CONSCIOUS, CONSCIENCE and CONSCIENTIOUS

A message from Terry: No, this isn’t a list from the opening round of the National Spelling Bee. And it isn’t a question from the vocabulary section of the SAT Test. Instead, focusing on these three C words can help you improve your “grade” as a team member. CONSCIOUS comes from the Latin “to know,” and [...]

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A STRANGE LITTLE RIDDLE – Part 2

Now, where were we…?  Oh yes! We were in the middle of figuring out how a dental office is like the Ryder Cup golf tournament. When we left our hero, Paul Azinger, he was ready to look in some unusual places to find a winning strategy for transforming the fiercely independent U.S. golfers into a [...]

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HOLDING ON, LETTING GO

Some of us seem to go through life like magnets, attracting object after object to ourselves, and never letting go of anything.  Drawers fill up, shelves fill up, boxes fill up, car trunks fill up, closets fill up, cupboards fill up, garages fill up… Sometimes, personal belongings are the problem. Other times, it’s the relentless [...]

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A PERFECT 10?

“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” Plato A message from Terry: People who work in dental offices have one important thing in common: they’re all perfect. What? You’re not? Are you sure? Well, that’s a relief, because neither am I. But where does that leave us? If I’m not perfect…and [...]

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Planting & Weeding

The other day, Sandy posted a great blog about setting goals and expectations for ourselves. In it, she compared the human mind to a farmer’s fertile field – soil that is rich but passive, leaving it up to the farmer to decide what crop to plant. Her words got me thinking about the responsibility we [...]

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LIFE’S LITTLE PLEASURES

“Little things console us because little things afflict us.” Blaise Pascal A message from Terry: Occasionally, life serves up an earth-shaking event to delight us: a birth, a wedding, a big lottery win, a vacation to an exotic locale. More often, however, the flavor of our days is improved by much smaller phenomena: a smile, [...]

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Don’t Get Boxed-In

“The answer to how is yes.” Peter Block A message from Terry: Order and organization are essential elements in the smooth operation of your office. Without them, chaos can ensue. But formula can also work against you, on occasion. From time to time, it’s important to take a step back, the better to gain some [...]

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A Solid Belief System Can Take You A Long Way

A message from Sandy. Success has its own belief system, and when you can master it, there is very little that can stop the inevitable—massive achievements! Take a look at these beliefs that can take your success to greater heights: Everything happens for a reason. All successful people believe that there is a purpose behind [...]

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The Power Of Pulling Together

A message from Sandy. Peter Drucker, author and consultant says, “The leader who works most effectively, it seems to me, never say “I” and that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say “I.” They don’t think “I.” They think “we,” they think “team.” They understand their job to be to make the team [...]

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Five Words That Can Change Your Life

 A message from Sandy. Brian Tracy said…”Eighty percent of life’s satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships.” Think about that…when you look back on the end of your life what will really matter? Five words…….the quality of your relationships. In an excerpt from the book The 100/0 Principle by Al Ritter, he poses the question, what is [...]

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