{"id":1303,"date":"2019-01-07T16:38:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T16:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2019-01-07T16:38:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T16:38:54","slug":"how-to-focus-and-actually-be-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/how-to-focus-and-actually-be-present\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Focus and Actually Be Present"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there any better and more important topic in life (not just work) than FOCUS?<\/p>\n

I think not.<\/p>\n

Nothing is as great of an indicator to happiness, health, prosperity, peace of mind, less stress and more positivity than where you direct your focus. \u00a0And really that\u2019s the key\u2026<\/p>\n

WHAT DO YOU FOCUS ON?<\/p>\n

In our world, it\u2019s not enough to say \u201cfocus on the patient;\u201d because what does that exactly mean? \u00a0There are many aspects to \u201cpatients,\u201d let alone to your practice.<\/p>\n

Also think about your life. \u00a0You deal with and do so very much. \u00a0Where you put your focus really does matter because those are the only things that ever get done.<\/p>\n

Now, there is also the quality of focus which determines your effectiveness and efficiency at accomplishing something. \u00a0You really do have to pay attention. \u00a0You have to be present so your focus is applied successfully.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a few thoughts\u2026<\/p>\n

Eat lunch without looking at your cell phone.<\/p>\n

Go to bed with your spouse without watching TV.<\/p>\n

Sit down with your kids and look them in the eye.<\/p>\n

Be with yourself quietly doing nothing.<\/p>\n

While with your patients, put every other thing out of your mind.<\/p>\n

Long ago, I used to do this little activity with Team Members and I haven\u2019t done it for a while. \u00a0I would ask them to honestly write down everything they were thinking about right now. \u00a0I had them make a list of \u201cthe stuff\u201d on their minds before, during and after work.<\/p>\n

The point was obvious and it should be to you \u2013 patients were not the only thing on the list; being a great team member was never on the list; supporting their doctors or working towards a successful day or maximizing diagnosis or whatever else \u2013 seldom on the list.<\/p>\n

We are only human, so naturally, what was on the list was \u201clife\u201d stuff. \u00a0Personal matters, family problems, health challenges, due bills, future appointments, kids, spouses, facebook and so on and so forth.<\/p>\n

I have two points.<\/p>\n

First, you can\u2019t do great AT ANYTHING if your mind is divided. \u00a0Wherever you are \u2013 be there; whomever you are with \u2013 be with them.<\/p>\n

Second, the bigger point is, if you have other things on your mind (and you work here, you do dentistry and you care about your patients)\u2026<\/p>\n

Can you imagine all of the distractions that the patients have in their minds? \u00a0When they are supposed to be focused on you, thinking about themselves, learning about dentistry and ultimately making a great decision for their health.<\/p>\n

You must captivate their minds and hold their attention. \u00a0You must remove all distractions and you must get them to focus on being a participant in their patient experience with you.<\/p>\n

This is why relationships are so important, this is why you controlling the process is so important, AND\u2026<\/p>\n

This is why you must be focused at all times with every patient and in between \u2013 because if you aren\u2019t then there is no way they are going to be.<\/p>\n

Perhaps, this is the most important commitment for you to make this year and every day with every patient: FOCUS.<\/p>\n

As we move forward, week by week, I\u2019m going to give you specific and valuable DAILY FOCUSES for your \u201cDental Success Today.\u201d \u00a0I will even make them fun for you. \u00a0If followed, you will see instant outcomes, results and successes including less stressful days, more patient acceptance, increases in production and record setting collections!<\/p>\n

Best of all, you\u2019ll feel better about yourself and more fulfilled at the end of every day; which is what you deserve.<\/p>\n

It all begins with where you place your quality focus.<\/p>\n

You can discuss this now and make your own list. \u00a0Next week, we\u2019ll go to work together on the most important daily focuses that the best, the champions, just like you, commit to and do every day without fail.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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