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<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t need to tell you (because you\u2019re here), but the doctors gathered in our Dental Success Today world are truly special. They just seem to do more than anybody else. They take business ownership and leadership to the max. They rise up to meet the challenge, follow-through on plans, stay positive in the face of adversity, and lead their teams by example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are always in action, in motion, and doing something. Which is what everyone should be doing right now. By the way, that includes taking time to relax, to keep things in perspective, to meditate, and just ponder about your future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also why I have been advocating like never before to be of service to your patients right now, even if you can\u2019t do full dentistry. You can be a source of information, education, and positivity. For our Specialists Doctors that are getting patients from other Doctors, they should be of service to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of my really great friends has a saying he shares all the time and it is vitally true, \u201cCommon sense is not common practice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everything I\u2019m talking about right now is common sense. And yet very few people do it. It is amazing to me how some doctors out there would go hide in a hole and shelter themselves from the world but then expect to wake up, walk back out, and suddenly have patients lined up ready to come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who abandon their patients now, don\u2019t deserve the patients in the first place. They don\u2019t get the point of real relationships and the responsibility of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In life and business, one of my mantra\u2019s is \u201csuccessful people do what unsuccessful people aren\u2019t willing to do\u201d and more bluntly stated, \u201cdo what others don\u2019t so you can have what others won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The contrast is even more stark during a crisis. Be of service when no one else is, show up when no one else will, move forward when everyone else moves backwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let me take a moment to give a BIG SHOUT OUT to those amazing Doctors and incredibly Team Members who have been going above and beyond, answering phones, talking to patients, providing emergency treatment, doing virtual consultations, sending incredible videos, making personal phone calls, sharing education, and finding ways to give confidence in a crazy time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m very proud of you and you\u2019ve been an inspiration to more people than you can possibly know. Keep it up. I know this is not why you are doing it \u2013 but you will be rewarded in a big way. And you\u2019ll deserve every ounce of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of my dearest Doctor friends, an elite practitioner of dentistry and business, sent a very special video to his patients about how so many people are lonely and not able to celebrate those memorable moments in their lives right now, but it doesn\u2019t have to be that way. In fact, it could be even more remarkable because of these circumstances. Regardless of any distance between us, our shared experiences can still be special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He wisely said we are limited only by our imagination as to how we can connect, celebrate, and cherish one another. He gave some special examples to serve as inspiration. Of course, you can see on social media how people celebrate their birthdays or births or even weddings. These events can, in some way, still be shared with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My message to you today is: while you might be isolated in your house, you don\u2019t have to be isolated from those you love. You don\u2019t have to quarantine your imagination. In fact, it ought to be thriving as if you were once again a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n