{"id":1278,"date":"2018-12-03T17:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T17:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2018-12-03T17:46:56","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T17:46:56","slug":"giving-the-gift-of-possibilities-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/giving-the-gift-of-possibilities-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Giving The Gift Of Possibilities – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, I\u2019m going to talk about gift giving\u2026 it\u2019s December. \u00a0Certainly, you have heard my talk about problems and possibilities. \u00a0If you haven\u2019t, it is a complete practice potential liberator and the surest way to breakthrough the plateaus holding you back from helping your patients.<\/p>\n

Today, as I try to do often, I want to remind you of the significant impact you have on the patients you take care of.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget, going to the dentist is a choice, even when it appears necessary \u2013 they still have a choice to go and who to go to. \u00a0That alone is a very special thing; a great responsibility and privilege that you get to be the one they want to see.<\/p>\n

Still, it\u2019s very possible you far undervalue both the influence you have over your patients and the magnitude of the gifts you are capable of giving them.<\/p>\n

My team and I work with practices that in turn help hundreds of thousands of patients with their expertise, knowledge and care. \u00a0I know that the single greatest shift in a practice comes from this philosophy.<\/p>\n

That is a belief that you are not there to do dentistry on a mouth, you are there to provide patients a gift of health, a beautiful smile, confidence, the ability to sleep at night, to eat the foods they love and many other life changing results.<\/p>\n

You see, as long as your patients believe you are only there to fix their problems, they will forever wait for problems to arise.<\/p>\n

Instead, the magic happens when you help patients believe in the possibilities of what you can do for them; of what dentistry can do for them. \u00a0Not just their mouths but for them as individuals.<\/p>\n

Now, I don\u2019t expect everyone reading this to want to makeover every patient\u2019s smile and that\u2019s really not what I\u2019m talking about here. \u00a0I\u2019m simply stating that you should be sharing with your patients the possibilities of taking them to an optimal state insomuch as your clinical philosophy represents.<\/p>\n

Far too many doctors and team members are caught up in waiting for problems to get worse or never moving past only pointing out the negatives in their diagnosis; instead of exploring what is possible for patients today, tomorrow and the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n

You do have the opportunity to give your patients so many gifts. \u00a0The best part is: it\u2019s a wonderful surprise to them. \u00a0They have no idea what the impact and benefits will really be, otherwise they would have already found someone to make it happen or have brought it up to you before.<\/p>\n

Hey, tis the season for possibilities, giving, generosity and care. \u00a0If only people embraced all of this the year round.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure you are thinking the last thing any patient wants to do in the Holiday Season is make a visit to the dentist, let alone actually give you any of their holiday spending money. \u00a0And sure that might be true based on the way the \u2018average\u2019 patient sees, thinks and understands dentistry, but it doesn\u2019t have to be that way.<\/p>\n

All they need is a change in perspective and that responsibility lies in your hands. \u00a0It\u2019s the first and greatest gift you can give to your patients. \u00a0The gift of seeing all that\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d start doing that more deliberately with every patient who gives you the opportunity. \u00a0After all, they chose you, don\u2019t let \u2018em down.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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