{"id":1396,"date":"2019-05-28T15:23:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/?p=1396"},"modified":"2019-05-28T15:23:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:23:10","slug":"achieving-state-of-ideal-or-living-by-exceptions-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/achieving-state-of-ideal-or-living-by-exceptions-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Achieving State of Ideal or Living By Exceptions [Part 2]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with our theme from last week, I hope you took some time to ponder, to reflect, to consider where you are out of alignment. \u00a0It could be with your schedule or your treatment planning or presenting or the implications of insurance in your practice. \u00a0It could be in your morning huddles or your team meetings or even with the cleanliness of the office.<\/p>\n<p>Personally\u2026 it could be in your car or your house or your closet. \u00a0It could be with your morning or evening schedule or the way you use time on the weekends never feeling you have a chance to catch your breath or recharge. \u00a0It could be with your nutrition or with your exercise or self-care. \u00a0It could be with your faith or reading or any other journey you might be on.<\/p>\n<p>You see, \u201cstate of ideal\u201d is about alignment with what you want. \u00a0Everybody has this in their minds. \u00a0If it goes unrecognized or never discussed (even with just yourself), then you are, by default, like a feather in the wind floating at the mercy of everyone.<\/p>\n<p>This is why it is important that you decide \u2013 that\u2019s a keyword: DECIDE \u2013 the way you want to be or how you want something done. \u00a0Of course, I\u2019m talking about the things you can control, which are the only things that you should be focused on anyways (although, that is always a lot more things than most people are willing to take responsibility for).<\/p>\n<p>You have some built in structure (ex: the time you have to be at the practice everyday and the time you have to leave) in your life. \u00a0Still, what you do before, after and when you aren\u2019t at the office is of course totally up to you and how you proactively or reactively live your life.<\/p>\n<p>Oh sure, other people can always try to force their negative energy on you but you don\u2019t have to be a victim of others. \u00a0You are in fact in charge of your own feelings. \u00a0Not always the easiest thing to accept but that is how it works after all.<\/p>\n<p>All too often we tend to focus on the one thing not going our way or give the most negative person all of your attention. \u00a0At the end of the day, your energy is left on empty all because you gave someone permission to take all of yours.<\/p>\n<p>The only way to prevent that from happening (because the negative forces never leave), is to accept responsibility that you allowed it to occur.<\/p>\n<p>Case in point: often I am asked about a certain circumstance with this \u201cone patient\u201d or a scenario that was less than ideal. \u00a0The problem will be posed to me as though this is a non-stop daily occurrence. \u00a0I will ask some clarifying questions to find out that it\u2019s this outlier experience that happens at best once in a while and yet we are discussing it and people are trying to make decisions about it as if it\u2019s the norm.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly what I mean about making exceptions versus state of the ideal. \u00a0Human nature tends to let the exceptions dictate the rules instead of the other way around.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a better way notion\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t live your life on or by variables, live it on and by principles.<\/p>\n<p>In your life, what are your guiding principles? \u00a0And what variables get in the way?<\/p>\n<p>This is a great exercise for your team as well. \u00a0Share what each other believes to be your guiding principles in your practice and where are you making too many exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>You are looking to find where have you let the variables and the \u201conce in a while\u2019s\u201d get in the way of the principles and the \u2018way it is supposed to be done.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And please don\u2019t fall into the trap of saying \u201cwe believe in taking care of our patients\u201d or a \u201cpatient centered practice\u201d \u2013 those are as clich\u00e9. \u00a0They sound nice but it\u2019s not good enough. \u00a0These are vague statements without meaning until you GIVE IT MEANING.<\/p>\n<p>You can define those phrases by your ideals for patient care, for the outcomes you want, for your teamwork, for the dentistry you want to do, for your financial results. \u00a0Simply put: your expectations for a perfect day.<\/p>\n<p>All the same questions go for your life too. \u00a0Here\u2019s what I will say to you right now: the more you define it, the more you are aware of it, the more you will live it.<\/p>\n<p>Most people resist structure because they don\u2019t want to be accountable to themselves to follow-through. \u00a0They don\u2019t want to live with the disappointment of letting themselves or anyone else down. \u00a0Therefore, they accept the fate of the aimless feather going through life directed by someone else\u2019s current.<\/p>\n<p>Call me old fashion but I say life is far too valuable, you are worth far too much to yourself and others to throw your hands up and give in to the whims of the world, to live by exception instead of ideal, to be at the mercy of everyone else\u2019s variables instead of setting your own principles you deserve to live, thrive, prosper by.<\/p>\n<p>We could talk about insurance and patients and dentistry all day. \u00a0That may be what you do \u2013 but it isn\u2019t all you are. \u00a0I\u2019d take some more time to think about you, your life and how you want to live it, if it were me.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to help your patients get to their state of ideals is to run your practice and to live your life at yours.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/f2fd8f06571fe09827ace5fcb31ec1d2.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-80\" src=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/f2fd8f06571fe09827ace5fcb31ec1d2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/f2fd8f06571fe09827ace5fcb31ec1d2.png 576w, https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/f2fd8f06571fe09827ace5fcb31ec1d2-300x109.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with our theme from last week, I hope you took some time to ponder, to reflect, to consider where you are out of alignment. \u00a0It could be with your schedule or your treatment planning or presenting or the implications of insurance in your practice. \u00a0It could be in your morning huddles or your&#8230;  <a href=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/achieving-state-of-ideal-or-living-by-exceptions-part-2\/\" title=\"Read Achieving State of Ideal or Living By Exceptions [Part 2]\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-huddle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Achieving State of Ideal or Living By Exceptions [Part 2]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dentalsuccesstoday.com\/blog\/achieving-state-of-ideal-or-living-by-exceptions-part-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Achieving State of Ideal or Living By Exceptions [Part 2]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In keeping with our theme from last week, I hope you took some time to ponder, to reflect, to consider where you are out of alignment. \u00a0It could be with your schedule or your treatment planning or presenting or the implications of insurance in your practice. \u00a0It could be in your morning huddles or your... 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