave you at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>There are decisions that every Doctor must make. \u00a0These are the same for everyone because you are in the same business. \u00a0However, then there are also decisions that are dramatically and completely different practice to practice, doctor to doctor and team to team. \u00a0These are no different than treatment decisions are from patient to patient.<\/p>\n<p>You can only win consistently in your life and practice when you have built your practice on rock solid foundation that allows for a sustainable, profitable and enjoyable business.<\/p>\n<p>This is obviously what I do.<\/p>\n<p>I am the Dream Practice Builder. \u00a0I\u2019m able to do this because I don\u2019t base things on my opinion or even your opinion. \u00a0I base it all on proven principles that work, customized to what you want.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many gimmicks and tricks out there. \u00a0Everything from comparing percentages of overhead and categories of expenses and how much you pay your people to the insurance debacle and the marketing dilemma and the right and wrong way to see and treatment plan a new patient.<\/p>\n<p>Just GOOGLE for whatever you want and you will find two answers. \u00a0There are two sides to 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