Metaphysical theorists will tell you that whatever you focus on is the thing that expands. If we think about this and apply it to negative or difficult situations that come up at work, we then are expanding the negative. If we choose to focus on what we do right and what great systems we have […]
If you have been in a management position at any time in your employment life, I am sure you will agree that it is a position not for the “faint of heart.” I have managed a medical practice for over 23-years now and the challenges along with the victories have been many. It took me […]
As many of you know, I work in a medical practice. Things are quite different now as we are reopening and trying to keep everyone safe practicing physical distancing and extra sanitization of the office as each patient leaves the practice. There is a lot of new practices and protocols we are having to figure […]
+ Add New Category I was listening to Ryan Holiday’s Daily Stoic video the other day and he happened to mention this quote above by Viktor Frankl and it really spoke to my heart. We cannot change many of the situations we have been encountering during the pandemic, so what can we do? We must […]
As many of you know I have been a Practice Management Consultant for many years. I also work with my partners Rem Jackson and Dr. Peter Wishnie at Top Practices. One of the biggest struggles we come across when working with our doctors is them having the time to come up with solutions to many […]
All employers want great employees. Yet it seems that a lot of the employers I speak to their number one issue is employee problems. What I find interesting is that I rarely hear employers talk about how great their employees are and it makes me wonder if the employees know what value they have in […]
I was talking with an office manager the other day, who wanted to know if employee recognition rewards or incentives always had to be monetary? This is a great question. Let’s face it, people like money and this is usually the first thing that we think of when we are told there will be incentives […]
Yesterday, I was listening to an interview with John Assaraf and he was talking about creating habits for change that we desire in our life. As we know making changes is not always easy even when we want the change. It is a known fact that “90% of heart patients do not stick to the […]
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As I was reading Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carole” the other day and I realized that there were many lessons to be learned from dear old Ebenezer Scrooge. Far too often we get stuck thinking about the mistakes we have made in the past, so much, that our present is spent dwelling in grief, excuses […]