Golf And Dental Management

Okay, so what is the tie in between golf lessons and dental management?

In my last blog I said that my friend’s golf game really improved once he “got tired of being sh*tty.”

Well none of us are going to get any better in our practices until WE decide that we are sick of being sh*tty at it. Once that decision has been made, you have a chance to improve. You are only at step one, but it is the most important step. From there you can try to figure out what the next step should be to move you toward your goal. Hopefully it is taking a dental management program. Hopefully, one of MY dental management programs.

But even if it is some other program, taking the program is not enough.

You need to do what I did to improve my golf; spend some time, some money, practice and most importantly, don’t give up when you try something new and it feels awkward or embarrassing. Realize that your staff may not want you, (or especially them!) to change. But do it anyway. If you wait until your staff are keen to change you will wait forever.

The real key to improving in golf is sticking with the new stuff when it isn’t working yet. The key is exactly the same in managing your dental office. If you bail out the moment you feel uncomfortable or you staff objects, you will never improve.
So the key to improvement is to realize that it has to get worse before it gets better. If you understand that and can accept it, there is no limit to what you can achieve. Simple to say, much harder to do.

If you are as sick of being sh*tty at getting results in your practice as I was at golf, take a stand. Decide that this year, you are going to do it. You are going to keep at it even if it feels strange and you get some poor initial results.

Here are several of my programs that are available to you right now:

Dental Productivity
Dental Management
Package Deal (Both)

I hope you get the program, improve your practice, create more free time, and then take some of this time to fix your golf game too (or whatever your hobby or passion is)!