Posted by Terry on August 14th, 2011 at 5:07 am
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 [...]
Posted by Terry on July 19th, 2011 at 7:13 am
A Message from Terry: Are you ready to challenge yourself to achieve something beyond your daily routine? If not, be sure not to read this next batch of quotations that I’ve gathered for you. But if you suspect that there may be more greatness in you than you’ve shown to the world lately, then these [...]
Posted by Terry on June 21st, 2011 at 6:47 am
“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 [...]
Posted by Terry on May 15th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
“Watch the little things. A small leak will sink a great ship.” Benjamin Franklin A message from Terry: Disasters are impossible to ignore. When someone botches a task they’ve been asked to handle, or the whole morning’s schedule collapses like a house of cards, everyone notices and rallies to pick up the pieces. Ironically, little [...]
Posted by Terry on April 12th, 2011 at 10:23 am
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 [...]
Posted by Terry on March 8th, 2011 at 1:20 pm
A message from Terry: Cynics and skeptics often claim that team loyalty is a direct result of the numbers that appear on your paycheck, but a Gallup Poll tells quite a different story. After questioning a million employees and 80,000 managers about what motivated them to stay in their current positions, the poll reported that [...]
Posted by Terry on August 8th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
A message from Terry: Imagine, just for a minute, that an invisible observer visited your dental practice yesterday. Seen by no one, sensed by no one, they spent their time following as you went about your work, observing how you interacted with patients and with members of your team. They took note of how conscientiously [...]
Posted by Sandy on July 12th, 2010 at 3:30 am
A message from Sandy. American screenwriter Sidney Howard stated, “One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it.” Change almost always costs you something, in time, money, energy, or creativity. I wonder if change doesn’t cost you anything, maybe that’s not real change. In the book [...]
Posted by Sandy on May 13th, 2010 at 9:30 am
Most of us are resistant to change. (You know who you are) We desire improvement, but resist changing our everyday routine. Max DuPree says, ” We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” So, is being open to change enough, or do you need to pursue it? What do you [...]